Hi, some questions regarding my cham

[Shoot]

Hmm, can you take a picture of the specifications to see if these kind of have the same percentages of vitamins?

EDIT:
Actually, the calcium with and without D3 that you use have 0% phosphorus and the one I bought has 10.6%.
I'll go return this and try to see if in pet supermarket they have them.
Thank you SO much for the help!

 

[CBPanther]

You want to avoid soil or bark on the bottom of a chameleons cage. As this can cause impaction if they get any in their mouths. It is also a hiding place for crickets or any other bugs. Use just the bottom of the cage (if a counter like material, melamine) or just use paper towels on the bottom and replace them daily. Hope this helps!
-CBPanther

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Hmm, can you take a picture of the specifications to see if these kind of have the same percentages of vitamins?

EDIT:
Actually, the calcium with and without D3 that you use have 0% phosphorus and the one I bought has 10.6%.
I'll go return this and try to see if in pet supermarket they have them.
Thank you SO much for the help!

I honestly don't think pet supermarket will(not to burst your bubble LOL) but petsmart should have the one with d3 and the multivitamin and then the one without d3 you can order online. If you feel like driving to deerfield you can go to Ben Siegels reptiles. They have all of the calcium's.
http://www.albinonile.com/

 

[Shoot]

Hmm, they have the one without D3 and the multivitamin. I'll buy the with D3 online and recheck Petco while I'm there to return the vitamins and the Yogies I bought for my gerbils, they were supposed to be pink.... they were orange. Lol

 

[lisa h]

So, the one I bought is good?
I was reading it and it only has min of 24.9% of calcium and max of 28%
It also has a bunch of other vitamins so I think this is multivitamins

Edit:

and

These are are considered multi vitamins. I use the first one pictured, but it's not something to use every day. I don't have a veiled, so I won't comment on the frequency of a multi vitamin, but I'm sure someone will help you out. You are getting some great advice here, so keep asking questions and do the recommended reading. You have a lot of changes to make, but if you are committed to your new chameleon you have come to the right place.

 

[Elizadolots]

Looping back to the enclosure, I really think you need some sort of ventilation on the front or one of the sides. What will happen is the warmth of the lights will pull the air up, so if there is ventilation near the bottom of the front or sides, the cool fresh air will be pulled in, pushing the warm air out. That way there will be fresh air in then enclosure. If there's a way to modify what you have, that would be good. If not, I think you should consider switching to an all screen cage.

 

[Shoot]

Hmm, I gave her the multivitamin today and I'm going to give her the Calcium with D3 tomorrow or the day after so I can begin the cycle.

And yeah, the enclosure I'm looking for an all-screen cage at a good price. It is one of my main priorites though.

Also, I feed my cham about 4-5 crickets a day, is this a good feeding cycle?

 

[Elizadolots]

lllreptile has good prices on cages. I like the Reptariums which are very affordable, but there are issues with them if your chameleon isn't tiny (the mesh can be torn by a veiled).

I'm not a veiled person so I'm not the best person to give advice on feeding. I do know that younger chameleons should be eating a lot and that when they mature, it's good to start alternating "food days" and "non-food days"...even with my little Fischer's, every other day seems to keep him more interested in eating.

 

[Shoot]

Okay so I ordered the new cage, as well as the vitamin without D3.
I also re-did her cage (removing the substrate)
Here's a new picture:
http://localhostr.com/files/5b7d71/IMG00062-20100728-0649.jpg
(ignore the cup, that's where I bring my ice cubes so I can put them on top of the cage)
She also seem's to get mad whenever I get near her (when inside cage) but today I took her out into a box and put it outside and she let me get near her and I actually got to carry her. She seemed very happy

I also read that glass cages get them very stressed because of their reflections which actually happens from time to time.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I also read that glass cages get them very stressed because of their reflections which actually happens from time to time.

not true, in my experience.

 

[Shoot]

I have seen her just go down next to the wall and hiss at it, she also tries to climb on it by putting her "paw?" on it

 

[PedroANDAshley]

Well it also depends on where you live
Like some places its harder to keep the humidity up for the chams so they'll use a half glass and half screen enclosure.
Not many people use all glass enclosures.
Its kinda of risky and i wouldn't recommend it to any one whos inexperienced because there are risk with glass cages
and for the most part experienced keepers would only use screen cages, im sure there are some who use glass and have their own reasons for it, but it wouldn't be common, at least for what ive seen and experienced.
Also I give Pedro, my veiled, multi vitamins once a month on his feeders.

 

[Shoot]

I really like the screen cage idea I want her to be able to climb around and it's hot down here so all-screen can get some ventilation