uvb/uva light

Ricardopalma12

Ricardopalma12

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I got this month or 2 month chameleon yesterday, she is shedding skin i think she is almost done since i can only see the dead skin on her head, but my question is is a uvb light really necessary? i have her a light and heat halogen mini dome from zilla and it keeps her temperature around 70 to 80F, she is in my room and everyday i open the window and some daylight goes to the terrarium but not much, also its a glass terrarium. Thank you
 
No uvb... itll suffer quickly.. 100% necessary. They need every moment of light time uvb.
.. a few quick hours of sunlight wont be enough...assuming you dont have pure sunlight coming through the open window 12 hours a day with no shade
 
Char333p said:
No uvb... itll suffer quickly.. 100% necessary. They need every moment of light time uvb.
.. a few quick hours of sunlight wont be enough...assuming you dont have pure sunlight coming through the open window 12 hours a day with no shade
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can she wait until friday afternoon without it? becuase all my local stores bulbs are way to expensive
 
Ricardopalma12 said:
can she wait until friday afternoon without it? becuase all my local stores bulbs are way to expensive
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Just make sure it gets a lot of sun in the meantime... im not 100% sure how long it can go without one hopefully more experienced person can give you a timeline. But i know that the sunlight through a window will not do it needs to be pure sunlight non obstructed..
 
Ricardopalma12 said:
can she wait until friday afternoon without it? becuase all my local stores bulbs are way to expensive
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I hate to ask, but why did you get a chameleon if you can't afford to get the proper lighting for it? Without UVB, its bones will become brittle and it'll get MBD before long.
 
jcarlsen said:
I hate to ask, but why did you get a chameleon if you can't afford to get the proper lighting for it? Without UVB, its bones will become brittle and it'll get MBD before long.
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You right, but i do have money to afford it I just dont want to spent 60 more dollars because the one that i bought are the exact same but they are a good price and they getting here today afternoon or tomorrow morning
 
Glass filters out 90% of UVB light. You bought the chameleon, they are expensive animals to keep. A few hours of direct sunlight = a day under a linear uvb.

Can you put the Cham in direct unfiltered sunlight for 3 hrs a day? That’s the only way to get around buying the bulb. If not, suck it up and buy the bulb.
 
Ricardopalma12 said:
I got this month or 2 month chameleon yesterday, she is shedding skin i think she is almost done since i can only see the dead skin on her head, but my question is is a uvb light really necessary? i have her a light and heat halogen mini dome from zilla and it keeps her temperature around 70 to 80F, she is in my room and everyday i open the window and some daylight goes to the terrarium but not much, also its a glass terrarium. Thank you
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Can we review what type of Cham you have and how you plan to care fore it? I’m seeing some red flags...
 
Brodybreaux25 said:
Can we review what type of Cham you have and how you plan to care fore it? I’m seeing some red flags...
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It's a veiled chameleon, I have been reading and watching videos to know how to take care of her, I'm also going to buy or build a bigger terrarium so she can have more space and I already got a uvb bulb I'm about to installed it
 
Ricardopalma12 said:
You right, but i do have money to afford it I just dont want to spent 60 more dollars because the one that i bought are the exact same but they are a good price and they getting here today afternoon or tomorrow morning
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Wait, I'm not understanding... So you're saying you DO have UVB lights already? Because it not, they're absolutely not the same thing.
 
I couldnt answer that question everyone, how long can a chameleon last without uvb? After how soon will problems and even death arise?
 
I don't have a definitive answer to that question. I know they can go a day or two without sun or UVB it does rain out in the real world. I don't know or want to find out how long they can survive beyond that.
 
You are probably right. If your bulb blows and you didn't have the foresight to keep a replacement on hand you have 24-48 hours to replace it without doing lifelong damage. That is as far as I'm willing to go on this.
 
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