Thatcher
Chameleon Enthusiast
so it looks like your cham is around 6 months to a year so you should definitely get lay bin. I'm going to add a few friends to help you @ERKleRose @Green Dino
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ElliotG
Chameleon Enthusiast
Hello and welcome! I don’t know if that her mentioned I just quickly skimmed b it the dual dome lights aren’t recommended. Doesn’t give them enough UVB to process their calcium. You would want to upgrade to a UVB strip light and just a normal heat bulb light. If you need lighting suggests I could always show pics/links.
ERKleRose
Chameleon Enthusiast
That fixture is too short. You want something that is at least as long as her biggest enclosure would be. Also, be sure to get either an Arcadia 6% or Zoo Med ReptiSun 5.0 T5 HO linear UVB bulb of the matching size (it’ll be 2” shorter than the fixture). Arcadia bulbs last twice as long as Zoo Med ones, but the best option to check your bulbs is by getting a Solarmeter 6.5 (it’ll also show you if a bulb is defective, as well!). You’ll want the bulb 8-9” away from the basking branch (unless you buy and use a Solarmeter 6.5- it’s much more accurate). If you could fill out this form in as much detail as possible, that’d be greatly appreciated and will help us help you more!
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danb70!
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Female Veiled Chameleon, 1 year old and it’s been in my care for almost 1 years
I handle the chameleon maybe once or twice a week
I mostly feed her dubia roaches and superworms, about 10-15 total every two days, gutloaded with carrots, fed in the afternoon around 1 or 2
Dusted with ReptiCalcium every feeding and Reptivite multivitamins once a week
I mist the cage very often and i sometimes see her drinking water off the side of the cage
Feces are pretty big and dark brown and the Urine droppings are light yellow to white and she has not been tested for parasites
She layed around 40 eggs in july in the flowerpot and i realized almost a month later, she has also been showing darker colors lately
16” x 16” x 30” screen cage
ZooMed double dome fixture with 60 or 75W heat bulbs and regular uvb bulbs, light is on from 6:30 - 8 and heat bulb goes on and off throughout the day
Temperature during the day is around 75 at cage floor to 80 at basking spot, and lowest overnight temp is around 60-65 during the winter, i use a thermometer that has a screen with the thermometer attached to a long wire
Humidity levels are around 50-60% that i maintain by misting the cage, i have a clock that has a hygrometer next to the cage
I have 2 pothos plants in the cage but they died so i will be getting new plants tomorrow
Cage is located in the corner of my room and is on a table about a foot and a half off the ground and the nearest air vent that blows air is near the wall about a foot away, but below the cage so air doesnt blow into the cage and the top of the cage is higher than half the height of my room, it is about 4 feet from the ground
I am located in northeastern USA
I handle the chameleon maybe once or twice a week
I mostly feed her dubia roaches and superworms, about 10-15 total every two days, gutloaded with carrots, fed in the afternoon around 1 or 2
Dusted with ReptiCalcium every feeding and Reptivite multivitamins once a week
I mist the cage very often and i sometimes see her drinking water off the side of the cage
Feces are pretty big and dark brown and the Urine droppings are light yellow to white and she has not been tested for parasites
She layed around 40 eggs in july in the flowerpot and i realized almost a month later, she has also been showing darker colors lately
16” x 16” x 30” screen cage
ZooMed double dome fixture with 60 or 75W heat bulbs and regular uvb bulbs, light is on from 6:30 - 8 and heat bulb goes on and off throughout the day
Temperature during the day is around 75 at cage floor to 80 at basking spot, and lowest overnight temp is around 60-65 during the winter, i use a thermometer that has a screen with the thermometer attached to a long wire
Humidity levels are around 50-60% that i maintain by misting the cage, i have a clock that has a hygrometer next to the cage
I have 2 pothos plants in the cage but they died so i will be getting new plants tomorrow
Cage is located in the corner of my room and is on a table about a foot and a half off the ground and the nearest air vent that blows air is near the wall about a foot away, but below the cage so air doesnt blow into the cage and the top of the cage is higher than half the height of my room, it is about 4 feet from the ground
I am located in northeastern USA
How many eggs did she lay and when did she lay them?
Overfeeding female veileds (which you are doing) once they were mature (which she is) can lead to them producing large clutches of eggs and developing follicular stasis, egg binding and even MBD and prolapsing...so you want to control her diet and temperatures and make sure the rest of the husbandry is bang on too so it won't happen.
She should be getting only 4 or 5 crickets or equal value in other insects 2 or 3 times a week and her temperatures kept at 80F.
Make sure you feed/gutload the insects properly and dust them just before feeding them to her with a phos free calcium powder at all feedings but one a week. On the remaining feeding alternate between a phos free calcium/D3 powder and a vitamin powder with no D3 and a prEformed source of vitamin A. All DUSTINGS should be done lightly.
The most often recommended UVB lights are the Arcadia 6% and the reptisun 5.0 long linear tube lights.
Overfeeding female veileds (which you are doing) once they were mature (which she is) can lead to them producing large clutches of eggs and developing follicular stasis, egg binding and even MBD and prolapsing...so you want to control her diet and temperatures and make sure the rest of the husbandry is bang on too so it won't happen.
She should be getting only 4 or 5 crickets or equal value in other insects 2 or 3 times a week and her temperatures kept at 80F.
Make sure you feed/gutload the insects properly and dust them just before feeding them to her with a phos free calcium powder at all feedings but one a week. On the remaining feeding alternate between a phos free calcium/D3 powder and a vitamin powder with no D3 and a prEformed source of vitamin A. All DUSTINGS should be done lightly.
The most often recommended UVB lights are the Arcadia 6% and the reptisun 5.0 long linear tube lights.
danb70!
Member
Here’s a photo of all the eggs she layed, i don’t remember exactly how many there were but there were around 40, so should i ALWAYS be feeding her 2 or 3 times a week or only when she is preparing to lay eggs because she starts digging a lot when that happens, and also what would be like the best source of vitamin A, ok so i should alternate between calcium without phos for the first feeding of the week, then phos free calcium w D3 for the second and multivitamins without D3 for the third?
