Ashley85
Member
MY CHAMS:
Charlie: Veiled... Male... **maybe 5 months old(feel free to enlighten me im now gunna assume he's older maybe I'm wrong and an OVER THE TOP REACTING CHAM MOM)**... Been in my care since February 6th
Stella: Veiled... Female...**maybe 5 months old(feel free to enlighten me im now gunna assume she's older maybe im
wrong amd an OVER THE TOP REACTING CHAM MOM)**... Been in my care since February 6th
HANDLING:
I try to hold or interect closely everyday depends on mood/weather there shedding/time of day/ etc...
FEEDING:
Staple diet of crickets... Charlie lovess the superworms Stella not so much so I also throw some hornworms and wax worms(not more than 3 times in a week) Dubia roaches (Charlie showed interest in them... Stella never really has still have like 6 left out the container i bought a few weeks back)
Mangos... Fed once..
Stella tore them down but doesnt seem to get she has to open her mouth or something cause she wont ahow any interest at all now;
Charlie acted like I had tried to poision him...
I've been letting them come to me and handfeed the superworms~4-8
waxworms3-6(whatever they will consume in one sittin no more than the # amount written beside the feeder).. or hornworms(1 each)
I then have been leaving a feeder bowl with crickets in it if i leave for the day or sometimes in the morning after there misting and some sun rays i will take the previously dusted crickets that didn't get eatn and let the few lose to let Charlie & Stella's Cham instincts kick in a hunt them down for some daily FORCED EXERCISE..
Our feeding schedule I guess you would say would be in the early hrs of the morning.. And then anything they can consume before my son comes home from school which then he checks on them removes feeder dish(do to them needing proper amount of time under lighting for digestion I've assumed it best they not consume food later into the afyernoon/evening?!?!) and does a misting!!!
As far as gutloading goes... The 1st couple weeks I was gutloading with what "EXPERTS" would peobably refer to as SYNTHETICS... But after many nights up on this forum stalking treads... AND BIGGG THANKS TO @Brody..... I IMMEDIATELY stopped those and started just chopping up fresh mustard greens collards sweet potatoes carrots and mangos
AND ORDERED CRICKET CRACK YESTERDAY OFF AMAZON!!!
SUPPLEMENTS:
ExoTerra Calcium... Everyday
ExoTerra MultiVit... 1st & 3rd Sunday
Zoo Med ReptiCal+D3.. 2nd & 4th Sunday
WATERING:
Currently my schedule allows for a flexible schedule due to winter hours so im able to mist 3-5 times threwout the day... But the misting system is next on the shopping list bc busy island summer time is just around the corner AND I ONLY WAMT THE BEST FOR MY BABIES!!!
I usually mist till my whole bottle (the size of a Windex bottle) is empty which assures me that they have both had atleast a good 3mins in the morning(due to them being extra thirsty bc you know just waking up and having morning breath nothings beats a nice cold drink in the a.m.)
Then atleast 1-2mins on the other mistings and then when the kid gets home around 4 is when they get another longgg afternoon misting
And then on Sundays when we switch up our dusting supplements i do an extra long misting as to make them clean there eye sockets or whatever it is I've read they need to keep there eyes clean and healthy(IF IM WRONG PLZ TELL ME)!!!
Yess I see both Charlie and Stella drinking when I'm misting... Charlie has learned he can open his mouth and i can spray right in amd he gets a bigger gulp...
I also have this Flukers Mini Dripper thing i had bought on one of the 1st shopping sprees right after the babies arrived... I have since then read on this forum about filling it with ice cubes and thats what I do and place over a Pothos plant to leak down and over inside!!!
