to keep up humidity while he is a baby. when he reaches about 6 months I'll upgrade him to a large screen cage. The exo-terra is pretty good for raising babies it has decent air flow from the double door cage set-up. it also has holes bellow the glass door that provide ventilation.
this is a mercury vapor bulb it provides uvb and basking. It is what is recommended from breeders to me. I raised a very healthy panther chameleon off this same exact type of bulb. It is an all in one. The bulb is fine trust me.
he's got this
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752615&lmdn=Reptile
it's probably the best lighting you could have set up for these guys. That or the sun.
I think he's healthy. I just took two more pictures because the last one was bad and he threw me a threat.
the tank is at 87.2F
I think he was just not getting the sleep he needed last night I might have woke him up with my coughing. thanks.
thanks. I think you're right. I actually didn't realize I had the lamp on for more then 12 hours till I posted earlier. :P thanks. he was awake and eating and looked healthy earlier but he was back asleep when I got home, and now he's awake again. I just adjusted his timer to 9:00AM- 9:00PM...
Chameleon Info:
* Panther Ambilobe Chameleon, sex too young, 1 month old about 2-3 weeks in my care
* very rarely handled maybe 2 times total once to help with a piece of dead shed from when I received him
* Crickets 4-6 smalls a day with calcium they come pre-gutloaded from the...
so I bought a panther about 5-6 months ago and was told that it was going to be a male because they ordered males from their breeder. I asked how they knew and they where males considering their small size (about 2 or 3 weeks old) I was explained that the breeder told them the males look...