Hey ya'll,
On May 22nd, I discovered both sporulated and unsporulated Isospora in my ambilobe chameleon's fecal sample. For treatment, I used Toltrazuril, administering three separate doses over a three-month period. Prior to each new dose, I ran a fecal sample to monitor progress.
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As a new chameleon keeper myself the only thing I would add is that they are not cheap. You can easily spend a couple grand with enclosure, lighting, solar meter, plants, chameleon, mist system, fogger, etc.
Good luck and you got this! The community is here to help if you need it.
Well, I did not plan on getting shoulders deep in the cage before school the other day but I did lol! I removed the fern and began the search. Found two different locations with fecal matter. One of the sites had a couple different samples and the other spot only had one. So it seems like he may...
thank you! I may have to do a little digging then. I have a bromeliad about mid level height and last time he pooped on that. I haven't seen any on that leaf since but worry it may be actually inside the bromeliad which wouldn't be good with the water sitting on the top. great environment for...
Hey all,
Wondering what you all do to find fecal matter in your thickly planted cages? I am thinking I may need to take out the larger base fern and really get in there to look but I don't want to cause my cham any stress if I don't have to. There were a couple times I was easily able to see...
Alright folks, here is the link to the video introducing TCC, the team, myself and answering a few questions people had. I hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more videos in the future. Appreciate you all!
The Chameleon Collective Intro
Excellent questions! There will be a question and answer portion of the video that will be shot later this evening so I will include these in there. I will be sure to post the link to Youtube once the video is uploaded which should be later tonight. My director of marketing and communications...
To all following the journey,
My apologies for not providing an update yet this week! With school coming to an end, I have been busy grading papers, managing fidgety 8th graders, the whole nine yards... BUT I promise an update video will be posted to The Chameleon Collective social media this...
The journey has officially begun... meet Ozzy (after Ozzy Osbourne) a rainbow Ambilobe chameleon from iPardalis. A big thank you to everyone who has helped along the way and please stay tuned as the adventure continues. At the end of the week I will be posting an update about what the first week...