Carpet Chameleon Care Sheet

Look for chameleon eggs to start swelling and sweating after four to five months.

Carpet chameleon care sheet. This forces chameleons to use their hunting abilities and keep their tongues. A large and tall screened cage or terrarium with screened top. Why buy a chameleon from us. All our chameleons for sale come with overnight shipping and live arrival guarantee.

Always go with the biggest cage possible. The carpet chameleon is found in the mixed woodlands and forests of madagascar. The carpet chameleon comes from madagascar and is also known as jewelled chameleons because of its stunning colours. Eggs hatch between five to seven months on average.

As such they require a very warm basking area of 100 o f during the day. Hatchling carpet chameleons can be kept in much the same way as the adults but even more care should be taken to make sure the temperature and humidity are precise. It is the female that sports the familiar eye pattern but the male can display lovely greens with shades of blue around the eyes and feet. Help your chameleon regulate its body temperature by keeping the bottom of the habitat cool and the top warm.

I generally feed my chameleons twice a week and i allow the feeder insects to roam the cage freely. Naturally yemen chameleons spend a long time basking in the full heat of the sun. It is arboreal a tree dweller. We try to provide this heat over 1 3 of the enclosure while letting the rest of the enclosure cool to 70 o f on the opposite side.

During the day the cool area should be between 70 and 80 degrees fahrenheit 21 to 27 celsius while the warm area should be between 80 and 85 f 27 to 29 c for jackson s chameleons or 90 and 100 f 32 to 38 c for veiled chameleons. We want you to enjoy your chameleon and give it the best possible care. Not only will you get high quality chameleons but you can always come back and ask us for tips or questions. Carpet chameleons do well on a diet of medium sized crickets flies and other small insects.

For chameleons one foot or less in length the cage should be at least 2 x 3 x 3. Adults require a 18 x 18 x 36 enclosure with branches. Offer five to six gut loaded feeder insects per meal.