RobandJess
New Member
Hi guys, we had our cham for about a month now and want to see if we are doing everything right, we do have a few concerns (see below) We filled out the ask for help form as detailed as possible, any advice is appreciated!! 
Attached are a few pictures of the enclosure and Bob (our cham)
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Chameleon Info:
•Your Chameleon – Veiled Chameleon, male, 4 months, 1 month in our care
•Handling – We take him out every day to let him free range on the ficus outside of our house
•Feeding – We feed him crickets, superworms, silkworms, trying to get hornworms, depends on the day 3 to 5 large crickets (sometimes more sometimes less) plus about 4 worms. Depending on our work schedule we try to feed him a few crickets or worms in the morning and then later in the afternoon∕evening, we also have a feeding cup where we leave 5 crickets or so which he sometimes uses. We gut-load our crickets with complete cricket food gel, veggies (potato skins, orange peels, bell pepper etc.), we add oatmeal to the fluke for the superworms
•Supplements – Rep-Cal Calcium, at the moment we are not using other supplements but will get vitamins soon – what is the best out there? We dust the crickets every other day with calcium
•Watering – We have a dripper which is on all day, we mist the enclosure 2 to 3 times a day, we spray our cham 2 to 3 times a day, he usually shies away when we do it in the enclosure for a bit, started doing it when he is free ranging outsidefor a few minutes he does not seem to mind it that much, we have never seen him drink
•Fecal Description – his poop looks normal brown with white urate, decent size, firm not runny
•History – We bought him in a reptile store where we believe he has been a couple of weeks prior to purchase
Cage Info:
•Cage Type – Screen cage 24x24x48
•Lighting – Currently 18” linear 10.0 Exo-Terra Bulb, Basking light = Exo Terra Sunglo 60 Watts - We feel that he doesn’t get enough light because our room doesn’t get much sunlight so we bought the DIY Cages 24” Fluorescent 2 Bulb (Linear) light hood, bulbs we purchased Exo-Terra Reptiglo 2.0 and 10.0 (both are to arrive next week), we turn on the lights around 7am sometimes 9am, we turn them off around 11am, sometimes midnight
•Temperature – We have 2 thermometers one near his basking spot on top of the cage (90 degrees), one in the lower part (80 degrees), haven’t measured overnight temps yet
•Humidity - We have Hydrometer, humidity level is at 40 when not misted, 70 to 80 when misted
•Plants – We have 4 live plans (Hibiscus, Croton, Pothos, another vine not sure of the name) We also have 2 fake vines
•Placement – Cage is located in the living room (we are gone most of the day), about 5 feet to the left of the ac vent which does not blow directly at the cage, top of the cage is about 5.6 feet from the floor
•Location – Miami Beach, Forida
Current Problem – We are worried that he does not get enough light, he is dark sometimes (which is why we are getting new lights by next week as mentioned above) and does not seem to be super active, we are not sure if he drinks enough as we never actually see him drink, although his urate looks normal
Attached are a few pictures of the enclosure and Bob (our cham)_________________________________________________________________
Chameleon Info:
•Your Chameleon – Veiled Chameleon, male, 4 months, 1 month in our care
•Handling – We take him out every day to let him free range on the ficus outside of our house
•Feeding – We feed him crickets, superworms, silkworms, trying to get hornworms, depends on the day 3 to 5 large crickets (sometimes more sometimes less) plus about 4 worms. Depending on our work schedule we try to feed him a few crickets or worms in the morning and then later in the afternoon∕evening, we also have a feeding cup where we leave 5 crickets or so which he sometimes uses. We gut-load our crickets with complete cricket food gel, veggies (potato skins, orange peels, bell pepper etc.), we add oatmeal to the fluke for the superworms
•Supplements – Rep-Cal Calcium, at the moment we are not using other supplements but will get vitamins soon – what is the best out there? We dust the crickets every other day with calcium
•Watering – We have a dripper which is on all day, we mist the enclosure 2 to 3 times a day, we spray our cham 2 to 3 times a day, he usually shies away when we do it in the enclosure for a bit, started doing it when he is free ranging outsidefor a few minutes he does not seem to mind it that much, we have never seen him drink
•Fecal Description – his poop looks normal brown with white urate, decent size, firm not runny
•History – We bought him in a reptile store where we believe he has been a couple of weeks prior to purchase
Cage Info:
•Cage Type – Screen cage 24x24x48
•Lighting – Currently 18” linear 10.0 Exo-Terra Bulb, Basking light = Exo Terra Sunglo 60 Watts - We feel that he doesn’t get enough light because our room doesn’t get much sunlight so we bought the DIY Cages 24” Fluorescent 2 Bulb (Linear) light hood, bulbs we purchased Exo-Terra Reptiglo 2.0 and 10.0 (both are to arrive next week), we turn on the lights around 7am sometimes 9am, we turn them off around 11am, sometimes midnight
•Temperature – We have 2 thermometers one near his basking spot on top of the cage (90 degrees), one in the lower part (80 degrees), haven’t measured overnight temps yet
•Humidity - We have Hydrometer, humidity level is at 40 when not misted, 70 to 80 when misted
•Plants – We have 4 live plans (Hibiscus, Croton, Pothos, another vine not sure of the name) We also have 2 fake vines
•Placement – Cage is located in the living room (we are gone most of the day), about 5 feet to the left of the ac vent which does not blow directly at the cage, top of the cage is about 5.6 feet from the floor
•Location – Miami Beach, Forida
Current Problem – We are worried that he does not get enough light, he is dark sometimes (which is why we are getting new lights by next week as mentioned above) and does not seem to be super active, we are not sure if he drinks enough as we never actually see him drink, although his urate looks normal
