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so you want your tank to have multiple levels of heat which is why a basking light is helpful. they are cold blooded and cant control their own body temps. so if they are feeling cold they can bask in the light usually around 85-90f. or if they are too hot they can move down and away from the...

looked like exoterra but couldn't tell for sure

I cant tell from the pic of that bottom part is screen. but if that is glass on all four sides you need ventilation. not just coming from the top but at a very minimum one side or some sort of ventilation coming from the bottom to create good air flow

look at exoterras they have glass ones designed for good airflow. dont know about their drainage but most people that use em love them so I would assume there's something available.

my vet said you can pull on his dulap and he'll open up, but he doesnt and I dont want to hurt him, so I've resorted to using the side of a toothpick (not the pokey part) and gently pulling down his bottom lip and he usually opens up pretty quick for that

I agree @jannb has some amazing veileds. only females right now. but honestly the colors on her females look almost as good as some males I've seen.

went and searched for your thread, nice design on the cage. excited to build mine once he grows a lil bit... how much did yours end up costing?

I keep my potted plant in a container with a plastic hose leading from the bottom corner, out of the cage, and to a drain bucket. my dripper lands in the soils, so most of the mistings, left over I wipe with paper towels every couple days. when he gets bigger I'm planning on building my own cage...

meds I was given is panacur, gave me 9 doses and told me to do 3 days with meds and 7 without, then repeat 3 times. that being said, I already finished the first set, and by the start of the second, hes going to be on the tail end of his antibiotics. still suggest holding off on the dewormer...

so it may stress her out, and seems like you dont handle much so it may stress you out too, but what i would do (and have been doing since mine has a ri right now and is on meds) is forcing some water in with a baby medicine syringe. mine hasn't shown signs of dehydration to an extreme extent...

so your main question is just how to get crickets In a cage? like @blue_cham said just pretty much dump them in.... dusting them is obviously preferred but if you're having issues with that, just dump them in the cage, most will climb up the cage to hang out by the lights which is probably where...

if you're talking about 5 sides solid glass with only the top being screen I dont think there's anyway to have enough ventilation for a cham. short of rigging some sort of small fan and a hose to the bottom to circulate the air. also depends on size of cage I guess. i would stay away from glass...

which furthers @Mawtyplants question. are there uvb lights for her cage? they cant absorb calcium right if they dont have sufficient uvb light. and if there are uvb lights make sure you're switching them out every 5-6 months, even if light is still working the uvb fades.

yeah I'm planning on keeping up with meds till it's gone. think imma get him out for some fresh air and sun the next couple days too while it's nice out.

I doubt it, shed admitted not having much experience with chameleons so I doubt shed be a member on the forum. I get the maybe and probably as well, a LOT of things with chams are purely situational and the there's not a set rule book for chams. what bothered me was the "bar bacteria could be...

hard to say what wrong if this has worked for her for 3 years. vet is definitely best idea. I will say you should get a hygrometer to measure humidity, they're less than $10 at walmart for a digital one. the uvb would be a lot better as a linear uvb tube rather than the compact that comes with...

thanks for the advice everybody, thought it would be good to mix medical advice from somebody with limited cham knowledge, along with people who may not be medical but have more experience with the species. heard him wheeze again today but it was as I was giving him medicine and might have just...

well they didn't run blood work but they did get saliva sample from his mouth and checked that out, said she found some "bar" bacteria in there but then said "could be ecoli or something, I'm not sure if that's normal in them" hence reason I'm not 100% on their chameleon expertise. but yes...

Your Chameleon - male veiled, 2-3 months old, I've had him a month Handling - normally once a week, had to handle him past few days to give him meds Feeding - so far just crickets dusted with calcium. and calcium+ once a week, gut loading them with a variety of fruits and veggies, oranges...

maybe try not running it as close to bed time and substituting for a misting? or if possible maybe run a fan through it for like 30 seconds before bed, I'd guess that would clear the fog real quick for his sleeping area. but yeah sleeping in a cloud of mist screams respiratory infection to me