drip system?

norman · 03-04-03, 01:07 AM

hey...does anyone know how to put together a drip system?
thanks
pete

Trace · 03-04-03, 06:28 AM

UGH! One of these days I'll get organized enough to build myself a drip system! :dumb: At this point I'm using empty sour cream containers with a pin hole in the bottom. These are filled with water daily and placed on the top of my cages and positioned so the water drips onto any plants that are inside.

Here are a few sites that might help you out:
http://www.chameleonpages.com/fogger.htm
http://www.chameleonjournals.com/mar.../makedrip.html

I'm sure there are others in this site that have these systems made. Jaylyn? Laurier?

Cheers!

Trace

beth wallbank · 03-04-03, 09:57 AM

I use with good results a deli cup. a piece of aquarium air hose, and an aquarium tubing T connector with a valve. Drill a small hole, (smaller than thehose diameter) squeeze the hose into the hole, silicon the tubing so it is secure and wont leak. When tis dries, attach the T at the end, and this adjusts the water flow drip frop the tube, and this allows you to place the tubing anywhere in the cage so the chameleon can reach it. My chams lick from mine like hamster bottles.
Hope this helps

Jaylyn · 03-07-03, 04:08 PM

I use ice cream pails - fill them twice a day. Lee Valley has these neat little valves you just push into a pastic container - and you can control the drip rate. I thought I might try them in my outside cages to have one spot of the cage dripped on all day.

Jaylyn

kelly · 03-07-03, 07:54 PM

some people can actually build one successfully with out them dripping everywhere else but the cage..lmao..i would just spend the 10 bucks and buy one..he he

norman · 03-14-03, 03:05 PM

So heres what i ended up doing... My Mom came over and gave me some parts from a drip system for gardens. So I got a 1 liter coke bottle, drilled a small hole near the bottom, then pushed a small plastic T connector through, I filled in one side of the T connector,then i attached a 1/4" hose to the side that wasnt filled. At the end of the hose i put a dripper.
Ill get some pics up soon.It works very well and sometimes the chameleon just drinks straight from it...one of the funniest things ive seen it do!