my first cham
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FOREVER ENDEAVOR
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Congrats! and welcome to the forums!
Ray
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Marc10edora
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Nice. Welcome to the forums. Be sure to also stop by these other helpful sites too.
http://adcham.com/
http://chameleonnews.com/
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
http://adcham.com/
http://chameleonnews.com/
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
the reason was that the price was so cheap......thats the reason why......i do realize now that there are some ''interesting threads" about them, but i didn't see them till after the purchase, but they arrived fine and look like all the other baby chams online, they are also eating and drinking just fine........
panthercham
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How old is he? He looks very young 
she is about 2 1/2 months old the male is a lil bigger and about 3 months, there both doing great eating a ton of crickets and drinking water........i have to small screen cages 20x16x16, a 24 inch repti glo 5.0 uvb across the top of both. a basking light for each with a 75 watt bulb with creates a spot that is a lil over 90 at the top and there is a good temp. gradeint throuhout the cage. i have some rep cal vit and calcium powder, i mist 5 or 6 times a day..two potted plants in each an plam indoor plant and a croton and i give my crickets some flukers gutload food stuff also.....i went to the Northwest Captive Breeders Expo and saw some chams there and i really wanted to get one, but i decided that it would be best to do some research and find out as much i could about them......i know that getting really young chams is not the best thing for a person getting there first cham, but i didn't really want to fork out 300 plus for a cham from one of the well known breeders.....
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Kat77
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Hey Txn,
You are going to fry those babies at that temperature. What is the ambient temp of the cage? Over 90 is an INSANE basking spot temp for babies that young and I wouldn't be shocked if they are a little younger than you were told. You want your basking temperature to be in the mid to low 80s and the ambient temperature of the cage, ideally, in the mid to low 70s, and you wont be able to do that with basking spots over 90 in cages that short. You either want to elevate the basking lamp more so the temperature goes down or swap the wattage for something lower. Also, generally speaking, a Reptisun 5.0 linear (tube) bulb is what is recommended for chameleons, as it has just the right about of UVB. AND how long are your lights on daily?
You also should probably get some better gut load into your crickets, some dark green veggies (collard greens, mustard greens, ect, just NO spinach) and fresh fruits (I can go into more detail if you want..). That flukers cricket food is...well...garbage.
Also, what supplementation schedule are you using?Its great that you did some research before you got your little chams but a lot of the imformation readily available online and in books doesn't apply to babies. Temperatures that wouldn't affect adults at all can dehydrate and kill babies pretty quickly. Your misting is good. That will help to keep them hydrated, just be sure that you drop those temperatures NOW.
Your little chameleon (in the photo) is very cute! Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask questions.
yea i got the lights moved a lil and its only like 80 and then in the middle its like 75 and by the base of the top of the pot of the plants its just a tad over 70. i've only have them 5 days now. i've dusted the crickets with the rep cal twice. i was planning on dusting twice a week. unless thats the wrong amount. i leave the lights on 12 hours a day.....yea and iam thinking they might be a lil younger b/c of there size compared to all the pics of other babies i've seen online. thanks for the advice and help........
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