Chameleon crazy
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I have my cham cage right by the window. Is this alright?
Chameleon cage by the window?
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JoshCrane1
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better than by a wall.lol just make sure you temps stay ok thru out the day.
Billyjack187
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Correct me if Im wrong but if I cant rely on the SUN for uvb, what in the world makes anyone believe a light bulb will be better? Its all about full spectrum of light for any creature...the sun has it all UVA,UVB, etc. I have Jacksons who depend on sun light more than some chams, and I have owned more Jacksons since I am a local boy from Hawaii and natural sun is ALL they got through my sun room glass. So I dont buy that statement, if you dont want to spend 16-50$ on a light bulb use what is available...the sun! I advise still giving your cham a basking bulb it temps are not sufficient, or a heat emitter if he is totally outdoors.
mika
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I think what they're trying to say is that UVB doesn't pass through glass.
Billyjack187
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Says who? Unless you have UV resistant glass aka tinted...which most of you dont because builders are cheap...you wont be affected. Understand this, if it is UV resistant glass...it resists UV it doesnt block it...a solid wall is the only thing that can block ultra violet radiation.Period. I f you believe glass can block UV rays...wanna buy some snake oil?
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mika
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Says this website:
http://www.yourskinandsun.com/indoorsun.html
American Academy of Dermatology
Window Glass and Photoprotection
Window glass filters out UVB rays, but UVA rays are still transmitted to the skin through the panes. The type of glass and the type of coating on the glass can affect the percentage of UV radiation that is transmitted to the body.
FOREVER ENDEAVOR
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reptisun 5.0
Jordan
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For the longest time I had one of my female veileds right by the window. She loved it. I would catch her staring outside all the time.
I would just evaluate the window situation.
Is it heavy traffic outside the window?
Is it drafty?
Are there any widow makers in the vicenity of the window (something that could come through the window at a high rate of speed, whether weather or through human interaction)?
Try not to be mean about it either. I never noticed as the fall started to come but my day schedule inside was off from the outside. I notice her pacing the backside of the cage one night when I was reading. I got up to see what was going on. There was a huge amount of insects outside the window flying into the glass trying to get at the light. Poor girl was really looking for a shoot to get at one of them too.
I do not keep any chameleons right beside the window any more. I do have them lined up on the opposite side of the room so that they can all see out a little bit and the sun comes right through it most of the year.
I would just evaluate the window situation.
Is it heavy traffic outside the window?
Is it drafty?
Are there any widow makers in the vicenity of the window (something that could come through the window at a high rate of speed, whether weather or through human interaction)?
Try not to be mean about it either. I never noticed as the fall started to come but my day schedule inside was off from the outside. I notice her pacing the backside of the cage one night when I was reading. I got up to see what was going on. There was a huge amount of insects outside the window flying into the glass trying to get at the light. Poor girl was really looking for a shoot to get at one of them too.
I do not keep any chameleons right beside the window any more. I do have them lined up on the opposite side of the room so that they can all see out a little bit and the sun comes right through it most of the year.
mary prefontaine
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back when i had my jackson chams i had put the uvb light inside the cage because someone had told me the light would not go through the screen properly is this true? i am about to moive my panther cham into his cage onece he starts eating full size crickets should i try to put the light on top of the cage or should i put it inside?. my concern is if he burns himself on the light?
back when i had my jackson chams i had put the uvb light inside the cage because someone had told me the light would not go through the screen properly is this true? i am about to moive my panther cham into his cage onece he starts eating full size crickets should i try to put the light on top of the cage or should i put it inside?. my concern is if he burns himself on the light?
Justin Carl
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Have you ever used a UV meter to prove your assumptions?
Julirs
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Any lights need to go on the OUTSIDE of the cage. If not you risk burns or electrical shock with the sheer amount of water it takes for these guys! A Reptisun 5.0 will work perfectly on top of a screen cage.
Dave Weldon
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Howdy Bill,
From the standpoint of a chameleon, it's a bummer that ordinary household glass blocks over 99% of the sun's UVB portion of its energy spectrum arriving at our windows. The same thing happens with the glass (silicon) that is used to make houshold fluorescent tubes. Our reptile UVB tubes are made with a quartz-based glass material that passes UVB. I think we would all agree that there is nothing better than unfiltered sunlight for our chameleons and that our typical artifical UVB sunlight sources are a poor excuse but effective none the less. Other portions of the sun's spectrum pass just fine through household glass. On a typical sunny day my Solarmeter 6.2 UVB meter will measure around 250uW/cm2 and if I put houshold glass in front of it, the reading drops to 0. Some plastics will pass a lot of UVB while others won't pass any of it. Typical acrylic doesn't pass much at all while those typical deli cups pass something closer to 50% or more! It's all in the plastic's formula as to whether it will pass UVB or not. Solarcryl is an expensive sheet plastic made to pass UVB: http://www.spartech.com/polycast/solacryl.html
For your reading pleasure: http://www.uvguide.co.uk/whatisuv.htm The part about half way down talks about UVB not passing though most glass and plastics...
