My cham dosent eat inside the house
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skittles1234
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oh my goodness isent he handsome! Love the pic, sorry i know zip about why he would want to eat outside tho....picky lil fellow.
carol5208
Chameleon Enthusiast
First off I want to start out by saying he is a gorgeous boy!! Chameleons can be very finicky at times. You overall cage temp is quite warm to be honest. There should be about a good 10-15 degree difference between his ambient and basking temp. He looks beautiful and healthy. Is there anyway to cool down the cage? I am not saying that is the problem but it wouldn't hurt to try.
carol5208
Chameleon Enthusiast
the benefits of him getting outside in the fresh air and the sunshine outweigh the stress in my opinion. He will get used to it and probably will look forward to getting outside instead of sitting inside staring at the four walls. you said your overall cage temps was 83 and your basking was 87. That is not much of a temperature fluctuation. 77 would be better but I would not be blowing a fan directly on the cage if that is what you mean.
banshee1
New Member
I will try to make his cage more fresh by moving his basking spot
If i Plan making a outdor cage the humiqdity outside from 10:00pm to 8:00am its 100%. will this affect his health?
Elizadolots
New Member
Is it really 83 degrees in your house?
Elizadolots
New Member
Okay....then let's think of ways you can bring down the temperature at the bottom of the cage without blowing a fan on the enclosure. Can you post a picture of your set up?
If it were me, with my set up, I would try putting frozen "freezer blocks" in the drainage drawers under the enclosures...it wouldn't be in the cage with the animal but should drop the temperature a bit.
If it were me, with my set up, I would try putting frozen "freezer blocks" in the drainage drawers under the enclosures...it wouldn't be in the cage with the animal but should drop the temperature a bit.
banshee1
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del33
Member
With ambient temps being 80-81 degrees, I'd think that a basking spot wouldn't even be necessary anymore. Isn't a basking spot just so they can raise body temperature because the cage is normally 70-75 degrees for most people? I have a very accurate SnapOn laser temp gun and I've taken my guys' body temps when they are wandering around not basking and it's always around 80-82 degrees. If the ambient temps are already that, then there would be no need to have a basking spot to raise body temp. Just make sure that you still have a UVB bulb though. I've never done this since my house isn't that hot but it makes sense to me... If my line of thinking is wrong, then let me know....
Elizadolots
New Member
Are you sure it's only 87 at the basking point? If the ambient temperature is over 80 degrees, I would think the heat lamps would bring the temperature higher than that.
For a panther, the basking temperature can be 90 degrees or even a bit higher as long as he can get out of that and into cooler realms. Temperature gradient is important.
Banshee, is there any way to put freezer blocks around the bottom of the cage? Not in it, but outside it?
For a panther, the basking temperature can be 90 degrees or even a bit higher as long as he can get out of that and into cooler realms. Temperature gradient is important.
Banshee, is there any way to put freezer blocks around the bottom of the cage? Not in it, but outside it?
banshee1
New Member
I can put in the fish tank below and i can move the lights
del33
Member
I'm telling ya, get rid of the basking light. It's just adding more heat to an already hot environment. Just make sure he still gets his UVB light. Getting rid of the basking light will also lower overall cage ambient temps and he can use the UVB bulb as the heat source while still having some temperature gradient within the cage. I'm not trying to take anything away from Elizadots's recommendation of using freezer blocks because it's a good idea. It's just extra work year round since you live in a tropical area.
Edit: I just saw your cage video and noticed you had a compact type UVB bulb. You could also use a linear UVB flourescent light which doesn't put out as much heat as a single concentrated light source.
