matrex1990
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hi all. I've tried using a water feature in my chameleon cages how ever there not interested they walk over it and that's it. What do you find the bast thing/best way for watering them ?
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csmolins89
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Any fountain or "water feature" needs to be removed from your enclosure ASAP. It will breed bacteria and will most likely cause your chameleon to get sick. I think I have seen my chameleon drink water once or twice since I have owned him. They will rarely drink when someone is watching. As long as you have a misting system or mist the cage regularly they will find water droplets on the leaves to drink or if you have a dripper that drips on a leaf they will drink from that. If you are worried about the chameleon drinking enough make sure to check its urates. They should be white with a little yellow at the end. If they are not white or tinged all yellow. Up your misting sessions a little bit.
matrex1990
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well i clean the water feature daily, and mine drink constant during the day from the leaves and from my hand i start misting and they come down for a drink
csmolins89
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Well if they are ignoring the water feature I would just remove it. No sense in making extra work for yourself if your chams aren't even interested in it
camimom
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Unless you clean the hoses and pipes or whatever on a daily basis too, its not worth it.
chams don't usually drink standing/running water.
they prefer drops of water off of leaves.
if a cricket were to die in the water, then your cham eats it, it could get sick.
if your cham, or a bug, were to poop in the water, then drink/ eat the bug, it could get sick.
there is no reason to risk it.
just hand mist, use a dripper, or buy an auto mist system for watering purposes.
chams don't usually drink standing/running water.
they prefer drops of water off of leaves.
if a cricket were to die in the water, then your cham eats it, it could get sick.
if your cham, or a bug, were to poop in the water, then drink/ eat the bug, it could get sick.
there is no reason to risk it.
just hand mist, use a dripper, or buy an auto mist system for watering purposes.
matrex1990
New Member
i agree im actually looking at the monsoon rain system as we speak the dripper system is not good in a reptibreeze cage ruins the home
camimom
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NO DONT DO THE MONSOON!
Its not worth the money.
do either a mist king or an aquazamp.
the monsoons tend to break after a short amount of time.
matrex1990
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camimom
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oh really ??i was thinking its pricey thank you will look into them
its is. doesn't make it good. haha.
most of the forum who has bought a monsoon, had it break within the first year.
now, we use either mist king or aqua zamp. youll find if you run a poll on who owns a mist system, they wil say one of those two.
I use a mist king ultimate, because I run 5 cages off of it.
matrex1990
New Member
i cant find the mist king? do you have a link ? and do you have any pictures of your set up
jcarlsen
Chameleon Enthusiast
mistking.com
aquazamp.com
They also list online and other retailers that sell their products on their pages.
Hope this helps!
csmolins89
New Member
I will chime in and agree that the monsoons suck. I had mine for 4 months and it already went out on me . They did send me a brand new one. I'm currently saving for a aquazamp. Only bought the monsoon cause I didn't do my research.
