Chameleon Room Pics! Share yours today!

[Brad Ramsey]

ciafardo

Are we in the garage in these pictures?
Is that a loose day gecko on the wall?
Your enclosures look great!

-Brad

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

anyone got more pictures of theirs?

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Jay your setups and Tv are amazing. I love how you keep everything so organized

 

[brighteyez]

Here is one of my walls....

Hey, I'm trying to fix my lights on my jackson's cage. I see you have the lights resting on the top of the cage. How can you do that without you chams getting burned? That's what I want to do, but Wilson likes to hang upside down under the lights and I'm worried he'll burn.

 

[gad58y]

heres mine
males cages

and my females

graeme

 

[robmd1]

man i am jealous of your set up ryan and the others, but its only been alil over a month for me up to 8 heres some them

goin to have to get racks and start stackin i have a whole house full of wall space may need get rid of the furniture by next year lol

 

[lizardboy119796]

Malicious.......... JEALOUS, awesome set up, and I though you had 1.1 panthers, and 0.1 Veild, or do you have 1.1 and 1.1.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Nice rooms guys

 

[Malicious]

Malicious.......... JEALOUS, awesome set up, and I though you had 1.1 panthers, and 0.1 Veild, or do you have 1.1 and 1.1.

I got an evil little male from Laurie a while back, and that brings it to 1.1 Veileds.

El Dorado....

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Amzing picture how is osang

 

[jojackson]

LOl Ciafardo, your neighbours lights must dim when your cages come on!

 

[Pure]

LOl Ciafardo, your neighbours lights must dim when your cages come on!

I have to wonder at what point does one say "OK enough with the lights". I mean I would imagine that eventually using a space heater in a room to bring the ambient temp up, would be cheaper than running all the basking lamps 8 hrs a day. Wouldn't it be better to just turn the lamps on in the AM for an hr then kill them, and use a heater? At least with running them for an hr in the AM will allow them to bask, as their instincts tell them to, but keep your electric bill from going through the roof.

 

[zombiepixel]

Resurrection

A lot of these enc's are pretty elaborate and actually look like they are really hard to clean on a daily basis. How do you guys keep these things clean? What if you found parasites, what do you do with all of the current furniture?

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Resurrection

A lot of these enc's are pretty elaborate and actually look like they are really hard to clean on a daily basis. How do you guys keep these things clean? What if you found parasites, what do you do with all of the current furniture?

Hey thats a good point lol i would like to know also

 

[Danicuteeyes]

hey guys where did you get your fixtures at?

cause i was wondering why they are cheaper than the reptisun hood...the reptisun 18" bulb works perfectly in the cheaper fixtures...but whats the difference? if any....

i dont think my walmart might sell any

 

[zombiepixel]

I'm bumping this thread, it's always good to see what folks come up with.

 

[QuioteCham]

Gods Chameleon Room

Big Dude has Bragging Rights!

LMAO!!!!! So awesome....

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

anymore cool pics?

 

[Jono]

Not so much a room as a balcony. My setup works because I work from home and so I'm always there to shift plants in and out of the sun depending on how hot it is, or back inside if the wind picks up. None of my bonsai plants, potted greens or flowers are in this pic as there is just to much light at this time of day. The natural light and humidity off the ocean mean I encounter far fewer issues than most. A recent bought of mouth rot has been my only vet worthy issue so far.

I usually have the veiled (seen here in the screen cage) free roaming in the area at the end of the balcony which I partition off. The trees are always kept in the middle so as none of the chams climb off onto the railing and there is no way they can climb the painted walls. Seagulls and pigeons are the only birds (besides the occasional humming bird) in the area so predators are not a problem. I've watched the veiled chase pigeons away by hissing. He ignores the dwarfs for the most part but I never give them a chance to interact just in case. I'm lucky in that, when in the cage, he never rubs up against the mesh trying to get at them or the other trees.

There is 1 dwarf on each tree except one which has two juvenile females. I use bonsai techniques to keep my ficus trees very bushy but with such great sun all the time (10hours summer - 7 hours winter) they flourish without much intervention. In the second picture you can see how well they grow and also the scale: a dwarf is a about half the size of one of the leaves so you really get a lot of space from one tree.

High winds have dislodged a chameleon once but otherwise they have no way of getting off their trees. Occasionally I setup fake vines so as they can climb down to my potted leafy greens and bonsais but even then they prefer to stay in their trees.

This setup has worked successfully for over 2,5 years now without any issues. My only light is a basking lamp which I setup for the veiled on the colder winter days. This is the home range for the dwarfs so they just get on with it no matter the weather. The original adults lived through several sub zero nights (that I know of) in the wild but I bring everyone in if it gets chilly.

I know some will take issue with some of the elements shown here but the health and happiness of my chams is testament that it works exceptionally well for me, in these particular circumstances. Another thing with this setup is it is exceptionally clean. I can easily take the chams off the plants for a few minutes and hose the whole place down, plants and all.

I'm a volunteer at the Two Ocean aquarium so I have experience in husbandry of various animals and access to experts in many fields. I'm working with penguins at the moment

 

[jpm995]

My living room is my chameleon room, along with 130gal pond and 150gal fw tank [the 250 gal sw tank is in the bedroom]. I've added many more vines for Yoshi so he can wander about over the 6' long pond. Note the Aquos 46" lcd tv.