Midninight
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - male veiled chameleon, about 2 months old [got him on 3/28/11]
Handling - 3 times a week for 5 mins
Feeding - about 10 medium crickets a day... 5 around noon and 5 around 8pm... I asked the breeder if I should feed him worms too and he said just crickets until he's 6 months... is that ok? I started off with small crickets but the breeder said he started his brothers and sisters on mediums and said I should too so I've only done mediums for 2 days now
I use Fluker's Orange Cubes to gut-load the crickets, I plan on getting some carrots and lettuce [not iceberg] just haven't had a chance
Oh and I cup feed him because when I used to let them loose in the cage they would hide and he couldn't find them. He always eats all of the crickets and seems to want even more.
Supplements - repti calcium without d3 every other day, rep-cal with d3 2 times a month [at first I did this every two days but I read that's too much so now I'm going to start this twice a month next month], rep-cal Herptivite 3 times a month [only once so far]
Watering - I mist his cage with a hand mister about 4 times a day and I've seen him drinking but not often. I bought a little dripper but I need to make a cup with a screen on top to catch the water before I put it in the cage.
Fecal Description - black/brown poop with some white in it, he has not been tested for parasites
History - I got him from a local reptile shop, they breed veiled chams there
Cage Info:
Cage Type - reptibreeze all screen 16"x16"x 30"
Lighting - reptisun 5.0 UVB that I keep on for 12 hours a day [at first this was not the same 12 hours everyday but now I have a timer so it goes on at 11am and turns off at 11pm] I also use a 75 watt zoo med nocturnal infrared heat lamp
Temperature - 85-95 sometimes the bottom will reach 75 but never lower... I'm using zoomeds reptile dual thermometer/ humidity gauge but I plan on getting a digital one soon
Humidity - 40% - 60% I have two trash bags covering the two sides of the cage to keep humidity up and to keep him out of eyesight of our snake
Plants - schefflera
Placement - on my dresser in my room [highest place for him to sit on], there's a window near his cage but I never open it, my boyfriend and I work a lot so it's not too high traffic
Location - Orange County, California
Current Problem - There's no problem really. I just want to make sure I have everything set for him. Lately he's been crawling A LOT in the cage. I don't really see him just sitting much. I don't know if that's a bad thing. He walks on the bottom of the cage and crawls up the sides to his top branches. He's been eating the leaves of the plant a little more lately too. At first he NEVER ate them and now I'm noticing more and more bite marks on the leaves. I don't know if I should buy a different plant or if that's ok.
Your Chameleon - male veiled chameleon, about 2 months old [got him on 3/28/11]
Handling - 3 times a week for 5 mins
Feeding - about 10 medium crickets a day... 5 around noon and 5 around 8pm... I asked the breeder if I should feed him worms too and he said just crickets until he's 6 months... is that ok? I started off with small crickets but the breeder said he started his brothers and sisters on mediums and said I should too so I've only done mediums for 2 days now
I use Fluker's Orange Cubes to gut-load the crickets, I plan on getting some carrots and lettuce [not iceberg] just haven't had a chance
Oh and I cup feed him because when I used to let them loose in the cage they would hide and he couldn't find them. He always eats all of the crickets and seems to want even more.
Supplements - repti calcium without d3 every other day, rep-cal with d3 2 times a month [at first I did this every two days but I read that's too much so now I'm going to start this twice a month next month], rep-cal Herptivite 3 times a month [only once so far]
Watering - I mist his cage with a hand mister about 4 times a day and I've seen him drinking but not often. I bought a little dripper but I need to make a cup with a screen on top to catch the water before I put it in the cage.
Fecal Description - black/brown poop with some white in it, he has not been tested for parasites
History - I got him from a local reptile shop, they breed veiled chams there
Cage Info:
Cage Type - reptibreeze all screen 16"x16"x 30"
Lighting - reptisun 5.0 UVB that I keep on for 12 hours a day [at first this was not the same 12 hours everyday but now I have a timer so it goes on at 11am and turns off at 11pm] I also use a 75 watt zoo med nocturnal infrared heat lamp
Temperature - 85-95 sometimes the bottom will reach 75 but never lower... I'm using zoomeds reptile dual thermometer/ humidity gauge but I plan on getting a digital one soon
Humidity - 40% - 60% I have two trash bags covering the two sides of the cage to keep humidity up and to keep him out of eyesight of our snake
Plants - schefflera
Placement - on my dresser in my room [highest place for him to sit on], there's a window near his cage but I never open it, my boyfriend and I work a lot so it's not too high traffic
Location - Orange County, California
Current Problem - There's no problem really. I just want to make sure I have everything set for him. Lately he's been crawling A LOT in the cage. I don't really see him just sitting much. I don't know if that's a bad thing. He walks on the bottom of the cage and crawls up the sides to his top branches. He's been eating the leaves of the plant a little more lately too. At first he NEVER ate them and now I'm noticing more and more bite marks on the leaves. I don't know if I should buy a different plant or if that's ok.
