GrimmDaddy
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I used to play music when I was asleep, but I stopped after I got my chameleon a few months ago. Does it disrupt his sleeping habits or really have any adverse side-effects on him to play music at night?
Is it ok to play music at night?
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camimom
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They are deaf essentialy. so blast away!
They can still feel vibrations so no heavy base and you should be good
camimom
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What ferret said.
chametc
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Music will not bother it, but light would. It should be dark at night.
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DavidBuchan
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Since he's new, and I take it you've never kept one before?
Could you fill out the form and let us know how you are keeping him/her?
Ferretinmyshoes has a very silly name, but she's training to be a vet, so we should be able to spot any potential problems for you before they happen............
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Location - Where are you geographically located?
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
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ChameleonsInMyHouse
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how do you figure that takes away the vibrations?? i have a mesa half stack and drum set down stairs on the oposite side of the house and i can feel vibrations upstairs in my room.
and i personally dont think my house is garbage built lol, its a ranch but its sturdy lmao
and i personally dont think my house is garbage built lol, its a ranch but its sturdy lmao
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DavidBuchan
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Correct.
So do what I do, put the speakers up on blocks, cover the chameleon cage with a light sheet and check every now and again to make sure the vibrations don't wake anybody up........
GrimmDaddy
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"Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Location - Where are you geographically located?"
He's a Jackson, male, I don't know how old he is as the store I got him at didn't know, I got him... early to mid-April so that would be 3-4 months I've had him, he's approximately 6 inches including the tail. How much I handle him depends on how often he seems to be upset with the Terrarium (attempting to climb the glass sides, prowling the edges, etc), at which point I take him out and let him decide if he wants in my hair or if he wants to roam my room. I feed him crickets, approximately 1 inch in length, I buy 10 every 3 days and set them in the terrarium, allowing him to hunt them down and eat them as he pleases... gut-loading? Umm... I don't buy supplements, are they really a necessity? it just seemed recommended. I have a spray bottle I bought for a dollar at Winco, it has a screw adjuster and I have it set to spray a cone of mist I estimate to be 45 degrees from the center of the spray to any of the outside edges, I mist the terrarium 4-7 times a day depending on how active he gets, I mist the entire area of the terrarium till the fake leaves have a nice amount of water on top of them (I'm upgrading to real plants from LLL reptile ASAP). His droppings are medium to dark brown, consistency semi-solid (don't know how to go into much more detail). He is currently in his third shed since I got him (he started shedding the day after I got him and he just started shedding two days ago)
The cage is glass with a mesh lid. dimensions are 10inW 20inL 12inH. Daylight light-bulb, don't know the Wattage, try to keep schedule as close to 7-7 that I can. Cage floor 78-84 degrees (no particular times for the fluctuation, I open my window for half an hour when the thermometer on my wall is approx. halfway between 80 and 90) Lowest overnight temp is 74 degrees, I measure temperatures on an hourly basis when I'm awake and about halfway through the night I get up and measure the temperature with the thermometer on my phone (freaking phone was 250 dollars, has a thermometer and a compass and is bigger than my computer mouse) I use the same technique for the hourly checks. Humidity is approx 50-70 depending on when I opened my window/ whether it was foggy or not when I opened it, the humidity typically stays like that in my area, I have a quartz brand clock on my wall that has a humidity measure and a thermometer built in. No live plants (again, planning to get some from LLL Reptile ASAP). The Terrarium is on my computer desk (I turn off the monitor when I turn off his light) and the top of the terrarium is 31 inches off the floor of my room. I live in Vancouver WA (a bit north of Portland Oregon)
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Location - Where are you geographically located?"
He's a Jackson, male, I don't know how old he is as the store I got him at didn't know, I got him... early to mid-April so that would be 3-4 months I've had him, he's approximately 6 inches including the tail. How much I handle him depends on how often he seems to be upset with the Terrarium (attempting to climb the glass sides, prowling the edges, etc), at which point I take him out and let him decide if he wants in my hair or if he wants to roam my room. I feed him crickets, approximately 1 inch in length, I buy 10 every 3 days and set them in the terrarium, allowing him to hunt them down and eat them as he pleases... gut-loading? Umm... I don't buy supplements, are they really a necessity? it just seemed recommended. I have a spray bottle I bought for a dollar at Winco, it has a screw adjuster and I have it set to spray a cone of mist I estimate to be 45 degrees from the center of the spray to any of the outside edges, I mist the terrarium 4-7 times a day depending on how active he gets, I mist the entire area of the terrarium till the fake leaves have a nice amount of water on top of them (I'm upgrading to real plants from LLL reptile ASAP). His droppings are medium to dark brown, consistency semi-solid (don't know how to go into much more detail). He is currently in his third shed since I got him (he started shedding the day after I got him and he just started shedding two days ago)
The cage is glass with a mesh lid. dimensions are 10inW 20inL 12inH. Daylight light-bulb, don't know the Wattage, try to keep schedule as close to 7-7 that I can. Cage floor 78-84 degrees (no particular times for the fluctuation, I open my window for half an hour when the thermometer on my wall is approx. halfway between 80 and 90) Lowest overnight temp is 74 degrees, I measure temperatures on an hourly basis when I'm awake and about halfway through the night I get up and measure the temperature with the thermometer on my phone (freaking phone was 250 dollars, has a thermometer and a compass and is bigger than my computer mouse) I use the same technique for the hourly checks. Humidity is approx 50-70 depending on when I opened my window/ whether it was foggy or not when I opened it, the humidity typically stays like that in my area, I have a quartz brand clock on my wall that has a humidity measure and a thermometer built in. No live plants (again, planning to get some from LLL Reptile ASAP). The Terrarium is on my computer desk (I turn off the monitor when I turn off his light) and the top of the terrarium is 31 inches off the floor of my room. I live in Vancouver WA (a bit north of Portland Oregon)
GrimmDaddy
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GUYS, THIS IS A FORUM FOR CHAMELEONS! Not for your internet bitch-fights, kindly take said bitch-fight to a private chat room where we don't have to deal with it
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DavidBuchan
Guest
Choose a wide variety of music for your Chams........
, then they can wear flowers in their hair and listen to Bob Dylan one day, get punked by The Jam later on, and just chill with Bob Marley before bed........
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DavidBuchan
Guest
Sorry mate, didn't mean to hijack the thread because this is important. Supplements are not recommended - they are ESSENTIAL! You need a plain calcium supplement with no phosphorous for light dusting everyday. You also need a high d3 supplement for twice a month. A multivitamin twice a month is recommended.
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DavidBuchan
Guest
Gutloading means wht you feed to the crickets. In captivity it is very important to make sure the food you give a chameleon is as healthy as possible. The crickets need to be fed on a high calcium diet. Dark green leaves are good, in general. There are lists of good stuff all over the forum. Do you have dandelions around in Texas? They are good, as is butternut sqaush, oranges, carrots.....
There is a white section to the droppings too, if it is yellowy or going orange this indicates dehydration.
I never kept a Jacksons myself, so I can't tell you about temps or humidity....
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GrimmDaddy
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the white section to the droppings is white, forgot to mention
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GrimmDaddy
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ok thank you, will buy tomorrow
GrimmDaddy
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I believe I posted earlier, I live in Washington, this would be similar to me asking "How's the Haggis in Scotland?" or something... anyways, up here we have dandelions, so much we can't get rid of them
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DavidBuchan
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The Haggis is beaut, thanks buddy, you didn't post that you were from Washington, don't know why I guessed Texas, lol.
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