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Sethnewbs

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So my girlfriend decided she wanted a chameleon after a visit to pet smart for some dog food. Well we put some money into it and here we are. I want to know what I may be doing wrong and what I am doing right so that I'm giving this little guy(Johnny) the care he needs.
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I even have the food I'm feeding the crickets in the pictures. So let me know what recommendations you guys have, everything I have I got at the pet store it was for tropical. I don't even know of its male or female. She didn't realize how much care they need so I'm doing my research to give this guy/gal a nice, comfortable, happy life.
 
There is a lot I don't know about these guys so the more info the better as I came home to him so I was kind of plunged into it and I am an absolute animal lover so I always stress on giving anything the best care I can. I forgot to mention, I do mist its cage about 2-3 times a day. For about 2 minutes each time.
 
Most pet stores are not the best source of information for chameleon care. Pay close attention to the supplement schedule, and how to properly gutload your feeders. Also, variety is important when you are deciding what to feed.
 
Just aword of caution, the moss can be ingested by your cham. My boy would munch on it (veiled's are notorious for eating plants and stuff) and had some trouble passing it. He was smaller than yours, but I took it out quickly after that.
 
For the future the best thing ive found to feed crickets are collard greens, kale, & other fresh things of this sort along with a dry gutload cricket food. Its important that your cricket cage stays clean and that they are well fed before your cham eats em! Also banded crickets stay alive better than brown usually. Also a cheap easy improvement would be to buy a 5-10 dollar pothos plant @ wal mart or wherever look for one with some nice vines they grow easily with little light and boost humidity in your cage and hold water longer than silks. Just spend time reading and looking at ideas on here and take what you like and ignore what you dont.
 
rminnis said:
Read up about how important UVB light is to your cham
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Okay, I will definitely be getting him a uvb light. The pet store told her nothing about this! I will also be getting some live plants on there for him. Is the cage okay? What is this I hear about supplements. I just put my crickets directly into his cage, is this okay? I do this with my scorpion that's why I do it with this cham. More info please:) I feel like I'm missing a lot of basics on this guy
 
I plan on buying him an auto mister to keep his humidity in check. As I work close to 50 hours a week I want to make sure he's taken care of when I'm not around
 
A variety is important to the health of your Cham. I've only had my 4 month old for about 3 weeks now so I'm still learning a lot. Make sure the feeders are well fed and gut loaded. Then, your Cham needs lots of foliage to hide in so s/he is more comfortable.

You NEED a uvb light as well as a heat light. Also have lots of vines and sticks for him/her to climb on.
But make sure not to have any dirt. If you get a real plant, cover the dirt in large rocks so they can't ingest any.

Hope this helps any
 
Lights on during day-no lights at night. The enclosure is OK for now, but you will need to upgrade soon. Veiled chams should have their feeders lightly dusted with Calcium with no D3 every feeding, and with Calcium with D3 twice monthly as well as a multivitamin twice monthly.
 
Decadancin said:
Lights on during day-no lights at night. The enclosure is OK for now, but you will need to upgrade soon. Veiled chams should have their feeders lightly dusted with Calcium with no D3 every feeding, and with Calcium with D3 twice monthly as well as a multivitamin twice monthly.
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What is a good schedule for lighting, like lights out at 10 pm and lights on at 8 am. What will I need to upgrade to. Any recommendations on cages? Thansk for the info on vitamins!
 
Many do 12 hours on and 12 hours off, but I like to try to mimic the sun'sets schedule. (That wouldn't work in some parts of the globe.)
As for the enclosure, the general standard is 2 foot wide, 2 feet deep and 4 feet tall for a male.
I don't see a tarsal spur on the back leg, so you may have a female, and if so, you will need to study the Temps and feeding recommendations for the girls.
 
Decadancin said:
Many do 12 hours on and 12 hours off, but I like to try to mimic the sun'sets schedule. (That wouldn't work in some parts of the globe.)
As for the enclosure, the general standard is 2 foot wide, 2 feet deep and 4 feet tall for a male.
I don't see a tarsal spur on the back leg, so you may have a female, and if so, you will need to study the Temps and feeding recommendations for the girls.
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Okay I will start 12 on 12 off. Are there any threads that have cage recommendations? Brand, things like that
 
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