Our 7 month old panther chameleon will not eat crickets or locusts of of any description. I've tried all sizes and colours I can get my hands on but he won't touch them. I tried offering nothing else for 3 days but that just meant he ate nothing for those 3 days and that about as long as I'm...
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His colours have really started to get more vibrant after his latest shed.
He's started wanting to climb on me too, he'll stretch his wee hands up to me until I put a hand out for him to climb on. Then he goes up and sits on my head...
He's just shed again, 3 weeks since last time. I thought it would be gradual but it all kind of lifted off in one big piece then started to crack away.
Caught him having a drink earlier, I've tried explaining to him that firing his tongue at water droplets is the least efficient way to drink but he doesn't listen. It's like having a second child.
Hi, can anyone tell me if I should be remineralising my RO water before using it for my chameleon?
I've been using it without really thinking but mine is always 0 TDS as it's for a reef tank. I know humans aren't supposed to drink 0 TDS water as it can pull salts out of our bodies through...
That's really cool, how long do you let him out for? My son is absolutely obsessed with setting up a free range area for him so he can be out and about a little bit a few times a week but I need to get the new enclosure built before we do anything like that!
Yeah, it usually ends up being more like 7 and a half hours, I turn it on before I go to bed about midnight once the enclosure has had a chance to cool down a wee bit, then turn it off at about half 7 in the morning when I go through to see him.
I'm just doing all lights on an 7.30 then off at 7.30pm but mostly because nothings automated yet, eventually I'll have it all on timers and play about with the different schedules to see what works best.
Inch plants look really cool, had to Google it and realised I'd seen it before under a...
Another thing I'm getting a bit confused by is the basking light? I thought this stayed on all day with the uvb but I'm seeing some people only having it on for a couple of hours twice a day? I assumed the sun is up all day and he can move in and out of shade of he wants to so why would you turn...
Yeah I agree with you, there definitely needs to be more cover for him up in the higher bits! Any tips on how to do it? Could I buy a big pothos plant and put it on top of the enclosure and let the leaves come through the opening on top? I'd have them come through a corner so he couldn't climb...
There are real plants in there too, these are just plastic vine type things that cover the side of the cage. I might swap them out eventually but he always sleeps on them and I'm not going to upset him just now by changing stuff when I've just got him eating properly😂
Is there something wrong...
Just wanted to share this picture I got of him this morning. He's eating a lot more, he's had 10 crickets already today! I bought a smaller size of cricket and I've started putting way more than he'll eat into his feeding jug to make sure they keep moving around! Keeping a chameleon is far less...
He's absolutely amazing!!
I've lowered the basking spot temp down to just under 26° and have increased my misting and he's been eating a lot more since I did this. 8 crickets and a superworm yesterday and about 9 crickets today. Feeling very relieved that he's eating more.
That deep jug is...