pennington
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So tonight draws to a close the first week of Chameleon ownership. I feel one week more experienced than I did last week.
The week started well, my exo-terra terraium was set up, high 80s in the basking area, mid 70s in the opposite end with a night time temperature of 70.
My UV tubes are Exo-terra repti glo 30inch 25w 2.0% and 5.0%. These have reflectors on them to harvest more of the UV.
I started the week with a sole infrared 150w heat lamp on a day/night thermostat. I think this was too powerful and made the dimmer thermostat work too hard and I was worried that if the dimmer thermostat failed then the bulb would be at full power 150w's. Too hot I would imagine.
So for the second week I've made some changes, I have got rid of the infrared heat bulb. GONE.
In it's place I now have a 75w Sun-glo basking bulb. This will be on for 12 hours a day. As I live in chilly manchester UK I need a heat source! It's too cold. So I have bought a ceramic heat emitter 60w. This will give the terrarium a nice ambient temperature during the day in the warmer end of the terrarium and a cooler temperature at night.
So my diet has been locusts (medium sized) that are fed Kale, carrot and bug grub. I sprinkle them with calcium every day and I have a supplement that has D3 that I gave him a few days a go. I'll do this again in a few weeks.
I spray him before I leave for work and when I get home. I handle him everyday and he really doesn't seem to mind climbing on us.
He has really beautiful colour and never hisses at us. I'm please with how things are going. The research continues.
The week started well, my exo-terra terraium was set up, high 80s in the basking area, mid 70s in the opposite end with a night time temperature of 70.
My UV tubes are Exo-terra repti glo 30inch 25w 2.0% and 5.0%. These have reflectors on them to harvest more of the UV.
I started the week with a sole infrared 150w heat lamp on a day/night thermostat. I think this was too powerful and made the dimmer thermostat work too hard and I was worried that if the dimmer thermostat failed then the bulb would be at full power 150w's. Too hot I would imagine.
So for the second week I've made some changes, I have got rid of the infrared heat bulb. GONE.
In it's place I now have a 75w Sun-glo basking bulb. This will be on for 12 hours a day. As I live in chilly manchester UK I need a heat source! It's too cold. So I have bought a ceramic heat emitter 60w. This will give the terrarium a nice ambient temperature during the day in the warmer end of the terrarium and a cooler temperature at night.
So my diet has been locusts (medium sized) that are fed Kale, carrot and bug grub. I sprinkle them with calcium every day and I have a supplement that has D3 that I gave him a few days a go. I'll do this again in a few weeks.
I spray him before I leave for work and when I get home. I handle him everyday and he really doesn't seem to mind climbing on us.
He has really beautiful colour and never hisses at us. I'm please with how things are going. The research continues.
