Baby Veiled Chameleon Care

Chameleons regularly shed.

Baby veiled chameleon care.

Dust the insects with a vitamin and calcium supplement mixture once or twice a week. Babies are born a bright pale green and should be placed in a 10 gallon nursery a day after birth. It can take several minutes and most of us either use misting systems or spray bottles and run drippers to saturate the cages down. Throughout the day the basking spot temperature should vary from 90 to 95 fahrenheit degrees.

In general crickets should be as long as your chameleon s head is wide. Also feed your veiled chameleon some collard greens. In addition you should always keep the pregnant veiled chameleon s terrarium neat in order to prevent the invasion of ecto parasites and possible infection. In short letting a pregnant veiled chameleon experience a stress free chained and series of events is non negotiable.

Chameleons should never be kept in a glass terrarium or aquarium. Veiled chameleons eat a variety of live insects including crickets mealworms and waxworms. They need the ventilation. Not only do plant leaves whether real or artificial provide cover and security but veiled chameleons obtain their water by drinking droplets off leaves after a misting.

Feed baby veiled chameleons a once or twice a day and adults every other day. Veiled chameleon normal behavior. They are tree dwellers and reside on branches and in plants exclusively. As they get older you can feed slightly less often with adults being fed every other day.

Veiled chameleons are territorial and aggressive to other chameleons so they. How to care for pet veiled chameleons veiled chameleon behavior and temperament. Baby and juvenile veiled chameleons should be fed once or twice a day and have almost constant access to food. Foliage is a must for a veiled chameleon enclosure.

Thoroughly clean and disinfect the habitat at least once a week. It is important for baby chameleons to get all the required nutrients so they can grow and develop rightly. Half fill the aquarium with safe plants at different heights. I just don t want someone watching this video that is just starting out and think you can squirt a bottle of water into the cage a few times and your chameleon has enough water for the day.

You should also pay attention to the temperature in the cage or you will have trouble getting chameleon to eat. Place chameleon in a secure.