thanks for your input you guys
ill give you the whole fill-in lol,
Cage Type - Mesh Reptarium 16.5 x 16.5 x 30” standing vertically
Lighting - 40 watt house bulb for heat, 18” Reptisun 5.0 for UV. Both resting on top of the mesh, both on from 9am to 10pm
Temperature – basking spot is 80-82, ambient temp is between 70-80. overnight is 70-75. measured with analog thermometer
Humidity – usually 55 but will go up to 60 when misting. Measured with analog hydrometer. Maintained with several short mistings during the day
Plants – plenty of vines, silk/plastic plants and a live pothos plant, plenty of shade and hiding areas
Placement – on top of my dresser in my bedroom. ceiling of cage is 5’7” off ground
Location – new jersey shore
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled chameleon, female, 7-8 months, since May 25, 2009
Handling – probably twice a week for no longer than 10 minutes each handling
Feeding – mostly silkworms and crickets with occasional waxworm, mealworm, superworm, phoenixworms, rarely fruits. Crickets are gutloaded with a puréed dark greens medly, carrots, apple, waxworms with bran and honey, mealworms and super worms with carrot/apple and bran, silkies with mulberry food. She gets either 5-6 half inch crickets and a few worms, or two medium size silkworms. I feed her in the afternoon everyday and maybe a few small treats throughout the day.
Supplements – Rep-cal calcium without D3 every other feeding, Rep-cal calcium w/ D3 twice a month, Reptivite vitamins once a month
Watering – hand pump mister 3 times a day on the plants for about 5 minutes each, dripper used in between mistings. I see her drinking occasionally or standing by the dripper, shes very shy
Fecal Description – neg for parasites, brown to tan in color, sometimes with sand in it, urates are white
History - bought her from petsmart, shes missing a toe
Current Problem – finds delicacy in the finest of sands
i feel as if shes getting plenty of moisture especially since ive started feeding her silkies so i dont know why she would be wanting to get more. her urates are already very white and almost liquidy. ill up the amount of misting though anyway. if it helps, ive only noticed her eating sand in the evening and shes only eaten her pothos leaves once. i havent seen any new bite marks since her first day with it. i only really dust the crickets when i give her the supplements since she eats the most of those. could silkies be dusted also?
i may be underfeeding her a bit but i dont want to overfeed her and get eggs. shes only about 6 inches long vent to snout and those big silkworms seem to fill her belly up.