FECAL DESCRIPTION:
CHARLIE:
poop=brown lil turds
Urates=white
Normal consistency coming out together
STELLA:
poop=brown lil turds
Urates=white
Normal consistency coming out together
(until recently)
**NEITHER CHARLIE OR STELLA HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR PARASITES**
HISTORY:
Charlie and Stella have been housed together since the day they arrived February 6th 2019.. I was under the impression they could be housed together up till about 6-8 months but I'm thinking this assumption I've made from something I read must be wrong and/or I'm off on how old I think my babies are.. I knew they couldn't stay together permanently and I clearly had no intentions of mating them bc this makes me a 1st time Cham parent!!! I just want to do what's best and I've already come to the conclusion TAKING TOMORROW OFF TO BUILD ANOTHER CHAM ENCLOSURE FOR STELLA IS MY BEST BET TO MAKE SURE I DNT NOT HAVE ANYTHING A FEMALE CHAM MIGHT NEED FOR HUSBANDRY!!!
**SEE CURRENT PROBLEM**
CAGE TYPE:
D.I.M. SCREENED 24"X24"X48
LIGHTING:
Zoo Med 24" T5 High Output Terrarium Hood... Which I clearly realized they would PROBABLY need more so I have put a Reptisun 10.0 uvb in the corner going down oppsite of the way the hood faces which is at a diagnoal as you will see in piks!!
I orginally had several reptile dome lighting fixtures so I have fixed those as my heat sources using...
Zilla Day Blue Light Incandescent Reptile Bulb, 75-watt and 100- watt
ExoTerra daytime heat lamp 100-watt
Our schedule is lights kick on at 730am and kick off at 830pm
TEMPERATURE:
70°-95°.... Lowest overnight temp 60°... I have a temp/humidity control attached inside at about the lowest point otf branches amd plants to make sure it doesnt drop below 70° @ the lowest part amd then i have a room/surface thermometer(just placed an order for an actual infared heat laser thermometer yesterday off Amazon!)
HUMIDITY: 40-70%.... When I spray it down I let it dry out COMPLETLY before I would go spraying it down AGAIN!!! But it doesn't ever lose the humidity in my Chams lil homes since I've had them... I have been able to maintain that personally but like I stated before DEFINITELY the next on my list soon bc I'm more of the hands on so I'm going to have to have time to asses the whole misting system with the babies!!!
**SUGGESTIONS ON BEST MISTING SYSTEM PLZZZ KEEP IN MIND IM BUYING DOUBLE I'M ASSUMING QUICKER THAN EXPECTED**
PLANTS:
Pothos
Mini Shafaler
Mini Bamboo
Money Tree
English Ivy
Bromeliads
PLACEMENT:
As wierd as it sounds I have there enclousure inside the master bathroom.. This has more or less been my MINI GREENHOUSE inside my house.. I have a old clawfoot tub its on the backside of the house that faces the ocean so it gets all that morning sun which has kept all the plants flourishing threw our cold winters... Needless to say I've always wanted a CHAMELEON ended up with 2(story of my life)... SO ITS ALSO BASICLY THE QUIETEST LEAST TRAFFIC AND ONLY ONE AIR VENT ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BATHROOM... I do live in an old beach house that was built way before the 50's and we just had a hurricane hit that flooded so NO INSULATION BACK UNDER HOUSE YETTT.. So tile floor seems alot colder so I have set the enclosure ontop of a solid bin thats 1.5' off the ground which would put the top of the enclousre 5.5' from the ground they sit a good foot above my head when I walk up to the enclosure.
LOCATION:
I live in Carolina Beach which a town on Pleasure Island in the south eastern part of North Carolina!
CURRENT PROBLEM:
1.) MY APOLOGIES FOR STARTERS FOR LETTING SO MUCH TIME PASS SINCE GETTIN BABIES AND MAKING A THREAD OF MY OWN AS INTRO OR WAY TO RECEIVING HELP AS THEY GROW.. NO EXCUSES!!!
2.) ANY INFO ANYONE CAN PASS ON ABOUT MISTING SYSTEM... CORRECT ARCADIA BULBS TO GET...FACTS.. ADVICE.. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ILL TAKE IT ALLL PLZZZ AND THANK YOUUU @Brodybreaux25. @Thehippie.
