Hello community!
Everyone has been so helpful so far getting my first chameleon all set up. I just received the little bugger, and I had a quick question regarding his basking temp.
Chameleon: 6-7 month old male Jacksons
Humidity: steady at 40-50 during the day, up at night with cool mist humidifier.
Temps: 60- low 70s from bottom to top.
Lights: reptisun T5 UVB light that stretches the whole cage from front to back in the middle of the cage. It is as close to the 40w heat lamp in the corner as I can get it.
Water: automatic mister 4 times a day and a dripper in the corner across from the basking light. Poops are all white with just a tiny tip of orange. I gave him a shower yesterday so we will see what it looks like today.
He is about 6 months old, so I was told to keep the basking temp below 80. Currently, at his basking spot under the heat lamp it fluctuates between 78 and 81. His basking spot is probably 10-12 inches from the actual bulb. I cannot find a way to make it any cooler other than to keep moving the branches down, at which point I will have lost half of the height of the cage.
My question is this. When he sits under the heat lamp he begins gaping, so I turn the lamp off, and he closes his mouth. Do I need the heat lamp for a Jacksons at this age? Can he digest fine at temps in the low 70s?
@JacksJill this is probably a question for you.
Thanks in advance!
Everyone has been so helpful so far getting my first chameleon all set up. I just received the little bugger, and I had a quick question regarding his basking temp.
Chameleon: 6-7 month old male Jacksons
Humidity: steady at 40-50 during the day, up at night with cool mist humidifier.
Temps: 60- low 70s from bottom to top.
Lights: reptisun T5 UVB light that stretches the whole cage from front to back in the middle of the cage. It is as close to the 40w heat lamp in the corner as I can get it.
Water: automatic mister 4 times a day and a dripper in the corner across from the basking light. Poops are all white with just a tiny tip of orange. I gave him a shower yesterday so we will see what it looks like today.
He is about 6 months old, so I was told to keep the basking temp below 80. Currently, at his basking spot under the heat lamp it fluctuates between 78 and 81. His basking spot is probably 10-12 inches from the actual bulb. I cannot find a way to make it any cooler other than to keep moving the branches down, at which point I will have lost half of the height of the cage.
My question is this. When he sits under the heat lamp he begins gaping, so I turn the lamp off, and he closes his mouth. Do I need the heat lamp for a Jacksons at this age? Can he digest fine at temps in the low 70s?
@JacksJill this is probably a question for you.
Thanks in advance!