Rippler9107
New Member
Hello everyone, I have been wanting to get my first Chameleon for a few years now and recently I have been offered the opportunity to provider care for a juvenile veiled recovering from MBD that was fully treated by my vet. Thankfully he has done amazingly well with treatment and now needs a home that will provide proper husbandry. I have had experience keeping other reptiles with MBD in a bioactive set up before so I know it gets costly.
So, before my husband and I take on this responsibility I thought it best to reach out to experienced keepers to seek advice to make sure we can provide the home the little guy needs.
We would like to do a custom, bioactive build with lots of live plants, lattice on the inside of the screen to provide stability for plants and vines. The back will most likely be solid. The structure would be sealed with reptile safe pond sealer to protect the integrity of the wood. UVB would probably be a Reptisun T5 linear and basking wattage will be at least 75-100 watts depending on readings for a 3x3x6 foot enclosure from the temp gun. I’m leaning towards a mistking for my water source.We already have all supplements (both vitamins and calcium with and without D3)and water treatments. We also have a good supply of feeder insects on hand.
Im sure I’m missing something but again before we commit to this chameleon I want to make sure that I can provide everything he needs properly. Any changes or recommendations are very much welcome!
So, before my husband and I take on this responsibility I thought it best to reach out to experienced keepers to seek advice to make sure we can provide the home the little guy needs.
We would like to do a custom, bioactive build with lots of live plants, lattice on the inside of the screen to provide stability for plants and vines. The back will most likely be solid. The structure would be sealed with reptile safe pond sealer to protect the integrity of the wood. UVB would probably be a Reptisun T5 linear and basking wattage will be at least 75-100 watts depending on readings for a 3x3x6 foot enclosure from the temp gun. I’m leaning towards a mistking for my water source.We already have all supplements (both vitamins and calcium with and without D3)and water treatments. We also have a good supply of feeder insects on hand.
Im sure I’m missing something but again before we commit to this chameleon I want to make sure that I can provide everything he needs properly. Any changes or recommendations are very much welcome!