3.) HOW OLD ARE THESE BABIES IN UR EXPERTISE
4.)ADVICE AS FAR AS MY FEMALE GOES.. OKAY SO:
* I noticed her looking a little hefty well I just assumed she needed to poo and she would be fine.. Well its now day 2 and i cant honestly say I know for a fact she has pooed but there was some dryer not so moist lil poo yestersay but i didnt see her do it but it was after Charlie had ALREADY unloaded HIMSELF for the morning so i assuked it was hers and thought GREAT.. Welll after that whole process threwout yesterday come about 3 or 4 its like i heard fast ruffling of the fake ivy leaves i have weaved into something so i jumped up to go see what it was and I thought @ 1st OMG CHARLIE TRYING TO KILL STELLA.. BUT GO FIGURE NOW AFTER THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT(saving my baby girl from that mean lil boy..lol) I THEN REALIZED OMGGG.. MAYBE HE WAS TRYING TO GETTTT HERRRR YA KNOW... ! Well then it was funny for a second and then quickly that thought left and ALL THE THOUGHTS OF HOW HER HUSBANDRY ISNT RIGHT FOR A LADY CHAM I THOUGHT I HAD A YOUNG LIL GIRL JUST HEADIN INTO TEENS.. SO TODAY IS THE DAY WE BUILD ANOTHER CAGE AND GET THINGS RIGHT FOR HER BUT I GUESS NOW IDK IF MY HEADS MESSING WITH ME BC I MOST CERTAINLY HAVENT SEEN ANY GRAVID SIGNS BUT LORD IF HE WAS TRYING TO GET HER HAS HE GOT HER BEFORE WAS SHE TO YOUNG AM I OVER REACTING?!?! IM KEEPING STELLA CONFINED AS TO SEE WEATHER OR NOT SHE POOPS AT ALL 2DAY... IF I DNT SEE ANY POOP 2DAY THEN I CAN SAY THAT COULD BE CONSIDEDERED 2 DAYS AND I SHOULD RUSH HER TO A VET RIGHT?!?!?
Charlie: Veiled... Male... **maybe 5 months old(feel free to enlighten me im now gunna assume he's older maybe I'm wrong and an OVER THE TOP REACTING CHAM MOM)**... Been in my care since February 6th
Stella: Veiled... Female...**maybe 5 months old(feel free to enlighten me im now gunna assume she's older maybe im
wrong amd an OVER THE TOP REACTING CHAM MOM)**... Been in my care since February 6th
HANDLING:
I try to hold or interect closely everyday depends on mood/weather there shedding/time of day/ etc...
FEEDING:
Staple diet of crickets... Charlie lovess the superworms Stella not so much so I also throw some hornworms and wax worms(not more than 3 times in a week) Dubia roaches (Charlie showed interest in them... Stella never really has still have like 6 left out the container i bought a few weeks back)
Mangos... Fed once..
Stella tore them down but doesnt seem to get she has to open her mouth or something cause she wont ahow any interest at all now;
Charlie acted like I had tried to poision him...
I've been letting them come to me and handfeed the superworms~4-8
waxworms3-6(whatever they will consume in one sittin no more than the # amount written beside the feeder).. or hornworms(1 each)
I then have been leaving a feeder bowl with crickets in it if i leave for the day or sometimes in the morning after there misting and some sun rays i will take the previously dusted crickets that didn't get eatn and let the few lose to let Charlie & Stella's Cham instincts kick in a hunt them down for some daily FORCED EXERCISE..
Our feeding schedule I guess you would say would be in the early hrs of the morning.. And then anything they can consume before my son comes home from school which then he checks on them removes feeder dish(do to them needing proper amount of time under lighting for digestion I've assumed it best they not consume food later into the afyernoon/evening?!?!) and does a misting!!!
As far as gutloading goes... The 1st couple weeks I was gutloading with what "EXPERTS" would peobably refer to as SYNTHETICS... But after many nights up on this forum stalking treads... AND BIGGG THANKS TO @Brody..... I IMMEDIATELY stopped those and started just chopping up fresh mustard greens collards sweet potatoes carrots and mangos
AND ORDERED CRICKET CRACK YESTERDAY OFF AMAZON!!!
