Well, I've had my Ambanja Panther Chameleon for 1 year now and he's been doing great!
I've kept to a regular routine and I figured that since he seemed fine, I was doing it right.
Well recently I've begun to doubt myself. I of course provide my Chameleon with all of the proper husbandry and care, but I like to keep things simple.
I purchased my Chameleon as an adult (around 6 inches without tail, 12-13 inches with tail) a year ago. Since then he hasn't grown, but that's as big as they get anyways, right?
I feed him once every two days in the morning with about 7 large crickets, powdered with calcium and occasional multivitamins and gutloaded with some cricket feed and a sliced grapefruit, orange or some grated carrots.
I also on occasion feed mealworms, but have read they aren't overly healthy. I mist his cage once a day for a few seconds, but provide a water drip system on the weekends (he loves it).
1. My question is whether or not you consider him to have a healthy diet and if feeding him once every two days is fine (adult, remember).
2. I have two UVB flourescent bulbs over his cage which haven't been switched out for the year I've had him but am now also getting worried that I should have switched them out earlier. Should I, or are they fine as long as they work?
Thanks so much!
I've kept to a regular routine and I figured that since he seemed fine, I was doing it right.
Well recently I've begun to doubt myself. I of course provide my Chameleon with all of the proper husbandry and care, but I like to keep things simple.
I purchased my Chameleon as an adult (around 6 inches without tail, 12-13 inches with tail) a year ago. Since then he hasn't grown, but that's as big as they get anyways, right?
I feed him once every two days in the morning with about 7 large crickets, powdered with calcium and occasional multivitamins and gutloaded with some cricket feed and a sliced grapefruit, orange or some grated carrots.
I also on occasion feed mealworms, but have read they aren't overly healthy. I mist his cage once a day for a few seconds, but provide a water drip system on the weekends (he loves it).
1. My question is whether or not you consider him to have a healthy diet and if feeding him once every two days is fine (adult, remember).
2. I have two UVB flourescent bulbs over his cage which haven't been switched out for the year I've had him but am now also getting worried that I should have switched them out earlier. Should I, or are they fine as long as they work?
Thanks so much!
(His vet pointed this out lol)
