Shopan
New Member
Hi guys,
I just recently got a Nosy Be male from Kammer last Thursday, he is sired by Caranthir. Hope he turn out like him
. He is my first chameleon.
If you guys don't mind, please take a look at the attached image. This is my current setup, any recommendations and advices would be helpful. First I have the lighting system to turn on at 8:35 A.M. and off at 9:00 P.M. Will he follow this for sleeping schedule? The basking spot is on back left, under the lamp. It has two basking areas under the light. Currently the highest area six inches under the screen is around 94 F, and the lower area is around 85 F. Will he knows which ones to adjust to if it get too hot?
I had installed the mist king in the far back right, under a daily timing starting every 2 hours begin at 9:00 A.M till 8:30 P.M. At a 4 minutes interval every 2 hours except at 1:00 P.M. which run for 7 minutes, I assume that it would dry quicker due to high temperature around this time. Humidity seem to be around 40% to 60%, not sure if that is good.
From my observations, my entire cage seem to dry up pretty quick before the next misting sessions. My leafy vines are made out of silks which speed up the drying even more. Apart from that, everything seem to be normal. Will he be fine when the cage seem to dry up? His first urate seems to have a tint of orange on a short end. I had a small ceramic leaf water holding device near his food bowl, just in case he get thirsty, but he never use it yet. Hopefully he'll get more acclimated and get around to use it. I did catch him shooting his tongue catching water from the ficus.
Next, I have a live weeping fig in the enclosure, not sure if it is optimal at it current location. There is a window to the right of the enclosure. I probably will leave the blind up for the sunlight to shine on the plant and cage. Should I use more foliage at the top? it is barren. I also have a somewhat ok drainage for the cage, using a vessel sink drain and a pvc pipe extenstion on the bottom of the enclosure and water would sip through it and dump it all into the container underneath the stand.
I think I have everything covered. Please give me any tips on how to improve my cham living conditions. Thanks for taking your time reading my post.
I just recently got a Nosy Be male from Kammer last Thursday, he is sired by Caranthir. Hope he turn out like him
. He is my first chameleon.
If you guys don't mind, please take a look at the attached image. This is my current setup, any recommendations and advices would be helpful. First I have the lighting system to turn on at 8:35 A.M. and off at 9:00 P.M. Will he follow this for sleeping schedule? The basking spot is on back left, under the lamp. It has two basking areas under the light. Currently the highest area six inches under the screen is around 94 F, and the lower area is around 85 F. Will he knows which ones to adjust to if it get too hot?
I had installed the mist king in the far back right, under a daily timing starting every 2 hours begin at 9:00 A.M till 8:30 P.M. At a 4 minutes interval every 2 hours except at 1:00 P.M. which run for 7 minutes, I assume that it would dry quicker due to high temperature around this time. Humidity seem to be around 40% to 60%, not sure if that is good.
From my observations, my entire cage seem to dry up pretty quick before the next misting sessions. My leafy vines are made out of silks which speed up the drying even more. Apart from that, everything seem to be normal. Will he be fine when the cage seem to dry up? His first urate seems to have a tint of orange on a short end. I had a small ceramic leaf water holding device near his food bowl, just in case he get thirsty, but he never use it yet. Hopefully he'll get more acclimated and get around to use it. I did catch him shooting his tongue catching water from the ficus.
Next, I have a live weeping fig in the enclosure, not sure if it is optimal at it current location. There is a window to the right of the enclosure. I probably will leave the blind up for the sunlight to shine on the plant and cage. Should I use more foliage at the top? it is barren. I also have a somewhat ok drainage for the cage, using a vessel sink drain and a pvc pipe extenstion on the bottom of the enclosure and water would sip through it and dump it all into the container underneath the stand.
I think I have everything covered. Please give me any tips on how to improve my cham living conditions. Thanks for taking your time reading my post.