SUPPLEMENTS:
ExoTerra Calcium... Everyday
ExoTerra MultiVit... 1st & 3rd Sunday
Zoo Med ReptiCal+D3.. 2nd & 4th Sunday
WATERING:
Currently my schedule allows for a flexible schedule due to winter hours so im able to mist 3-5 times threwout the day... But the misting system is next on the shopping list bc busy island summer time is just around the corner AND I ONLY WAMT THE BEST FOR MY BABIES!!!
I usually mist till my whole bottle (the size of a Windex bottle) is empty which assures me that they have both had atleast a good 3mins in the morning(due to them being extra thirsty bc you know just waking up and having morning breath nothings beats a nice cold drink in the a.m.)
Then atleast 1-2mins on the other mistings and then when the kid gets home around 4 is when they get another longgg afternoon misting
And then on Sundays when we switch up our dusting supplements i do an extra long misting as to make them clean there eye sockets or whatever it is I've read they need to keep there eyes clean and healthy(IF IM WRONG PLZ TELL ME)!!!
Yess I see both Charlie and Stella drinking when I'm misting... Charlie has learned he can open his mouth and i can spray right in amd he gets a bigger gulp...
I also have this Flukers Mini Dripper thing i had bought on one of the 1st shopping sprees right after the babies arrived... I have since then read on this forum about filling it with ice cubes and thats what I do and place over a Pothos plant to leak down and over inside!!!
FECAL DESCRIPTION:
CHARLIE:
poop=brown lil turds
Urates=white
Normal consistency coming out together
STELLA:
poop=brown lil turds
Urates=white
Normal consistency coming out together
(until recently)
**NEITHER CHARLIE OR STELLA HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR PARASITES**
HISTORY:
Charlie and Stella have been housed together since the day they arrived February 6th 2019.. I was under the impression they could be housed together up till about 6-8 months but I'm thinking this assumption I've made from something I read must be wrong and/or I'm off on how old I think my babies are.. I knew they couldn't stay together permanently and I clearly had no intentions of mating them bc this makes me a 1st time Cham parent!!! I just want to do what's best and I've already come to the conclusion TAKING TOMORROW OFF TO BUILD ANOTHER CHAM ENCLOSURE FOR STELLA IS MY BEST BET TO MAKE SURE I DNT NOT HAVE ANYTHING A FEMALE CHAM MIGHT NEED FOR HUSBANDRY!!!
**SEE CURRENT PROBLEM**
CAGE TYPE:
D.I.M. SCREENED 24"X24"X48
LIGHTING:
Zoo Med 24" T5 High Output Terrarium Hood... Which I clearly realized they would PROBABLY need more so I have put a Reptisun 10.0 uvb in the corner going down oppsite of the way the hood faces which is at a diagnoal as you will see in piks!!
I orginally had several reptile dome lighting fixtures so I have fixed those as my heat sources using...
Zilla Day Blue Light Incandescent Reptile Bulb, 75-watt and 100- watt
ExoTerra daytime heat lamp 100-watt
Our schedule is lights kick on at 730am and kick off at 830pm
TEMPERATURE:
70°-95°.... Lowest overnight temp 60°... I have a temp/humidity control attached inside at about the lowest point otf branches amd plants to make sure it doesnt drop below 70° @ the lowest part amd then i have a room/surface thermometer(just placed an order for an actual infared heat laser thermometer yesterday off Amazon!)
HUMIDITY: 40-70%.... When I spray it down I let it dry out COMPLETLY before I would go spraying it down AGAIN!!! But it doesn't ever lose the humidity in my Chams lil homes since I've had them... I have been able to maintain that personally but like I stated before DEFINITELY the next on my list soon bc I'm more of the hands on so I'm going to have to have time to asses the whole misting system with the babies!!!
