wet chameleon in the sun??

[RealIzeRecognIze]

If my chameleon is outside basking and I mist her with the hose cause she was gaping( we didn't stay out long I just steam cleaned real quick) but she was fine after I Mister and continued basking, wouldn't the water droplets magnify the sun rays and cause Burns?? Same as misting in the cage and the basking light?

 

[AngieL]

I've never had bother misting under the basking light. If Teal'c ever gapes its because she's too hot and always sitting under the light when it happens. I just go give her a good long spray and she gets soaked and has a big drink. Then she stops gaping so I figure it cools them down.

 

[Carlton]

If my chameleon is outside basking and I mist her with the hose cause she was gaping( we didn't stay out long I just steam cleaned real quick) but she was fine after I Mister and continued basking, wouldn't the water droplets magnify the sun rays and cause Burns?? Same as misting in the cage and the basking light?

A cham's skin isn't THAT delicate. What can be a problem for a car's paint (if you wash the car in the sun) is a totally different thing for a living creature's skin. Probably the main reason chams get burned under basking lights is because the tightly focused beam of a bulb creates more heat at a close distance than the sun would outdoors, and a captive cham may end up sitting directly under the bulb longer than a wild one would sit out in the sun. They spend most of their time in dappled shade, not full sun.

 

[RealIzeRecognIze]

Well it was just something I thought of.. never been warned of but I just wanted to be suree