Preparing for my first chameleon, tips appreciated

[Kristen Wilkins]

I'm totally used to it
Lots of my family members don't proof read, I've learned to have to translate.

Silly autocorrect

I never proof read lol . Especially when I'm at work .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Lol!

Ok and the lid needs to be a screen, correct?
Would they benefit from a small screened enclosure or just like a bucket with a screen lid?

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Lol!

Ok and the lid needs to be a screen, correct?
Would they benefit from a small screened enclosure or just like a bucket with a screen lid?

Yes you can use like a Big pretzel container . Use reg Metal screen not fiberglass .

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Yes you can use like a Big pretzel container . Use reg Metal screen not fiberglass .

This was Matts @Matt Vanilla Gorilla . It's also his recipe . The wax worms go crazy . I use a pretzel container it's same size as this .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

mmm, a big pretzel sounds good right now.

Ok cool deal. Do they multiply very fast?

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

mmm, a big pretzel sounds good right now.

Ok cool deal. Do they multiply very fast?

Maybe about a month or 6 weeks if you have good temps 80/90ish . Lower temps its much longer . I use newspaper Ball it Up so the cocoons have a place to stay and it's easer to move them to their new container . After they lay the females moth will die off quicker than the males .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Ok, what I'll do is separate a good handful to reproduce and continue feeding off the rest. I don't think I need to try and breed 200 of them

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Ok, what I'll do is separate a good handful to reproduce and continue feeding off the rest. I don't think I need to try and breed 200 of them

Lol no like 50ish .

 

[Andee]

Don't let any moths escape... they are anhuge danger to bee populations currently since almost all are weakened.

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

So I went home on lunch, and Frances is a bad influence.
Mamool pooped in her feed cup!

I got it all cleaned up and dumped out the feeders that were in there.

Her superworms came today and omg are they teensy! I have only ever seen the giant ones that my big beardie loves so much. I added them to a now clean feed cup and she just kind of glared at them before I left back for work.

She is looking soooo much better today. Her eyes are looking very healthy and she looks a little more plump.

 

[Andee]

Sounds like she is getting sassy too, trust me you will learn to love the attitude because most chameleons only dont have some form of it when they don't feel good

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Don't let any moths escape... they are anhuge danger to bee populations currently since almost all are weakened.

Will do!!
I wouldn't have even thought of that. If I go through on breeding them, etc, it will likely be in my basement so it should be difficult to get all the way outside but not impossible.

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

So I went home on lunch, and Frances is a bad influence.
Mamool pooped in her feed cup!

I got it all cleaned up and dumped out the feeders that were in there.

Her superworms came today and omg are they teensy! I have only ever seen the giant ones that my big beardie loves so much. I added them to a now clean feed cup and she just kind of glared at them before I left back for work.

She is looking soooo much better today. Her eyes are looking very healthy and she looks a little more plump.

Hehe Frances will teach Mamool all she needs to know lol . That's wonderful when you have a sec post new pic .

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Will do!!
I wouldn't have even thought of that. If I go through on breeding them, etc, it will likely be in my basement so it should be difficult to get all the way outside but not impossible.

I don't open container till their gone by . They don't last more then a a few weeks after laying the eggs .

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Sounds like she is getting sassy too, trust me you will learn to love the attitude because most chameleons only dont have some form of it when they don't feel good

For sure Septiceye has never been sassy . Till just the other day . It was my fault !!. While I was giving Frances her injection I saw him with his mouth open . Which he has not ever done and he was not basking so I grabbed him while up side down and boy did I piss him off . He scared me as much as I scared him .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

I'll get some pics of her once I get back home. My boss is out today so I'm covering a longer shift :/
I didn't count the worms I popped into her dish, hoping I'll be able to tell if she ate some at least

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

I'll get some pics of her once I get back home. My boss is out today so I'm covering a longer shift :/
I didn't count the worms I popped into her dish, hoping I'll be able to tell if she ate some at least

You will definitely know if there gone .

 

[Andee]

I think all chameleons have the ability to be sassy, and if you are doing something that would normally cause a healthy chameleon to fight a bit (even just by squirming a bit etc), it's when they don't that I know they are sick.

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

I think all chameleons have the ability to be sassy, and if you are doing something that would normally cause a healthy chameleon to fight a bit (even just by squirming a bit etc), it's when they don't that I know they are sick.

Agreed I was Starting to wonder if anything bothered Septiceye. Well I found out !!. He's also coming up on a year so he might start letting us know how things should be lol . He's so very sweet but we alway let him hop on us . He will go to anyone like everyone is an extension of a tree . Frances and Septiceye personalities could not be more different .

 

[Andee]

If Septiceye is really as sweet as he sounds, his teenage years honestly likely won't be as bad as most chams. A lot of the super sweet chams go through puberty just like every other cham does but it's rather mellow mood swings.