Calcifer
New Member
So.. I’m new to the whole reptile community and I saw a little veiled chameleon at Pet-smart touching the glass when ever I just watched him (I was there taking my dogs to get a check up) the little guy walked over and kept digging up dirt to try and get closer I guess? Well I bought him and have had him for over two weeks now.. I don’t know if I’ll be a great Cham mom but I want to learn how to be a good one. I named him calcifer. He’s probably only a few months old really small but just went through shedding.
He was an impulse buy due to me being a sucker for animals but I do enjoy him and love him dearly I want him to live his best life. So I have a few questions.
Feeding - He is eating well for the most part he does eat crickets small ones since he isn’t big enough to eat the larger ones . Can they eat fruit? Somewhere it said they can eat bananas but like only ever once in a while. Do I give him 3-5 crickets? And how many meals a day? Like does he eat twice in a day three times maybe more
another thing what can I put the crickets in to keep them alive longer. I don’t have a car and a pet smart isn’t really close to me so I try to get a lot at once.
Misting - With misting I have one of those cages where he can climbs the walls and chill out. Are those okay for misting? My friend told me I want a glass cage to keep the water in but I don’t know . But I do have a misting machine how long do I leave that on for? Misting every 3,6,12 hours for how many second on mins? He gets a bit frightened by the water when it’s misting time how do I get him use to is?
Sleeping- they sleep for 12 hours I do understand that but I have to work early and usually forget to set an alarm to turn off his light at an early time so he can get those 12 hours he usually gets 9-10 hours is that okay? Probably not I’ll work on that.
Enclosures - For how small he right now do I need a bigger enclosure the one I got was a Chameleon kit from Reptibreeze is that okay for him? What real plants are okay for me to get and put inside the enclosure? He only has fake plants right now and a few branches. I would like to buy him some real plants to get that planty/outside smell.
Bath- Does he need a bath? Like a little tub of water at the bottom of his cage someone told me he does and I was like “I’m pretty sure he won’t go in it” they argued that he will and that misting isn’t enough for him. So I put a tiny thing at the bottom of his cage (it’s filtered water)
Skin/Color- recently I’ll come home and see that he has stressed himself out in someway he will have really dark stripes on him but they usually go away after misting. He’s been hanging around the bottom of his cage and I don’t get why. Is that normal? Is it also normal for him to have cracks on his sides? Well not his side side but like near his arms that are black? After shedding he’s become a lighter green he was a bit dark when I first got him I was scared that I was already killing him .
sorry I know it’s a lot of question any help is appreciated tremendously. I want to spoil this baby and let him live a really good life . Thank you and hope you enjoy the rest of your day
He was an impulse buy due to me being a sucker for animals but I do enjoy him and love him dearly I want him to live his best life. So I have a few questions.
Feeding - He is eating well for the most part he does eat crickets small ones since he isn’t big enough to eat the larger ones . Can they eat fruit? Somewhere it said they can eat bananas but like only ever once in a while. Do I give him 3-5 crickets? And how many meals a day? Like does he eat twice in a day three times maybe more
another thing what can I put the crickets in to keep them alive longer. I don’t have a car and a pet smart isn’t really close to me so I try to get a lot at once.
Misting - With misting I have one of those cages where he can climbs the walls and chill out. Are those okay for misting? My friend told me I want a glass cage to keep the water in but I don’t know . But I do have a misting machine how long do I leave that on for? Misting every 3,6,12 hours for how many second on mins? He gets a bit frightened by the water when it’s misting time how do I get him use to is?
Sleeping- they sleep for 12 hours I do understand that but I have to work early and usually forget to set an alarm to turn off his light at an early time so he can get those 12 hours he usually gets 9-10 hours is that okay? Probably not I’ll work on that.
Enclosures - For how small he right now do I need a bigger enclosure the one I got was a Chameleon kit from Reptibreeze is that okay for him? What real plants are okay for me to get and put inside the enclosure? He only has fake plants right now and a few branches. I would like to buy him some real plants to get that planty/outside smell.
Bath- Does he need a bath? Like a little tub of water at the bottom of his cage someone told me he does and I was like “I’m pretty sure he won’t go in it” they argued that he will and that misting isn’t enough for him. So I put a tiny thing at the bottom of his cage (it’s filtered water)
Skin/Color- recently I’ll come home and see that he has stressed himself out in someway he will have really dark stripes on him but they usually go away after misting. He’s been hanging around the bottom of his cage and I don’t get why. Is that normal? Is it also normal for him to have cracks on his sides? Well not his side side but like near his arms that are black? After shedding he’s become a lighter green he was a bit dark when I first got him I was scared that I was already killing him .
sorry I know it’s a lot of question any help is appreciated tremendously. I want to spoil this baby and let him live a really good life . Thank you and hope you enjoy the rest of your day