Chameleon Info:
·Your Chameleon - Female veiled chameleon; age: 1 year 4 mos; in our care for about a month
·Handling - 1-2 times a week
·Feeding - 10 crickets every other day - Fluker's cricket food and gel; a superworm or two on non-cricket feeding days; a small piece of strawberry every now and then
·Supplements - ZooMed Repti-Calcium w/o D3 2x a week (we were giving it to her 3x, but noticed her nostrils turned white, so we cut back one day.); ExoTerra Calcium+D3 (1x since we've had her); ZooMed Reptivite w/o D3(1x since we've had her); a tiny drop of Vitamin A on a mealworm (1x since we've had her) Watering - Monsoon mister split between two enclosures, mists 60 seconds every hour. Plus a dripper that drips all day.
·Fecal Description - Poops look normal. Urates are white, but much smaller than the poop (not sure if that's normal, so I figure I'd mention it)
·History - Since we bought her as an adult from a "breeder", I don't really have much history. I believe she's had several clutches already though.
Cage Info:
·Cage Type - Medium 16x16x30 ReptiBreeze screen cage
·Lighting - ZooMed Powersun UV 100W self-ballasted mercury vapor UVB light. On a timer - on at 6 AM and off at 6 PM
·Temperature - Basking temp is 85.6 - 85.8 and the rest of the cage is 75 - 80.Overnight temps between 70 - 74. I have a digital thermometer to measure the basking area and a non-digital for the non-basking part.
·Humidity - Humidity stays around 40 and rises a little when the mister comes on. I measure it using a non-digital hygrometer.
·Plants - fake plants
·Placement - Located in a bedroom. The top of the cage is at least 6 feet above the floor - at least - maybe a bit higher even.
·Location - San Antonio, TX
Current Problem: She is dark all the time. And I mean dark - black, brown, dark green. She is only a nice, bright lime green when she sleeps. Is that normal?
(BTW - Her enclosure is the one on the right, above the red drainage bucket and yes, there is a black board between the two enclosures, so they cannot see each other)
Here's a little background....We bought her and a male chameleon from a breeder, but now I know I shouldn't have trusted a word he spoke. EVERYTHING he told us was dead wrong. By the time we discovered this forum it was too late, because our sweet-natured male, Leon, was already pretty sick. After spending hundreds of dollars in vet bills and new caging supplies and hours and hours researching the correct way to care for these little guys, we were still unable to save Leon. We were so heartbroken; he captured our hearts in his short time with us. He truly was the sweetest chameleon ever. Even the vet said he was remarkably sweet-natured. Never hissed at me once, even after many days of force feeding him pedialyte and panacur and baytril, etc. etc. I know he was not loving it, but he never hissed or grumped. He fought for two weeks, had good days and bad days, but finally fell too ill and gave up the fight last Friday.
So now I have this female (and a baby that we just got to replace Leon) and I'm hoping we can keep them alive, because, I must say, I'm hooked on these little creatures now.
·Your Chameleon - Female veiled chameleon; age: 1 year 4 mos; in our care for about a month
·Handling - 1-2 times a week
·Feeding - 10 crickets every other day - Fluker's cricket food and gel; a superworm or two on non-cricket feeding days; a small piece of strawberry every now and then
·Supplements - ZooMed Repti-Calcium w/o D3 2x a week (we were giving it to her 3x, but noticed her nostrils turned white, so we cut back one day.); ExoTerra Calcium+D3 (1x since we've had her); ZooMed Reptivite w/o D3(1x since we've had her); a tiny drop of Vitamin A on a mealworm (1x since we've had her) Watering - Monsoon mister split between two enclosures, mists 60 seconds every hour. Plus a dripper that drips all day.
·Fecal Description - Poops look normal. Urates are white, but much smaller than the poop (not sure if that's normal, so I figure I'd mention it)
·History - Since we bought her as an adult from a "breeder", I don't really have much history. I believe she's had several clutches already though.
Cage Info:
·Cage Type - Medium 16x16x30 ReptiBreeze screen cage
·Lighting - ZooMed Powersun UV 100W self-ballasted mercury vapor UVB light. On a timer - on at 6 AM and off at 6 PM
·Temperature - Basking temp is 85.6 - 85.8 and the rest of the cage is 75 - 80.Overnight temps between 70 - 74. I have a digital thermometer to measure the basking area and a non-digital for the non-basking part.
·Humidity - Humidity stays around 40 and rises a little when the mister comes on. I measure it using a non-digital hygrometer.
·Plants - fake plants
·Placement - Located in a bedroom. The top of the cage is at least 6 feet above the floor - at least - maybe a bit higher even.
·Location - San Antonio, TX
Current Problem: She is dark all the time. And I mean dark - black, brown, dark green. She is only a nice, bright lime green when she sleeps. Is that normal?
(BTW - Her enclosure is the one on the right, above the red drainage bucket and yes, there is a black board between the two enclosures, so they cannot see each other)
Here's a little background....We bought her and a male chameleon from a breeder, but now I know I shouldn't have trusted a word he spoke. EVERYTHING he told us was dead wrong. By the time we discovered this forum it was too late, because our sweet-natured male, Leon, was already pretty sick. After spending hundreds of dollars in vet bills and new caging supplies and hours and hours researching the correct way to care for these little guys, we were still unable to save Leon. We were so heartbroken; he captured our hearts in his short time with us. He truly was the sweetest chameleon ever. Even the vet said he was remarkably sweet-natured. Never hissed at me once, even after many days of force feeding him pedialyte and panacur and baytril, etc. etc. I know he was not loving it, but he never hissed or grumped. He fought for two weeks, had good days and bad days, but finally fell too ill and gave up the fight last Friday.
So now I have this female (and a baby that we just got to replace Leon) and I'm hoping we can keep them alive, because, I must say, I'm hooked on these little creatures now.
