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HI my name is Cindy
New here
I would like to get some info from all of you
I bought a female veiled chameleon 2 weeks ago she is 8 months old I have done my home on them read every thing I can fine on them now I would like to get info from people who have them
Like how much do you feed them do you every day our every other day do you use calcium every
time you feed our every other
how often do you use multivitamins and any other info you guys can add
would be greatly appreciated
Thank you in advance



07/22/09  10:14pm

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Welome to the world of chameleons. First of all, let’s go over general husbandry. She should be in a screen cage (provided you are not in Northern Canada or Overseas) with a UVB flourescent tube and a heat source. Live plants are great at keeping up humidity. Maybe you could give us a little bit of information on what you are housing her in. Female Veileds are famous for laying huge clutches of eggs if they are kept too warm and/or overfed. Yes-they will lay eggs without a male. Keep her basking temps in the mid 80’s, with the rest of the cage in the low to mid 70’s, and feed her maybe 6-10 medium crickets every other day. Feeding really depends on the individual chameleon and what you are feeding. Varied diet is best. Silkworms, Superworms, roaches, crickets are all great feeders. As for supplementing, I have mine on a common schedule of a phosphorous free clacium with NO d3 5-6X weekly, calcium with D3 2X monthly, and a multivitamin/mineral supplement (Hertivite/Reptivite) 1X monthly at 8 months of age. Dust one feeding daily lightly-no shake-n-bake. I put the powder in the bottom of a cup, add crickets, and swirl. Good luck and let us know if you have any more questions-OH-one more thing-about the egg laying-I simply keep a 10" tall by 10" around flower pot mixed with Bed-A-Beast and playsand. This way if they need to lay, they have something available-this keeps them from becoming egg bound. Good Luck!
07/23/09  07:49am

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   Message To: Julirs   In reference to Message Id: 2043794


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You dont need to live in the northern parts of canada to have great bennefits from more european style cages. There is a great article on chameleonnews.com named "up north caging" or something like that, read it.
07/23/09  10:27am

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Beagle mom
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   Message To: Julirs   In reference to Message Id: 2043794


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Thanks for the welcome
She is in a screen cage she has a UVB flourescent and a heat source I have one live plant in her cage
sticks and vines for her
have been feeding ten crickets every other day on off day I give her 3 super worms I will be geting butter worms for her on monday
should i give her the same as crickets I guess I have been feeding to much also ?
I koow the butterworms are high in calcium so how often should she get them ?



07/23/09  10:46am

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Crickets, cockroaches and grasshoppers/locust should be staple food, any "worms" should be supplemental, like a snack now and then. Most "worms" are larvae of something else and most are very fatty.
Ive been keeping chameleons for over a decade and I still find it really dificult to describe feeding. You cant go on numbers, every animal might be different.
07/23/09  12:05pm

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http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
08/02/09  01:33pm


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