drinking

[erinsangels]

hi,
i mist woody my cham twice a day. He doesnt actually drink it though, i mean he doesnt open his mouth and lick. Is he still getting the water? Theres no signs of dehydration. Is he absorbing it through his skin?

 

[adam1v]

I've found that they actually take some time to get stimulated enough by the misting to drink.

Try misting him for 5/10 mins

 

[stucoady]

He is more likely drinking the water drops off the leaves etc when you not looking as that is how chams drink

 

[erinsangels]

Well He doesnt eat in front of me so he probably doesnt drink in front of me either. Hes a very shy and grumpy cham hehe. I wait and hope for the day i see him eat from me.

 

[murtasma]

I notice the same thing with mine sometimes, I can sit there and mist him for 5 minutes and he shows not interest. Other times I only mist him for a minute and he drinks it up constantly.

 

[JoshCrane1]

many chams drink differently. my male laps the water droplets off the top of the screen cage from the nozzles, while my female only drinks from a cascading plant dripper. go figure, as long as your urates are looking good dont worry too much about it, keep it up.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Best way to tell is by examining the urates.
Mostly white or mostly orange/yellow?
White indicates he is getting enough to drink.
The excrement should also be moist if he is drinking enough.

-Brad

 

[Masterkazoom]

I'm sorry, English is not my mother language and neither am I an experienced cham owner, what exactly are the urates?

 

[ToniandGizmo]

It's the Light colored part of the poop.

 

[opihiman]

hi,
i mist woody my cham twice a day. He doesnt actually drink it though, i mean he doesnt open his mouth and lick. Is he still getting the water? Theres no signs of dehydration. Is he absorbing it through his skin?

You may want to mist your cham more than twice a day. How old is he btw. younger chams will drink more from leaves and water drops. He does absorb some through his skin, but not much. Misting sessions on the average are about 5 min when you examine the other forum posts.

I'm sorry, English is not my mother language and neither am I an experienced cham owner, what exactly are the urates?

Fecal (poop) deposits are formed by 2 parts. a brown portion and a normally white portion. the white portion is the urates. It can be different shades of yellow to tannish to orange. White is good ...anything that starts to go towards orange is bad. Orange is an indication of dehydration.

Hope that helps.

OPI

 

[Masterkazoom]

Ah okay, since I just cleaned the cage today and didn't really look at the color, I guess I'll have to check later.