Hi my name is Brian I'm new to the forum and I gotta say I've learned alot here. im 98 percent sure I have a female I got her from pet co I think she is pretty healthy eating pooping fine I haven't seen her drinking but assuming she has been drinking cause ive had her for a month and ive learnd that if she's dehydrated her eyes will be sunken in but I like other input from experienced ppl she's about 6 1/2 inch long from nose to base or tall any and all input would be great thks in advanced
Age and sex identification
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Antihero383
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Clearer photos of the backsides of the back feet would be helpfulike, there should he spurs on the heels of the back feet if it's male and none if it's female. I would guess 6 months old.
reptiles4evar
Member
Very easy to tell if you look yourself . A photo showing the back of her feet would help.
Antihero383
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Definitely female
reptiles4evar
Member
Yup you've got a female. I'd guess 4-6 months.
Ladythrasher89
Member
Yep that's a girl! She is pretty cute!
Thank you guys I have one more question I had a blue 50 watt uva basking light wich died with in two weeks probably my fault due to not knowing how to mist properly but I had a spare red light 75 watts wich I quickly realized after a day was to hot I put a regular 60 watt house light and temp at basking spot is a steady 84 temp but should I buy another blue light or is the house light fine im worried about her getting enough uva and I noticed she has been eating less crickets she use to eat 10 15 1/4 sized crickets now she's eating 5_ 10 crickets I take all the crickets out at night this all changed a week ago after she sheded shows a strong interest in meal worms Phoenix worms and super worms im thinking she might becoming a picky eater so I've been cutting her worms back
Antihero383
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House bulbs are fine, many people prefer the because they tend to have a longer lifespan.
Do you have a uvb light?
reptiles4evar
Member
Those blue bulbs are zoo med, which makes the most cancerus bulbs there are.
Yes I have a 5.0 cfl I know alot of ppl will be upset about a cfl I do plan on updating lights in the near future
Damn now u got me nervous about my light set up cause the uvb is also a zoo med I thought that would be a good brand to trust what would u recommend for this newbie lol
Antihero383
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The new cfl bulbs were said to have been reformulated and fixed some time back. I've used this on small baby/juvenile cages for a few months before moving to larger cages and I haven't personally had an issue with them. The uvb bulb also puts out 30% uva spectrum if I remember correctly. You should be fine, you do not need to spend the extra money on the reptile specific heat bulbs.
Antihero383
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Zoomed makes good bulbs, it's what most people use. The only better lighting manufacturer that I am aware of is Arcadia, but those can only be purchased a few places in the US, the main place being from Todd @ Lightyourreptiles.com, I highly recommend him and the arcadia brand bulbs.
I've been reading post and a lot of ppl been recommending Acadia but I've been learning as I go I won't lie my cham was an impulse buy wich was a bad choice but as u see by the pics shes doing good I've always been the type to get into somthing a lil above my head but always did good it all started five years ago with venus fly traps ive found a good forum and same goes for this cham but I really appreciate all of ur help and if u can get a shot of ur cham and enclosure to see how someone with more experience setsup
Antihero383
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I sent you a message.
I seen it and wow im jealous I see u use the double com
Antihero383
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Double com?
Sorry phone was acting up double combo lights with a tube light
Antihero383
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Ah. Got it. I had the double combo lights laying around, but I am using those with 6500k cfl bulbs for the plants, which has been working well for me so far with the dwarf umbrella plants. And then the uvb is a t5ho strip light.
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