kyle0417
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I got it from Walmart. Made sure to wash it in the shower and repot it with organic soil. Then I covered the soil with rocks. Now the humidity in his enclosure has jumped from 50% to 70%. Definitely happy.
Figured this would be a good time to ask about my husbandry: am I doing a good job?
I've been doing my best with school and work but it's not easy. Here's my daily schedule with Jeff.
Weekday Schedule:
7 AM: Wake up for school and feed him 7-8 medium sized crickets (herptivite dusted with calcium, no D3 except every other saturday I use reptivite). Mist his enclosure for about 2-3 minutes. Fill up the dripper and put it on a slow drip and then leave for school.
3-3:30 PM Get home from school. Mist his enclosure for another 2-3 minutes. Make sure the dripper is still well filled. Check on Jeffrey and see how he's doing. I also look at his poop all the time to make sure he's hydrated.
(I typically work Thur-Sun, 5-9 on weekdays and 3-9 on weekends.)
4:30 PM Mist his enclosure again.
9:00ish PM Turn his UV light off.
9:30ish PM Turn his basking bulb off.
Weekends:
Wake up around 9-10 AM. Feed my man Jeffrey. 7-8 crickets. Sometimes a mealworm just to mix it up a bit. (I know they're not a very good food to feed a cham, it's more of a snack every week or two. Just one.) Mist for 2-3 minutes.
12ish Mist him again.
2:30ish Mist him again. 2-3 minutes.
Get home at 9:15ish. Turn off his UV light.
9:30 Turn off his basking bulb.
He has a Reptisun 5.0 UVB, and a 100w incandescent light bulb. I feed his crickets carrots. I clean his cage pretty much every time I see a turd. Will attach a picture of his enclosure tomorrow because he's in bed.
Figured this would be a good time to ask about my husbandry: am I doing a good job?
I've been doing my best with school and work but it's not easy. Here's my daily schedule with Jeff.
Weekday Schedule:
7 AM: Wake up for school and feed him 7-8 medium sized crickets (herptivite dusted with calcium, no D3 except every other saturday I use reptivite). Mist his enclosure for about 2-3 minutes. Fill up the dripper and put it on a slow drip and then leave for school.
3-3:30 PM Get home from school. Mist his enclosure for another 2-3 minutes. Make sure the dripper is still well filled. Check on Jeffrey and see how he's doing. I also look at his poop all the time to make sure he's hydrated.
(I typically work Thur-Sun, 5-9 on weekdays and 3-9 on weekends.)
4:30 PM Mist his enclosure again.
9:00ish PM Turn his UV light off.
9:30ish PM Turn his basking bulb off.
Weekends:
Wake up around 9-10 AM. Feed my man Jeffrey. 7-8 crickets. Sometimes a mealworm just to mix it up a bit. (I know they're not a very good food to feed a cham, it's more of a snack every week or two. Just one.) Mist for 2-3 minutes.
12ish Mist him again.
2:30ish Mist him again. 2-3 minutes.
Get home at 9:15ish. Turn off his UV light.
9:30 Turn off his basking bulb.
He has a Reptisun 5.0 UVB, and a 100w incandescent light bulb. I feed his crickets carrots. I clean his cage pretty much every time I see a turd. Will attach a picture of his enclosure tomorrow because he's in bed.
