Weird new jackson's

[camimom]

Oops forgot to add, whats wrong with the zilla tropical bulb? Ive been using that and a blue day bulb for basking, the actual bulb is tinted a very light blue but it doesn't seem to show up blue when its turned on, would a normal bulb be better?

well some people hate the zilla, others (a few) like it.
Personally, i stick with the majority, so I use reptiglo or reptisun 5.0
the blue bulb is just pointless. we are trying to reproduce their natural environment and they wouldnt have blue light in the wild.

a regular house bulb for basking is just fine.

i understand taht it gets really cold during the day.
you can use a ceramic heat emitter and a basking bulb to help with this.

and during the night, they like a 10-15 degree temp drop from basking, so thats ok.
but if it gets below say 50 deg F at night, use a ceramic heat emitter to warm the air some.
this way, they have warmth, but can also have a normal sleep cycle.l

 

[carol5208]

The majority of people on the forum use either reptiglo 5.0 or reptisun 5.0. I am finding more and more posts where people are using the Zilla's tropical t8 and they are working out well for them. It is the Zilla Desert series that should not be used for chameleons. Sometimes people buy that one in error and those are the ones to be concerned about. You can only go by people's experience and members are raising healthy chameleons with the Zilla tropical, so I would just stick with it. Personally, I use the Reptisun, but that is just me.