**SUGGESTIONS ON BEST MISTING SYSTEM PLZZZ KEEP IN MIND IM BUYING DOUBLE I'M ASSUMING QUICKER THAN EXPECTED**
PLANTS:
Pothos
Mini Shafaler
Mini Bamboo
Money Tree
English Ivy
Bromeliads
PLACEMENT:
As wierd as it sounds I have there enclousure inside the master bathroom.. This has more or less been my MINI GREENHOUSE inside my house.. I have a old clawfoot tub its on the backside of the house that faces the ocean so it gets all that morning sun which has kept all the plants flourishing threw our cold winters... Needless to say I've always wanted a CHAMELEON ended up with 2(story of my life)... SO ITS ALSO BASICLY THE QUIETEST LEAST TRAFFIC AND ONLY ONE AIR VENT ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BATHROOM... I do live in an old beach house that was built way before the 50's and we just had a hurricane hit that flooded so NO INSULATION BACK UNDER HOUSE YETTT.. So tile floor seems alot colder so I have set the enclosure ontop of a solid bin thats 1.5' off the ground which would put the top of the enclousre 5.5' from the ground they sit a good foot above my head when I walk up to the enclosure.
LOCATION:
I live in Carolina Beach which a town on Pleasure Island in the south eastern part of North Carolina!
CURRENT PROBLEM:
1.) MY APOLOGIES FOR STARTERS FOR LETTING SO MUCH TIME PASS SINCE GETTIN BABIES AND MAKING A THREAD OF MY OWN AS INTRO OR WAY TO RECEIVING HELP AS THEY GROW.. NO EXCUSES!!!
2.) ANY INFO ANYONE CAN PASS ON ABOUT MISTING SYSTEM... CORRECT ARCADIA BULBS TO GET...FACTS.. ADVICE.. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ILL TAKE IT ALLL PLZZZ AND THANK YOUUU @Brodybreaux25. @Thehippie.
3.) HOW OLD ARE THESE BABIES IN UR EXPERTISE
4.)ADVICE AS FAR AS MY FEMALE GOES.. OKAY SO:
* I noticed her looking a little hefty well I just assumed she needed to poo and she would be fine.. Well its now day 2 and i cant honestly say I know for a fact she has pooed but there was some dryer not so moist lil poo yestersay but i didnt see her do it but it was after Charlie had ALREADY unloaded HIMSELF for the morning so i assuked it was hers and thought GREAT.. Welll after that whole process threwout yesterday come about 3 or 4 its like i heard fast ruffling of the fake ivy leaves i have weaved into something so i jumped up to go see what it was and I thought @ 1st OMG CHARLIE TRYING TO KILL STELLA.. BUT GO FIGURE NOW AFTER THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT(saving my baby girl from that mean lil boy..lol) I THEN REALIZED OMGGG.. MAYBE HE WAS TRYING TO GETTTT HERRRR YA KNOW... ! Well then it was funny for a second and then quickly that thought left and ALL THE THOUGHTS OF HOW HER HUSBANDRY ISNT RIGHT FOR A LADY CHAM I THOUGHT I HAD A YOUNG LIL GIRL JUST HEADIN INTO TEENS.. SO TODAY IS THE DAY WE BUILD ANOTHER CAGE AND GET THINGS RIGHT FOR HER BUT I GUESS NOW IDK IF MY HEADS MESSING WITH ME BC I MOST CERTAINLY HAVENT SEEN ANY GRAVID SIGNS BUT LORD IF HE WAS TRYING TO GET HER HAS HE GOT HER BEFORE WAS SHE TO YOUNG AM I OVER REACTING?!?! IM KEEPING STELLA CONFINED AS TO SEE WEATHER OR NOT SHE POOPS AT ALL 2DAY... IF I DNT SEE ANY POOP 2DAY THEN I CAN SAY THAT COULD BE CONSIDEDERED 2 DAYS AND I SHOULD RUSH HER TO A VET RIGHT?!?!?