Kevin Bernert
New Member
Hi, I just received my veiled chameleon about 3 weeks ago! I love him so much and named him Mojo! He has recently grown the courage to eat in front of me. The crickets alway climb up the screen and Mojo will either crawl on his vines or on the side of the cage and gobble them up! However, about 10% of the time, he will just barely miss the cricket and his tongue will nail the cage but he will immediately try again and will always succeed at least the second time. The cage is aluminum, and I am worried that it may damage his tongue. I would love any advice I can get!
Here is a basic care sheet:
Chameleon: Male, Veiled, 3-4 months old, my care for ~3 weeks
Handling: Never have and don't really plan to unless needed.
Feeding: Currently feeding around 10-12 crickets a day and recently added a couple small mealworms every other day. Crickets are gut-loaded with Flukers Gut Load, Flukers Quencher, and a little fish flakes. I feed him 3-4 crickets 45 minutes after him waking up, and the rest at about 5:30 pm after wrestling practice.
Supplements: I dust the crickets I give him at 5:30 with Repti-Calcium w/o D3 and replace that with the one with D3 on Tuesday and Friday. I dust them with Reptivite once every 2 weeks.
Watering: I manually mist him thrice a day for about 2 minutes each and he laps up a little every time.
Fecal Description: Feces has normal coloration and consistency. Never been tested for parasites but he is captive bred.
Cage: 18x18x36 aluminum screen cage.
Lighting: 60w Heat Bulb. 18" Reptisun 5.0 both lights on 12 hours and off 12 hours.
Temperature: Lower-72 Middle-76 Upper-80 Basking Spot- 85-90. Lowest overnight is around 68-70. I tested with a digital thermometer and standard thermometer.
Humidity: 50-60% using a mist bottle. Measuring with a standard hygrometer.
Plants: A lot of fake plant and vines that he likes to climb and hide with. 2 small live plants growing at bottom.
Placement: Mojo isn't anywhere near a place that will alter his temperature. He is in my bedroom, which I'm only in when I sleep. I do have a very large fish tank on the other side but I doubt he can see it. He is also placed high on a table and half of his cage is above my eye level.
Location: In the valley of Arizona.
I hope you guys can help me out because I want the very best for my Mojo!!
Also, if you see something that can be fixed with my setup, please let me know!
Thanks!
-Kevin
Here is a basic care sheet:
Chameleon: Male, Veiled, 3-4 months old, my care for ~3 weeks
Handling: Never have and don't really plan to unless needed.
Feeding: Currently feeding around 10-12 crickets a day and recently added a couple small mealworms every other day. Crickets are gut-loaded with Flukers Gut Load, Flukers Quencher, and a little fish flakes. I feed him 3-4 crickets 45 minutes after him waking up, and the rest at about 5:30 pm after wrestling practice.
Supplements: I dust the crickets I give him at 5:30 with Repti-Calcium w/o D3 and replace that with the one with D3 on Tuesday and Friday. I dust them with Reptivite once every 2 weeks.
Watering: I manually mist him thrice a day for about 2 minutes each and he laps up a little every time.
Fecal Description: Feces has normal coloration and consistency. Never been tested for parasites but he is captive bred.
Cage: 18x18x36 aluminum screen cage.
Lighting: 60w Heat Bulb. 18" Reptisun 5.0 both lights on 12 hours and off 12 hours.
Temperature: Lower-72 Middle-76 Upper-80 Basking Spot- 85-90. Lowest overnight is around 68-70. I tested with a digital thermometer and standard thermometer.
Humidity: 50-60% using a mist bottle. Measuring with a standard hygrometer.
Plants: A lot of fake plant and vines that he likes to climb and hide with. 2 small live plants growing at bottom.
Placement: Mojo isn't anywhere near a place that will alter his temperature. He is in my bedroom, which I'm only in when I sleep. I do have a very large fish tank on the other side but I doubt he can see it. He is also placed high on a table and half of his cage is above my eye level.
Location: In the valley of Arizona.
I hope you guys can help me out because I want the very best for my Mojo!!
Also, if you see something that can be fixed with my setup, please let me know!
Thanks!
-Kevin
