Vacation question

[agustinocchiuzzo]

Hi everyone, I hope everyone’s chameleons are doing well.
I am heading out to mammoth for thanksgiving for four days, so I am thinking on my options here. My closest friends are coming with us so I don’t have anyone here who could take care of my year old female panther.
So me options are:
•Find a place who could take her, I live in Anaheim CA so the only one I could find or think of is Chameo, sent her a message but she hasn’t respoded yet, and I don’t know if she would take a cham for 4 days.
•Leave her at home, my setup is 100% automated, but I don’t know how to deal with the food, and four days seems a lot.
•Take her with me on a smaller enclosure, which is the least preferred option since it is cold in mammoth and its a long drive.
Suggestions?

 

[ERKleRose]

Do you have an exotics vet nearby you could board her at?

 

[Thehippie]

do you have any family members near by that may be willing to just feed your cham, its either that or an exotic vet as @ERKleRose suggested is a great idea

 

[NickTide]

If you feed bsf, letting some larvae to pupate in a cup with a hole to allow the flies to escape will provide food. Doubt they would be ready to pupate unless you got older larvae.

 

[jannb]

There’s allot of chameleon keepers around Anaheim CA. Make a new thread with petsitter needed in Anaheim CA and see if you get any replies. You may need to take her to their house.

 

[Frigga]

When none of my family is available to help me, I usually hire a neighborhood kid to come by when we go out of town. I have 5 reptiles, 3 different speices, (plus 3 dogs, so boarding would probably cost as much as my vacation for all of them)
I have him come over before I leave to go over all the instructions, then I leave notes on each cage for what they need.
Not sure if you have any trust worthy neighbors, but it's always worth asking

 

[Goose502]

Power feed for a couple days before you leave, she’ll be fine. If everything is automated, 4 days without feeding won’t hurt. If you are really worried, put a dozen or so feeders in a cup right before you leave. Then you would only have 3 days without food. Both are more than tolerable for her.

 

[agustinocchiuzzo]

Do you have an exotics vet nearby you could board her at?

There are a couple but they won’t take her

 

[ERKleRose]

There are a couple but they won’t take her

Then I suggest some of the other options listed here, like throwing in some feeders before you leave or BSFL or pupae that are about to pupate if you have any

 

[agustinocchiuzzo]

do you have any family members near by that may be willing to just feed your cham, its either that or an exotic vet as @ERKleRose suggested is a great idea

There’s allot of chameleon keepers around Anaheim CA. Make a new thread with petsitter needed in Anaheim CA and see if you get any replies. You may need to take her to their house.

No family members in the area and i recently move here so I don’t really have neighbors that I can trust

 

[ERKleRose]

No family members in the area and i recently move here so I don’t really have neighbors that I can trust

Do what @Goose502 mentioned above, and make sure the water reservoir is full (what type of mister do you have?)

 

[agustinocchiuzzo]

Then I suggest some of the other options listed here, like throwing in some feeders before you leave or BSFL or pupae that are about to pupate if you have any

Thank you, yes I am considering that, I bought a camera on amazon for $25 so I can check on her while I’m gone.
Also, I was thinking on changir her schedule slowly to the point that she wakes up at night, that way I can leave food for her for Thursday night and she would only have to deal with Friday and Saturday by her own, Ill be back Sunday night. Do you think is a good idea?

 

[agustinocchiuzzo]

Do what @Goose502 mentioned above, and make sure the water reservoir is full (what type of mister do you have?)

A mist king starter, and a couple of gallons dripper container that will last 4 days or more if I adjust the dripping to a bit slower than usual

 

[ERKleRose]

Thank you, yes I am considering that, I bought a camera on amazon for $25 so I can check on her while I’m gone.
Also, I was thinking on changir her schedule slowly to the point that she wakes up at night, that way I can leave food for her for Thursday night and she would only have to deal with Friday and Saturday by her own, Ill be back Sunday night. Do you think is a good idea?

What do you mean changing her schedule?

 

[ERKleRose]

A mist king starter, and a couple of gallons dripper container that will last 4 days or more if I adjust the dripping to a bit slower than usual

How big is your MistKing reservoir, and what is its misting schedule?

 

[agustinocchiuzzo]

What do you mean changing her schedule?

On adjusting the timer for the lights and misting for like one or two hours later every day, so by next week she’ll be waking up in the afternoon instead of the morning, would it make sense or it’s unnecessary?

 

[ERKleRose]

On adjusting the timer for the lights and misting for like one or two hours later every day, so by next week she’ll be waking up in the afternoon instead of the morning, would it make sense or it’s unnecessary?

I personally wouldn’t do it, but maybe someone else can chime in.

 

[agustinocchiuzzo]

How big is your MistKing reservoir, and what is its misting schedule?

Several gallons, I fill it up about once a week.
4 minutes in the morning and then 2 minutes every two hours

 

[ERKleRose]

I would just fill everything up to the max, toss in what you’d usually feed plus a little extra and leave it, she’ll be fine without food for a few days

 

[JacksJill]

I know a place that will board in Long Beach and have a good sitter, a vet tech, that you can call PM me.