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gonexenopus
at Sun Apr 3 15:43:45 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by gonexenopus ]
hello! sorry for the delayed reply, my computer has been acting up agian.
anyways, thanks for the fantastic post! here are some more details on Yema's care (my juvie veiled female).
she is eating 3-5 large feeder crickets every day or everyother day. yesterday she ate 3 waxworms. although i've noticed that some of the waxworms NEVER move, i'm guessing these are dead ones? some hardly move, and when placed under the heat lamp they come alive and squirm in the feeding dish. they are not being kept inthe fridge right now because i dont understand why they arent moving....? she only ate the 3 that were moving around.
the tank she is in right now is a home made tank wiht glass sides and a screen front. on saturday she will be moving into a screened enclosure that is much bigger. i use an 8.0 UV bulb and a 75 watt red basking lamp. the temp is about 90 F in her baskign spot and 75 F on the coolest part of the tank, away from the basking light.
i mist her with a plant sprayer set on the mist option. its heavy duity and really nice, not like those hand pump water sprayer things. her humidity stays anywhere from 70-90 %
i have tried a dripper for water but she ignores it and it ends up making a huge mess on the floor of the cage. she only drinks water off the screen on the front of her cage, she wont drink if off the leaves or anything.
i use a live pothos for her to climb on, it has really nice established vines already that i have spirled around the cage going up to the top. they are held up wiht suction cup clips. i also have bendable vine for more support as well. one side of the cage is covered with a hermit crab mat. it is this fiborus mat used for climbing, she loves it and scales that wall all the time.
she is eating great and loves the waxworms, only if they move though! UGH. i've noticed that in the past week she will eat every other day now instead of every day. am i feeding her too much? or is this normal? i know all of my other herps are not fed every day except as babies, so i'm not sure. she is approx. 4 months old i'm guessing. i've had her for two, and she was a tiny little thing when i got her....
rachel
The white is probably just salt build up. This is how they get rid of any excess and is perfectly normal so long as all else seems OK.
Rule of thumb feeder size is no longer than the width of the chams head. When you say small to medium...well, that is rather subjective. If you stick to the "rule" you should be fine. If they are on the small size just give her more. How/what are you gutloading your crickets with? What is your supplement regimen and brands? How are you offering water other than misting?
As for other feeders - yes, you can absolutley introduce a variety, which is recommended anyway. Waxworms are high in fat so should only be a treat, and mealies have a lot of chitin (in exoskeleton) so can be hard to digest, but again, can be offered occasionally. She is too young for superworms, but roach nymphs and silkworms would be a welcome change. ChamNews has an article with a bug nutrition chart here: http://www.chameleonnews.com/year2002/sept2002/nutrition/nutrition_sept_02.html
Don't take this the wrong way as it is not to question your herp knowledge, you said i've got all the proper lighting, heat and setup for her (i am not stranger to herp keeping) but chams are different from many other herps due to their high
temps/humidity/ventilation requirements. If you have been reading the forum you will have seen that the humidity issue comes up a LOT especially this time of year from those of us who live in cooler regions of the country/continent. It is up to you, but if you would like to post your setup just for some input it might not be a bad idea.
There is an article (linked below)
In Depth Information on Common Aquatic Frogs
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4.3 African Clawed Frog
0.2 Calfornia Newt
0.1 Leucistic Texas Ratsnake
1.1 Tokay Gecko
0.1 Veiled Chameleon
0.1 Albino Argentine Horned Toad
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RE: some questions regarding my veild female - gonexenopus, Sun Apr 3 15:43:45 2005