Got mine from PetSmart too. He was healthy thankfully, but the lady said they didn't have him that long. He had no UVB light and barely any room to move. She even told me that she was only feeding him 2-3 crickets a day when he should have had more which still amazes me. I love my boy.
Run it during the day, I believe. You probably won't see her drink at all. Some chams won't drink when you're around. Some don't care and will drink whenever they please. Just make sure to be giving her many chances to drink. When that fogger comes in, I wouldn't mist him when his lights go off...
Misters are usually ran during the day. I mostly see people have the mist king system with a timer. Humidifiers are only to be run at night. I like to run mine an hour or so after my lights turn off. I try to give time for it to cool off in temperature. Keep your humidity levels low in the day...
Make sure to only run the humidifier at night only. I like to wait a little bit after the lights turn off for it to get a little cooler so it's not so hot with the fogger running.
Really would love updates of him as you nurse him back to health and make him healthy and happy! I am amazed to see that he is still alive, but I am glad that you took him in!
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Make sure to have an egg laying bin at all times. I've only had a male so I can't exactly help you too much without feeling like I am giving the wrong information. The less you feed her, the less eggs she has. You don't want to feed her too much. She will lay infertile eggs without a male. Also...
Thank you! I really wish I would have done more research before doing Basil's terrarium. I think I had the right idea with a lot of things but didn't stop to plan. I was so excited at the time that I rushed it. Next time I will definitely plan ahead and take it easy! Right now it is at a good...
If I could redo it all right now, I definitely would. I would love to get something like this and make his current enclosure for some female crested geckos. Or maybe get another chameleon in the future? I've been obsessed with panthers lately. ?;)
Time will tell. I definitely love cresties and...