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Male veiled chameleon, he is about 6 months old he has been in my care for 2 months.
I handle him, when I clean his enclosure (which is about twice a week) and to feed him.
What do you mean when you feed him?
I feed him a variety of insects from superworms to wax worms, calcium worms, crickets, and occasionally I would give him small hornworms.
How many feeders are you feeding and are you feeding everyday?
I also have Fluker’s liquid vitamin and I use ExoTerra Calcium powder supplements.
Please post pictures of what your using. The liquid one is not the correct supplement for a chameleon.
I have a bin where I store my feeders and I gutload them with a variety of fruits and vegetables (that are safe for chameleons)
I feed him twice a day, first being in the morning when I wake up, second being late to mid afternoon.
He should really be on one feeding a day in the morning at this point.
I use a fogger at night, and I most his cage during the day (5-6 times a day) I stop misting his cage after 3 minutes of misting, yes I do see him drinking water.
You can only use a fogger if the room is colder then 67 degrees. Otherwise it becomes hot moist air and this leads to Respiratory infections. Really need a temp drop down to 65 at night. You want to mist in the morning and the evening. Then provide a dripper onto plants during the day.
His poop has been a brown color and his pee is a solid white. He has not been tested for parasites.
He has a mesh cage (5 feet tall, 4 feet wide)
This is not the size of your cage. Guessing yours is 18 square and 36 high. This will not be large enough for him in a few months he will totally outgrow it. Need a 2x2x4ft. I use a Zilla basking lamp, and a Zilla UVA lamp. I use the UVA lamp when I wake up at 7:30AM, the at 1:30PM I swap lamps and use the basking lamp for the remainder of the day. I use the UVA lamp for the first half of the day, then I use the basking lamp for the second half of the day. Then I use a ZooMed T5 Strip UVB with a ZooMed fixture. I turn the UVB lamp on when I wake up, then turn it off before I go to sleep. I leave it on for the whole day since I know that wire mesh absorbs 50% of UVB radiation.
So this is a bit confusing. You really want to provide heat once they have eaten. They need to be able to bask and digest. UVB should be on for 12 hours. No lights at all at night.
I have his basking spot at about 81 degrees (Fahrenheit) and his night time temps stay around 67-73 degrees (Fahrenheit). I have a thermometer gauge in his enclosure.
Night time temps need to be 67 and below not hotter...
I keep his humidity between 70 and 80 percent. I have a humidity gauge set by near his enclosure.
This is way too high for a daytime level. Should be 30-50% max. You are misting too much during the day...
I have 5 little air plants that I sometimes put in his cage, but most of the times I have them next to his enclosure. I also have a split Leaf Philodendron that I have as an edible plant that I have outside of his enclosure to put him on while feeding him.
The air plants are pointless. All fake plants need to come out and be hooked to the outside of the enclosure. Waterfall in the bottom must be removed. The extra stuff on the bottom removed. You need live plants that are veiled safe in the cage. More mature plants that will fill out that cage. Then put 1 inch or larger rock on top of the soil to keep him from eating the soil. The hanging ball needs to be removed. This is not made for a chameleon. The moss is an impaction risk. See this link for plants. Home depot or lowes are good places to buy indoor plants. https://chameleonacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chameleon-Plants-122819.pdf
His enclosure is by a window that I rarely open, I only open it when it’s nice and warm outside. His cage is on a table and from top to my floor it is about 6 feet high. I am located in Garfield Heights, Ohio. Current problem I’m concerned with is his eye infections.
