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[pharaoh2653]

not all lamps are made the same. if your lamp is old it may have lost effectiveness and your cham may not be able to absorb the calcium it needs. you should do more research as it shows you are a novice with a very difficult animal. clear gave you a link to a very good website. you should try it out. only advice i have is to do more research and find a vet. good luck

 

[HESSWA]

Thanks for all your help as the lights a little less than a year old maybe 7 months old and I have a thermomiter in there and know the temp. Again thanks and I will see about the vet and the website.

 

[pharaoh2653]

Thanks for all your help as the lights a little less than a year old maybe 7 months old and I have a thermomiter in there and know the temp. Again thanks and I will see about the vet and the website.

chameleons need full spectrum lighting in order to absorb calcium. natural sun is best. a heat lamp does not offer this. a chameleon needs a high quality uv lamp also and most need to be changed every 3-5 months in order to retain effectiveness.

 

[HESSWA]

okay but u know this light seems differnt as it coasts alot and the chameleon also gets direct sunlight.If I cant do anything about along with the vet I will do whats best and give him to a resposnible and knowledgeable dealer or enthusiast.Again realy appreciate it!

 

[Ariel]

something I would suggest is that in some areas, like where I live, you have to treat the water before offering it to things like, reptiles, amphibians, and inverts. I work at a pet clinic and what you're describing sound alot like what we see in reptiles that have been given un-treated water.

I don't know how it is in your area, I'm just saying this is what it sounds like. and you have to be really careful because petstores won't tell you you need to treat the water unless you ask, I find petstores are very bad at giving information (especially correct information) unless specifically asked about it.

 

[satanslilhelper]

Hi,I am satanslilhelpers girlfriend and i have a cham. Chams may taste leaves every now and then,but their diet is insects. You are doing good by dusting them but this should only b done 2x times a week bc u can give them to much calcium which is bad. They do need a UVB light with a strength of at least 5.0 to absorb the calcium sunlight from a window does not always cut it. It sounds like it is having trouble bc it cant absorb the calcium. When i first got mine i didn't have a UVB light and tried sunlight. When he didnt grow like he was supposed to I got it for him,and the difference was dramatic. The UVB lights r expensive,but they last longer than a few months bc i have had mine 4 over a year and it works fine. Hope this helps.

 

[BrianWI]

Hi,I am satanslilhelpers girlfriend and i have a cham. Chams may taste leaves every now and then,but their diet is insects. You are doing good by dusting them but this should only b done 2x times a week bc u can give them to much calcium which is bad. They do need a UVB light with a strength of at least 5.0 to absorb the calcium sunlight from a window does not always cut it. It sounds like it is having trouble bc it cant absorb the calcium. When i first got mine i didn't have a UVB light and tried sunlight. When he didnt grow like he was supposed to I got it for him,and the difference was dramatic. The UVB lights r expensive,but they last longer than a few months bc i have had mine 4 over a year and it works fine. Hope this helps.

With the need for good light, I was just thinking.... In home improvement, they now have "light pipes", kinda like fiber optics that carries light fom outside into rooms. I wonder if an adaptation of that would work well for reptile housing to bring in real sunlight.

 

[Mack&Cass]

My 7 year old female veiled just passed away at the beginning of the month, and the only thing that she would eat that wasn't an insect or rodent was strawberries, pineapple, and mango. And those were rare occasions when she did.

 

[LeilaNami]

Good lord people please read more carefully to what this person is saying! The cham is getting dusted crickets as a staple diet but is also being offered vegetation. There really isn't anything wrong with that but it is useless to offer lettuce. Lettuce is also a useless vegetable as it contains hardly any nutritional value at all. If you want to continue to offer greens, try mustards or turnip tops instead. Take the the cham to the vet regardless since he's that far along. I agree that you need to research some bulbs and make sure you get a quality one!