What do you think?

[kalber]

Hello. I am a first time owner of a Male Veiled Chameleon. I was just curious to see what some other chameleon enthusiasts had to say.

Name: Rango
Age: roughly 4 mo.
Enclosure: 19" L x 19" W x 23" H - Exo Terra
Food: 1/4" Crickets about 6-10 a day (supplemented with Flukers high calcium cricket diet)
Supplement: Zoo Med's brand Reptivite w D3 (about twice a month) & Rep-Cal Calcium w/o D3 (almost every feeding)
Lights: Exo Terra UVB & a regular 60 watt light bulb (running around 12 hrs a day)
Temp: Basking area 85-95 degrees. Coolest area is around 70 degrees

Rango is starting to LOVE his misting sessions. He gets about 2 a day while his cage gets misted around 4-5 times a day. I also made a dripper out of an old Folgers container (disinfected first) and an air regulator for aquarium tubing. I have attached a few pictures. Please let me know what you think!

 

[camimom]

Very cute!
but your supplments are wrong.
you need a calcium without d3 for every feeding (dust it on bugs)
calcium with d3 for two feedings a month. dust it on bugs
multivitamin twice a month, dust on bugs.

you also should gutload your bugs.
do some research on that.
its the foods you feed to the bugs to get them healthier.

 

[kalber]

Thank you for the reply #camimon. I think my original post was a little confusing. I dust crickets with calcium with d3 about twice a month and without d3 every feeding.

Also the Fluckers High Calcium Cricket Diet is supposed to be my way of "gut-loading" not sure if its a good product. I haven't heard too many bad things about it.

Thanks again!!

 

[camimom]

Thank you for the reply #camimon. I think my original post was a little confusing. I dust crickets with calcium with d3 about twice a month and without d3 every feeding.

Also the Fluckers High Calcium Cricket Diet is supposed to be my way of "gut-loading" not sure if its a good product. I haven't heard too many bad things about it.

Thanks again!!

Ah ha, ok thats better then.
Its ok. but not great.
I use it to feed when im not going to feed any bugs off.

But i use fresh fruits and beggies, nuts, and seeds to gutload with.

 

[kalber]

Awesome! Thank you for the information, I will definitely try the fresh fruits and veggies. I like the idea of that rather than "saw dust" looking stuff.

 

[camimom]

Try some of these blogs.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...utloading.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/92-hydration-importance.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...pplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/82-enclosures-housing.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...-troubles.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/04AugBeveridge.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/10JulWeldon.html
The Importance of Temperature
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...questions.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/frequently-asked-questions-71620/

some belong to sandrachameleon. shes a member here, and THE go to person for gutloading.

 

[kalber]

Try some of these blogs.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...utloading.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/92-hydration-importance.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...pplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/82-enclosures-housing.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...-troubles.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/04AugBeveridge.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/10JulWeldon.html
The Importance of Temperature
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...questions.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/frequently-asked-questions-71620/

some belong to sandrachameleon. shes a member here, and THE go to person for gutloading.

Perfect. I will check those out. Thank you!

Do you think Rango, from what you can tell, is a happy healthy little guy? Of course, since i am a new owner, I am over thinking everything.

 

[camimom]

Perfect. I will check those out. Thank you!

Do you think Rango, from what you can tell, is a happy healthy little guy? Of course, since i am a new owner, I am over thinking everything.

he looks good.
and you'l love when he colors up more. the yellow bars are awesome, esp when he fires up!