My cham poops every 3-4 days,his poop today was a light tan with very little yellow urate. I have a promist that mist 4 times a day for 5 mins and also have a dropper. I feed him crickets about 10 everyday he's only 5 months. Should i be concerned with his bowel habits? Also his urate is more orange than white should I change my misting do it longer or more often?
another poop question
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sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
If the urate has just a tiny bit of yellow or orange at one end, dont worry. If however there is more than that, of it the whole urate is not bright white, its a sign of possible dehydration. Increase mistings, or dripping, or both. Ensure the crickets are well hydrated with fresh veggies and fruits. Add more silkworms and/or hornworms into his diet. (you're not just offering crickets, are you?). Consider an Increase to ambient humidity.
Jason4045
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Silks and horns have a higher water content opposed to crickets. Therefore he would become better hydrated. It is important to provide a variety of foods to cover all the bases. I feed crickets and silks 50/50, they are whats considered staple foods. Dubia roaches and superworms fall into that catagory aswell. Hornsworms, butterworns and wax worms are great as treats to keep things mixed up. However they are higher in fat so they should be kept as treats or used when your cham needs a pick me up. Sounds like you have a automated mist system, thats a great tool for keeping chams healthy and happy. Most like to run it first thing in the morning to get thier chams up and showered, followed be freq misting sessons about every two hours. The first sesson can be the longest in duration followed be shorted stints throughout the day. The general rule is to get the leafs and vines wet without the collection of excess water in the bottom of the cage. Run times all really depends on the cage size, number of plants and if it has proper drainage. I'd say 10-30 secs per misting is about average, but then again you only need enough to get the plants and vines wet so it may vary. You want to be sure that the cage can dry out between mistings aswell, if is always wet it can lead to bacteria problems not to mention the healty issues it could pose on you cham(respatory issues..etc). Post some pictures of your cage and set-up so we can all have a looksie at it to better help you.
-Jay
I will be ordering silkies in the am. Question, what's the best way to store them without them over growing or dying? I ended up throwing away more than half what I bought last time b/c they all died. Also do you gut load silkworms or just serve them as is? I increased the misting and dripping, so I will see how he does. Is it normal for him to poop but once every 3-4 days?
Your veiled sounds fine, mine barely poop! Shows that they are absorbing most of what they take in. If there are alot of legs and cricket parts in the poop then you know you are overfeeding your chameleon.
Hope that helps and dont worry about the colour of urate it will always vary from day to day
Hope that helps and dont worry about the colour of urate it will always vary from day to day
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
A mostly orange urate probably means dehydration. Increase the amount you mist significantly, add a dripper or increase time of dripping. Add in feeders that are higher in water content (such as hornworms) and ensure your crickets are getting enough liquid (which in turn goes into your chameleon).
Actually, butterworms are NO higher in fat than superworms, and are naturally higher in calcium. I wouldnt use superworms or butterworms as a daily staple, but I do offer both on a regular basis.
The chow or mulberry leaves that silkworms eat is a sufficient gutload for them.
