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Chameleon at home
Chameleons are interesting representatives of the reptile class, their size varies from 3 to 60 centimeters.
Tree lizards perfectly climb snags and trees, and when they hunt, they can not move for hours.
Only the eyes betray the chameleon: they can rotate asynchronously and provide an excellent all round view, so it is not difficult to track down the reptile's insects.
The chameleon catches prey with the help of the tongue, and the grasping movement does not take even a second.
The insect sticks to the suction cup and instantly ends up in the lizard's mouth.
Is it possible to forget that chameleons are able to change color?
– they owe this property to the unique cells of their skin.
There are brown, red, yellow and black pigments in chromatophores (which is exactly what they are called).
Under the influence of certain factors (fright, hunger, hunting), pigmentation increases, and the skin acquires a variety of shades.
Often, by changing the color, you can judge the behavior of a reptile: the skin turns dark if the chameleon is afraid or tries to frighten the enemy, multi colored spots appear if the male begins to care for the female.
To absorb heat, chameleons become almost black, and to reflect light in the heat – light gray.
We want to make a reservation right away: if you hope that living in your house, a chameleon will delight with a new color every half hour – you will be disappointed.
As a rule, the color of the reptile's skin adapts to the environment: that is, if the chameleon is sitting on a snag, then it will also be brown, and not yellow with speckles, as you would like.
If the conditions are decent and nothing scares the pet, it is unlikely to change the color.
Keeping a chameleon at home
Most often, three types of chameleons are kept in terrariums: ordinary, Yemeni and leopard.
They are not picky and do not need time consuming care.
You can keep a female and a male: two males will fight almost to death and divide the territory.
The optimal size of the terrarium is from 150 liters (50x50x120 cm minimum, it depends on the size of the reptile).
Chameleons love warmth, the optimal temperature during the day is 30-32 degrees, at night 22-24 degrees.
The terrarium should be placed away from drafts and heating devices, in a well ventilated room.
You need two lamps: for lighting and " sun " baths.
Ultraviolet and fluorescent lamps (or incandescent lamps) should be out of reach, at a height of at least 35-40 centimeters from the reptile, otherwise the chameleon will be burned.
There should be a thermometer and a temperature controller in the "dwelling".
Since these are still tree lizards, it would be good to plant plants in a terrarium and place branches and snags on which the pet can climb.
As a litter, sphagnum, vermiculite, artificial turf, coarse sand are used.
The humidity of the air is about 60%, at least once a day, the plants and soil in the terrarium should be sprayed with clean water at room temperature.
Daylight hours – at least 12 hours.
In the warm season, you can take the cage outside or on the balcony.
Ventilation in the terrarium should also be: it is impossible to keep lizards in tanks made of solid glass or plastic.
It is also undesirable to use a metal mesh – a chameleon can injure its fingers.
The best option is a terrarium with holes in the walls and ceiling or with a grid at the top.
Once every two weeks, a general cleaning should be done in the reptile's home, and it is not necessary to transplant the tenant.
Regularly change the litter, wash the feeders and drinkers.
How to feed a chameleon at home?
Small chameleons are given food twice a day, adults every other day.
The lion's share of the diet is animal feed: flies, crickets, locusts, worms, tropical cockroaches, zoophobuses and other insects.
You can also give pieces of fruit (grapes, apple, banana, citrus fruits), vegetable food.
The easiest way is to give chameleons of insects with tweezers: be careful, the lizard can swallow the tip of the tweezers together with the food and break its teeth.
In pet stores, you can buy special tweezers with soft tips.
If the chameleon is stuck with a suction cup to the tweezers, do not make sudden movements, the tongue will come off by itself.
You can put food in the feeder (made of glass or plastic, the walls are lubricated with oil so that the prey does not run away).
As for water, chameleons do not know how to drink from a regular drinking bowl, it is better to choose a drip one.
You can also teach your pet to drink from a pipette or a syringe without a needle.
Lizards lick the dew from the leaves of plants, so regularly spray the terrarium – and dehydration will not threaten the pet.
As for mineral fertilizing, it can be chalk, crushed shells, vitamins and additives JBL, Tetra and others.
Despite their exotic appearance, chameleons quickly adapt, learn to sit on their hands, take food from you, allow themselves to be stroked.
Such pets will give you a lot of pleasant moments, and will also become the pride of your home.
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