The transition will not be a traumatic event for her. You can do it as soon as you are ready. Some crazy people put hatchlings in adult size cages and they do great. Your girl will have no problem at all.
Whoops, I apologize as I assumed you had the standard Chameleon Kit. It sounds like you got the deluxe version. You have much more time with the 18”x18”x36” cage and that 5.0 T5 linear UVB is effective. Just make sure her basking area is to where her back can be 6” away from the bulb.
You will...
You have an attention to detail that will serve your chameleon well! Though, there are two issues that will become serious things very soon. The Chameleon Kit is going to be a problem for your girl.
1) Size: Veiled Chameleons grow ridiculously fast and she will out grow the Chameleon Kit cage...
Do you mean the approach of using the adult size cage for a single hatchling? I actually talked about it on the workshop last Saturday and brought on @SteveH who raised two Calumma brevicorne hatchlings individually in adult size cages. If that is the approach you mean, you can read, listen, and...
This is the discussion area for a blog entry on caring for chameleon hatchlings. You can read the blog by clicking this link and then come back and share your thoughts! Click Here: The Five Commandments of Chameleon Hatchling Care. At that link you will find the blog post, a video, and a...
Care for chameleon hatchlings will have most of the same components as for the adults. They grow up in the same conditions that the adult lives, of course! But there are some special requirements that hatchlings have and here are the five commandments of hatchling care!
1. KEEP CHAMELEON...
The only explanation is yet another AI channel. There was no attempt to match the painfully incorrect goobly-gook with the video. I am amazed they got the Jackson's Chameleon correct. The only explanation is that that was a coincidence.
ouch. My head hurts. I couldn't finish it.
I think I...
I did an interview with one of the taxonomists that described these species, Dr. Mark Scherz, if you would like to hear from one of the scientists talk about the effort
https://chameleonacademy.com/ep-139-three-new-calumma-species-with-dr-mark-scherz/
Fighting Chameleon Parasites through husbandry.
Is the subject of parasites intimidating to you? The good news is that you can effectively fight parasites without knowing the difference between a nematode and a cestode or having a microscope. You don’t even have to know they are there! In my...
Another conclusion that was painful to read was that chameleon babies learned foraging behavior from being together. So they actually imply that an individually raised chameleon wouldn't figure out how to eat as well as chameleons that were forced to compete with each other for food.
There is...
We have always been amazed when we see an enclosure set up naturalistically with thriving plant life. There is a magic in getting lost in the details of one of these environments. It is even more powerful when the chameleon is the last thing you notice because it had so well hidden itself in...
This thread is for the general discussion of the blog entry Why Chameleon Keepers Should Embrace Naturalistic Enclosures. Click the link to read the blog entry and then please add to the discussion here! What are your experiences taking steps towards more naturalistic, or even bioactive, keeping?
This study has conclusions that are flat out stupid. It represents a failure of critical thinking and analysis of their findings.
For example, the quote above. We know the stress colors are brighter. Yes, keeping chameleons together will get you more stress colors. And before anyone gets...
We often don’t think about how we are going to set things up once we get our chameleon cage. After years of doing this, I’d like to share five things that can make the difference between annoyance and smooth sailing!
If you know someone with a 3D printer I can point you in the direction of the files to print out a complete set of mending plates and all you have to do is buy 100 screws. There are a lot of plates because I made each plate less than 220mm so common 3D printers could handle them. So, yeah there...