adamofsound
02-14-05, 06:52 PM
hi all,
my male veiled (about 6-8 months old, not sure, just an estimate)
seems to be quite dark all the time. I see a lot of reddish outlines and his yellow bands are not very rich during the day.
when he sleeps at night he shows brilliant colours. very nice rich yellow bands, some blues, and some reds.
I am just wondering if this is normal behaviour of if there is something in my husbadry that is lacking or I have overlooked.
he is 6-7 inches svl ( held a tape up beside him outside his cage so this too is an estimate)
he eats and drinks regularly, and I give him crickets, silkworms and small supers as staples.
he has a dripper that supplies water for about 6 hours a day
he is in a 100 gallon flexarium (4 ft tall, 18 inches deep and 3 ft wide)
his basking spot ranges from 98-108F and he has various vines and branches at different levels an orientation to the basking spot so he can pick a comfortable temp at any time of day.
I feed him using a jar, so wantering feeders shouldnt be the cause of this
the temp drops to 72F on the coldest nights.
he gets UV from an exoterra 8.0 flourescent tube that stretches the width of the enclosure.
this is my first cham, but I beleive I did my research thoroughly.
any ideas would be appreciated.
of course, I could be just paranoid and this might just be his neutral colour, becasue when I reach in he can turn much darker and much more threatening colours
let me know what you think. if I am still worried after a few replies I will make atrip to the vet.
thanks,
Adam
my male veiled (about 6-8 months old, not sure, just an estimate)
seems to be quite dark all the time. I see a lot of reddish outlines and his yellow bands are not very rich during the day.
when he sleeps at night he shows brilliant colours. very nice rich yellow bands, some blues, and some reds.
I am just wondering if this is normal behaviour of if there is something in my husbadry that is lacking or I have overlooked.
he is 6-7 inches svl ( held a tape up beside him outside his cage so this too is an estimate)
he eats and drinks regularly, and I give him crickets, silkworms and small supers as staples.
he has a dripper that supplies water for about 6 hours a day
he is in a 100 gallon flexarium (4 ft tall, 18 inches deep and 3 ft wide)
his basking spot ranges from 98-108F and he has various vines and branches at different levels an orientation to the basking spot so he can pick a comfortable temp at any time of day.
I feed him using a jar, so wantering feeders shouldnt be the cause of this
the temp drops to 72F on the coldest nights.
he gets UV from an exoterra 8.0 flourescent tube that stretches the width of the enclosure.
this is my first cham, but I beleive I did my research thoroughly.
any ideas would be appreciated.
of course, I could be just paranoid and this might just be his neutral colour, becasue when I reach in he can turn much darker and much more threatening colours
let me know what you think. if I am still worried after a few replies I will make atrip to the vet.
thanks,
Adam