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at Mon Oct 13 19:47:09 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Downtown ]
I have many questions that have more than likely been answered in past threads but I am new here and don't feel like going through every post.
I bought my first cham, a baby female veiled chameleon last week(2 months old) and is 2 inches from nose to the end of the body(not tail). I keep it in a reptile 20 gallon cage, 2 sided mesh, 2 sided glass.
It has a basking light I leave on 24/7 and UV light on top that I turn off at night. I spray the cage with bottled water a few times per day, creating drips on the top. I put the cage in my house in Colorado on the second floor overlooking a park.
Should I close the blinds so she doesn't get stressed from seeing people walking the park?
Should I dust crickets and waxworms only before I feed her?
I put the waxworms in oatmeal with carrots, is this enough?
I retrieved small sticks and rocks/w/dried green moss on it from the mountains and put it in her cage. Will these sticks and rock covered moss carry fungus or bacteria on them, giving it to Chamie?
I know chameleons change color with emotions and temperature, but is this color info about right?-
Brown is when they're camoflauging, usually on a branch
Dark green is their relaxed, normal color
Bright green is when they're really excited or really relaxed
Mutli-colored w/spots means they're stressed
Also, sometimes I tend to talk to her or make little noises and on a few occasions she opened her mouth and chirped at me, making a small high-pitched noise. She wasn't hissing either. Anyone heard of this? What's it doing?
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 Veiled Chameleon Behavior - Downtown, Mon Oct 13 19:47:09 2003
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