1 Year Veiled Chameleon Update

[JiggyWalk]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - 1.2 year old Male Veiled Chameleon has been with me for 11 months
• Handling - Every other day or so to get onto his plant outside of the cage
• Feeding - He gets a large dubia roach 5/7 days a week and every 2-3 feedings will be a treat item like a superworm or hornworm as well as 2 BSFL 2-3 times a week if they are in
• Supplements - Arcadia EarthPro-A very lightly dusted every feeding except 2x a month (1st and 15th) will get Repashy Calcium Plus LoD Vit/Cal Supplement, feeders get Repashy Bug Burger with their feeding
• Watering - 1 minute misting at 10 minutes before lights on and 10 before lights off, fog rolls for 30 minutes (15 on each side) as lights cycle and 3 times throughout the night for 15 min
• Fecal Description - Urate tends to stay white with a slight yellow or creme end and the feces tends to be in 1-2 main brown/black clumps and sometimes but rarely 3
• History - Picked this guy up from PetSmart with a reptibreeze cage and quickly realized there was much more to this than initially expected

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - 2x2x4 Dragon Strand Tall Screen Cage System with Dragon Strand Ledges
• Lighting and Heat - Arcadia ProT5 6% 24W Forest UV-B Kit, Jungle Dawn 34W LED Bar, 100W black ceramic heat lamp in a Zoo Med deep dome, 65w BR30 flood light and another black ceramic heat lamp in a Zoo Med dual mini dome that stays off as backup. The ProT5, LED bar and the ceramic heat lamp turn off 30 minutes before the flood light to signal that the sun is going down.
• Temperature - Mid to Low 80s at tallest basking spot and low 70's at the lowest
• Humidity - 50-60% during the day and 80-90% at night with fog
• Plants - 2 Money trees, Golden Pothos, Rubber Fig, Beauty Aglaonema
• Placement - Located in my bedroom near a window and near a vent with low overall traffic, his basking lanes are higher than anything in the room
• Location - DMV

He hates me now but that was expected as you all did warn me and I am now finally starting to understand how they work. His mood is different day to day but is overall easy to read when you know what to look for. I have noticed that if there is a plant or feature that he likes to climb on that is outside of his cage and he can see it, that he will be way more willing to leave the cage vs shying away and hiding when opening the door overall vs when there is no feature seeable or available. It is hit or miss wether he will run and hide or hang out when the door opens during the day even for food but at this point he will not run to leave the cage. If I don't make him my main concern visually then I can do just about anything in or around his cage i.e. watering plants, cleaning, or moving/adding sticks. He stuck my eyeball with his tongue while feeding the other day. I think it was over some previous beef, he now he struts around like he beat the final boss or something, who does this guy think he is anyway? Bit me once but I thought we settled that already, personal space I get it, I get it... I swear I need a chameleon wrangler badge. Recently got a hanging bird feeder cup that works well, idea from Neptune the Chameleon. I agree with Chameleon Academy on walking past the cage and "not seeing them" helps boost their spirits and adds credits. I am still attempting to figuring out the chameleon credit system and wether it is daily, weekly, monthly, lifetime. If your chameleon is not defecating, put them under the spray of the shower against the wall.

 

[Eileen]

Fun post! What a personality!