Just got her. Please read and help out.
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reptoman
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Probably can do without the heat lamp at night. Chams like up to a 20 degree drop at night to help them sleep. They need the temp to be at least in the 70F range or not much above to be comfortable at night. Read the article at this link. Very good info to get you on the right track.
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
JDUBK
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No I am waiting for one. I do have it set up tho so she does have sunlight.
OOOst16
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You can cup feed, meaning place the insects in a plastic cup, that has been cut down to half Hight, place it securely in the middle hight of the enclosure, and she should see it, it helps if the plastic cup is clear, also you could let the crickets free range in the cage, but make sure you don't have any substrate, if the Cham shoots for the insect and picks up a piece of dirt/ bark, it could cause impaction when swallowed . You need calcium dust with d3, calcium dust without d3 and a multivitamin dust. You need to do a crap load of research. I could go on and on about car of a chameleon but honestly I'd be righting a 400 page paper. There are a lot of vield chameleon care sheets on the Internet and on the site sponsors , you can also get the vitamin supplements theree aswell. Dust with d3, every other week, calcium without d3 is 5 times a week, and multivitamin is once a month, put the cricks or feeders in a baggie and lightly shake to coat them in the dust.
OOOst16
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Aslo looking at your enclosure. I'd suggest placing a medium size shafflera, or "umbrella plant" right in the middle of your set up to help with humidity,( check the safe plant list on here for pictures and type you can use with chameleons) humidity should never fall below 50% for a vield. You should shoot for a 60% all the time and 90-100% right after misting, then it will trickle down. Also yowl need a laying bin in the future for unfertilized eggs, research different posts , and the Internet overall for this, for I have never had any intrest in female chameleons so I cannot help on this subject. But females require different temps and care because of the egg cycle.
im also thinking about getting a chameleon. Never had any experiance before any help would be appreciated. thinking about getting a young one. How much should i feed them ...water (hydrate them) i read that they like moving water not still. any ideas on how i could do that ? should i put supplements on their food, and can i buy them from a pet shop. What size tank would you reccomend i get?? uv light and a heat lamp ??? any other help greatly appreciated! how would they cope in a flat? theres only me who lives there so i wont stress her out . should i keep it in a room wiht no tele or noise???
OOOst16
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To the questions above...a lot of those are basic questions wich can be found witchin 5 seconds of using google and finding an advanced care sheet on each species. Each specie of chameleon requires different needs. Those noise however will not effect them for chams don't have any ears,they sense vibrations. Spend an hour researching an all of those questions will be answered. My suggestion is to pick a easy species, like a vield or panther, right down all then things required on the hundreds of care sheets available , research it for about a month, then go to a site sponsor and order the chameleon. The site sponsors here are the best available. Make sure you have everything set up before your chameleon arrives, do not buy from a pet store. Pet stores do not know what they are talking about ever! Buy from a breeder. The chams are the best quality there. Let me stress the horrid housing most pet stores keep there chams in, such as pet smart or jacks aquarium and pets.
JDUBK
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Thank you for helping i have done so much reading in the last few weeks and a lot of this i do know just want to hear it from some one that knows my situation.
JDUBK
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JDUBK
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How often and how much should i feed her daily? The picture to the left is only a few days old so thats her size and she is about a month old? I dont want to over feed her. Its also been very hard to find food small enough for her. My local stores keep giving me these huge crickets for her.
OOOst16
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Get the smallest crickets available, gut load with apples, oranges, potatoes, and collard greens. Feed her as much as she wants as a baby, fir that when they are growing, make sure they get as much UVB from the sun as possible until you get a UVB light. For as babies, therengrowing, so they need that to grow healthy bones, babies are most prone to metabolic bone disease if they don't get adequate UVB. 10 baby crickets a day, was how much my male ate as a baby.
OOOst16
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Go with the Dusting scedual above, but I can't stress enough, letting her get natural sunlight until you get your UVB light. She needs to process that calcium for her bones to grow right, and to do that, she needs the UVB. Also get some calcium enriched, cricket gell for the crix to drink, that helps with calcium gut load also.
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