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Old 02-06-04, 06:36 PM   #16
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Interesting, in my readings my understandings husbandry wise was high humidity, low temperatures. What temperatures are you keeping yours at?

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Wow! I just read AdChams caresheet, interesting! It seems they are quite the extremists, 95F during the day, 45F at night. Amazing.

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Old 02-06-04, 07:35 PM   #17
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The caresheet for this species on ADCHAM is a very good one. That is pretty much how i keep my animals although I can't say that I am even able to supply the night temp drop into the 40s, more like the upper 50s. In the wild, this species is known to littererally fall off the branches and appear dead at night temps below freezing only to be able to shoot their tongue when temps get back up above 7 degrees Celcius. While this might make them seem very hardy and resilient, I would not advise this species to lesser experienced keepers, especially WC specimens.

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sorry to dig up an old thread, but i've been looking at these chameleons lately, and i'm just wondering how you provide that temp drop, especially in the summer time.
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sorry to dig up an old thread, but i've been looking at these chameleons lately, and i'm just wondering how you provide that temp drop, especially in the summer time.

In the winter, I have the thermostat set for the high 50s low 60s and the bulbs during the day heat them up sufficiently. During the summer, I have air conditioning in the room next door so I leave the door to that room open, have ceiling fans running in every room to circulate the cool air and the humidity from all the plants, the misting system, etc., makes it so it doesn't get too dry. I also open windows in the room they are in at night when the temp drops below what it is in the house. Its a constant battle in the summer.

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how do you house yours? i've seen information that says that a pair may be housed together (save pregnant females). how low can you get the temp in the night in the summer there? i live in north dakota, so temperature wouldn't be a problem all but 3 months during the year, but during those three months, it might be bad news.
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