New to the site and to Chameleons

[pbveiled]

Welcome to the forum. Cute little cham. Here are some changes you need to make.

Your supplements should be:

Calcium without D3 at every feeding
Calcium with D3 twice per month
Multi Vitamin twice per month

or

Repashy Calcium plus at every feeding. Nothing else is needed.

Do you have a UVB bulb? You should have a UVB and basking bulb on a 12 on 12 off schedule. The basking bulb can be a regular incandescent household bulb. Use the wattage that gets the desired temp in the basking area.

No lights at night. Chameleons need complete darkness. A temp drop into the 60's at night is fine. If it gets colder, use a ceramic heat emitter.

 

[Rango05]

Welcome to the forum. Cute little cham. Here are some changes you need to make.

Your supplements should be:

Calcium without D3 at every feeding
Calcium with D3 twice per month
Multi Vitamin twice per month

or

Repashy Calcium plus at every feeding. Nothing else is needed.

Do you have a UVB bulb? You should have a UVB and basking bulb on a 12 on 12 off schedule. The basking bulb can be a regular incandescent household bulb. Use the wattage that gets the desired temp in the basking area.

No lights at night. Chameleons need complete darkness. A temp drop into the 60's at night is fine. If it gets colder, use a ceramic heat emitter.

ok, thanks i left it on all night last night, ill turn it off tonight for sure. yes i use 2 different lights, just got the basking bulb today.

 

[pbveiled]

What type of UVB bulb do you have? A Reptisun or Reptiblow 5.0 is what most people use.

 

[pbveiled]

You should also be gut loading your feeders at least 24 hours prior to feeding them to the cham.

 

[justjumpit621]

What type of UVB bulb do you have? A Reptisun or Reptiblow 5.0 is what most people use.

Reptiblow??. Sounds dirty...

 

[Rango05]

i threw the box away but 99%sure it was a Reptisun bulb. do i keep them both on at the same time???
also my humidity keeps droping to around 20, if i put a Potho plant in thee will that help out?

 

[justjumpit621]

i threw the box away but 99%sure it was a Reptisun bulb. do i keep them both on at the same time???
also my humidity keeps droping to around 20, if i put a Potho plant in thee will that help out?

You should let the cage dry out between mistings so as long as it goes up when you mist it's good, but yeah a live plant would really help. Yes both the basking and UVB need to be on at the same time, nothing at night.

 

[Rango05]

You should let the cage dry out between mistings so as long as it goes up when you mist it's good, but yeah a live plant would really help. Yes both the basking and UVB need to be on at the same time, nothing at night.

ok, thanks everybody ill get the plant sometime this week and keep the lights off at night

 

[ibdragons]

Welcome to the forums u came to the right place

 

[Rango05]

Welcome to the forums u came to the right place

thanks id sa so, i learned so much and it's only been one day haha.

 

[Kmw]

I wish my parents were awesome enough to get me a chameleon when I was 7.


Cute little one though!

 

[Rango05]

I wish my parents were awesome enough to get me a chameleon when I was 7.


Cute little one though!

lol, well ive always wanted one and when he said he wanted one i jumped on it. i am more excited than my son is hahaha

 

[Rango05]

i stopped by osh after work and picked up a pothos plant today, i suspended it almost in the middle of the cage, it looks pretty cluttered in there now, do i have to many plants? only the pothos is real, the rest are fake.
Thanks