Fist day at home
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Luischameleon
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His name is Pablo
nightanole
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first...
Anyway he looks hydrated and healthy. I assume you have sticks etc and places to hide in leaves, in the cage.
When they first get shipped, it might be a a few days till they eat and act normal, till then just try to keep him hydrated with mistings.
Anyway he looks hydrated and healthy. I assume you have sticks etc and places to hide in leaves, in the cage.
When they first get shipped, it might be a a few days till they eat and act normal, till then just try to keep him hydrated with mistings.
Luischameleon
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He had 2/3 crickets already
Luischameleon
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nightanole
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He had 2/3 crickets already
Yea i couldnt hold out more than a few hours, i offered a cup of crickets, and he was delighted
nightanole
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That setup looks great for finding feeders on the ground. However you might want to figure out ways to get from the ground to the vines, and from the side to the vines. They are not maze runners.
Luischameleon
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Is that ok if I leave 3 crickets on the cage?! Those bastards are hard to catch hahahaYea i couldnt hold out more than a few hours, i offered a cup of crickets, and he was delighted
Luischameleon
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He is climbing the walls because of his tiny paws but for sure i will look into that, i have 2 more vines coming from lll reptiles
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nightanole
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Yea you are fine, babies like to hunt. The trick is not leaving places for the crickets to hide, and with your bare bottom cage, that shouldnt be a problem.
jajeanpierre
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@Luischameleon Your baby looks incredibly stressed. Yellow is usually a sign of stress. I don't know how big he is, but I am not sure he is old enough to show yellows an adult might show. What species is he by the way--your picture is too small for me to see.
First, your cage is incredibly sparse. There is a lot you can do immediately.
I would prune some branches with leaves from the yard and stick them in right now. You can go to Home Depot and pick up a cheap Sword Fern. You can buy a big hanging pothos, an umbrella tree or a ficus. You can raise that plant up to the top where he will use it. I've used upturned buckets or plant pots to do that as well as wrought iron plastic patio tables. Get some perches!
You can spread out the fake plastic vines and tie them to the natural branch frame you make when you prune some non-toxic trees from your yard. You can use zip ties to tie things together. I buy a sword fern and cut it into many pieces with a machete (I lived in the Caribbean--everyone needs a machete!) and then repot into small 4" pots and hang those (zip ties) to the branch framework.
There is so much you can do but you need to do it quick.
Your baby is super stressed. Stressed chameleons have a tendency to get sick and die.
To give you an idea, I've inclued a picture of a newly imported Calumma malthe. You can see there is a lot of greenery and lots of different sized branches. If you look behind him, you can see a pot is zip-tied onto a supporting branch to raise it higher in the cage. Lots of leaf surfaces to hold water/humidity and lots of places for him to hide.
Good luck.
First, your cage is incredibly sparse. There is a lot you can do immediately.
I would prune some branches with leaves from the yard and stick them in right now. You can go to Home Depot and pick up a cheap Sword Fern. You can buy a big hanging pothos, an umbrella tree or a ficus. You can raise that plant up to the top where he will use it. I've used upturned buckets or plant pots to do that as well as wrought iron plastic patio tables. Get some perches!
You can spread out the fake plastic vines and tie them to the natural branch frame you make when you prune some non-toxic trees from your yard. You can use zip ties to tie things together. I buy a sword fern and cut it into many pieces with a machete (I lived in the Caribbean--everyone needs a machete!) and then repot into small 4" pots and hang those (zip ties) to the branch framework.
There is so much you can do but you need to do it quick.
Your baby is super stressed. Stressed chameleons have a tendency to get sick and die.
To give you an idea, I've inclued a picture of a newly imported Calumma malthe. You can see there is a lot of greenery and lots of different sized branches. If you look behind him, you can see a pot is zip-tied onto a supporting branch to raise it higher in the cage. Lots of leaf surfaces to hold water/humidity and lots of places for him to hide.
Good luck.
Luischameleon
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He is a veiled he just arrived today, i will do all this you told ASAP I don't want my baby to get sick. I bought a large umbrella tree and will be here by Tuesday, but i will take a walk in my vindo to see if i can find some branches for today.
I hope he get better soon
Luischameleon
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For now he's just standing in the umbrella tree, I misted the cage once and I will do it again before I go to sleep
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Should I be worried?!
Luischameleon
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Maybe is to hot for him, im using a 100w basking spot
Luischameleon
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The thermometer is arriving tomorrow the delivery is late
