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  • 11-20-2009, 11:27 AM
    bamf64
    Chemeleon enlcosure corecct?
    So im kinda interested in getting a chameleon maybe..and i was wondering if all i needed was:

    A 40 or 60 gallon reptarium and soft tray
    5.0 UVB bulb
    Some kind of basking bulb probably like 75 watts.
    A night bulb
    a bunch of plants and vines to climb on
    a water bowl
    and can i feed a staple diet of mealworms? i was wondering if that was possible.

    this was all thought up in my head just wanting to know what im missing lol

    thanks
  • 11-20-2009, 01:31 PM
    SS4Luck
    Re: Chemeleon enlcosure corecct?
    For basking bulbs all you need is a 40-60 watt house bulb depending on where you live. A night bulb, regardless of color, has been shown to create stress with chams.

    The water bowl is a HUGE no no. Chams cant swim at all, like 0. You need to get/make a dripper that drips onto the top leaves and falls through the rest of your enclosure. Chams only see moving water so a water bowl is just bad. They also need to be misted 2-4 times a day. You also need to get a good thermometer/hygrometer to measure basking spot temps and cage humidity.

    here is my setup to give you an idea

    I have extra dowels instead of multiple vines. Dowels also give them a better basking spot
    http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...p/DSC_0002.jpg
    http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...p/DSC_0005.jpg
    Here are my lights and my dripper, its a blue party cup with a hole poked in it
    http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...p/DSC_0004.jpg
  • 11-27-2009, 04:59 PM
    ballin
    Re: Chemeleon enlcosure corecct?
    Mealworms are high in chitin and fat and are not nutrisous. Feed a staple of crickets, silkworms, hornworms and butterworms.
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