How am I doing?

[roxychic3253]

Your Chameleon - Veiled, male, 4 weeks old, had for 3 days
Handling - Only to put into enclosure when I got him, I do not handle him but I do wipe the water from bottom of terr.
Feeding - 1/8 inch crickets, about 10 per day- have only seen him eat about 5-6 per day. 5 kept in cup throughout day and about 5 in am and pm for free range. Gut loading with flukers and give them the flukers water crystals /calcium.
Supplements - Reptical calcium w/o D3 daily, also have flukers calcium w/D3 and reptivite multivitamin planned for 1-2 times per month.
Watering - Have a little dripper running down plants in corner, hand mist 3-5 times per day about 1-2 minutes each time. I have not seen him drink.
Fecal Description - Only saw one dropping in cup when brought home. White urates and firm stool.
History - Got from midwest reptile show in Indy on sunday.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Glass 18X18X24 Glass Zoomed terrarium. I did my research before buying this and find it was best for my living situation. I do plan to build a larger terr when he gets older, maybe a 24X24X48? I use a small tub with screen over the top for drainage. Emptied about 2 times per day.
Lighting - Reptisun 5.0 UVB tube bulb, 75 watt white house bulb for basking. On from 7am to 8pm.
Temperature - Ambient-70-75, Basking 83-93. Overnight is usually in the 60's. Measured with 2 digital thermometers.
Humidity - 45-57 before misting, 70-80 after misting. Use a digital hygrometer
Plants - 2 fake and 1 live golden pothos.
Placement - In living room, not very high traffic. Top of cage is about 4.5 feet up.
Location - Northwest indiana
Current Problem - No real problems, just wanted opinions of how I am doing. All advice is appreciated as this is my first cham! I will hopefully post some pics tomorrow.

 

[camimom]

Everything looks really good. I would lower the basking temp just a bit though. most people dont go higher than 85 here. maybe try a lower watt bulb. congrats on your new cham!

site note- for gut loading, i would also suggest carrots, kale, mustard greens, potatoes, apples, oranges.

 

[roxychic3253]

Okay! Sounds good! Wasn't sure what wattage bulb to go with, will try a 50watt housebulb? I have the lamp hanging above the cage. And I will def get some fresh food for the crix! I got 500 at the reptile show and I would really like to keep them alive. So far so good!

 

[camimom]

Okay! Sounds good! Wasn't sure what wattage bulb to go with, will try a 50watt housebulb? I have the lamp hanging above the cage. And I will def get some fresh food for the crix! I got 500 at the reptile show and I would really like to keep them alive. So far so good!

50 watt sounds perfect! and if you have enough egg cartons, and good, you can mor ethan likely keep them alive till they can 'die' ie. be fed off!

 

[roxychic3253]

They are in a large rubbermaid container with egg cartons. I was wondering about adding some fruit flies to the diet? Maybe an occasional mealworm? My list of okay things to feed so far is crix, superworms, waxworms, fruit flies, and occasional mealworms. Anything else??

 

[camimom]

They are in a large rubbermaid container with egg cartons. I was wondering about adding some fruit flies to the diet? Maybe an occasional mealworm? My list of okay things to feed so far is crix, superworms, waxworms, fruit flies, and occasional mealworms. Anything else??

hornworms are great for hydration, however, thye grow big very very fast. ff are good. dubia roaches are used as the staple food too. occasional mealies are good, not daily. i use calciworms (pheonix worms, repti worms, same thing) on a daily too. not as an only, but in addition too.

 

[imcurt]

A little trick I got from another member on keeping crickets alive. I stand the egg crate up on end or use 12 pack cardboard bottle sepraters(found in 12packs) this lets the poo drop.The other thing I do is I keep the crickets food in dishs. since I started doing this my die off droped in 1/2 or better