carbyville
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female veiled, between 5-7 months old. She's been in my care for two months.
Handling - Once a week at most.
Feeding - Between 7-10 medium sized crickets gut loaded with cricket crack. She eats every morning at around 10am. When I have hornworms (which I do not right now, waiting for my next order to arrive), she gets one a day/every other day depending on their size.
Supplements - Daily dusting of calcium without D3, and a dusting of calcium with D3 and multivitamin every other week.
Watering - Auto-mister that goes off every two hours between 30seconds to 60 seconds depending on how warm it is outside, and I hand mist twice a day for a few minutes at a time. I rarely see her drinking, she's a shy drinker.
Fecal Description - She was tested for parasites a little over a month ago and things came back clear. Her fecal description is pretty run of the mill. Firm but not hard, not watery, and no evidence of undigested food.
History - No information.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24x24x48 screen cage.
Lighting - 60watt incandescent bulb and a 5.0 compact UVB light. Lights on at 8am, lights off at 8pm.
Temperature - Cage floor readings are usually in the rage of 73-75, basking spot is around 85. Both measured with digital thermometers. Night time temps dip to the upper 60's.
Humidity - Humidity is around 50-60%, measured with a digital hygrometer. There are several live plants in the cage that keep the humidity up.
Plants - A ficus and two bromeliads.
Placement - The cage is upstairs in my office. Not near vents or fans and I'm usually the only person that ever goes in the room. The cage is situated about four feet off the floor.
Location - Cleveland, OH
Current Problem - I know it probably isn't much to worry about just yet, but I haven't seen a poop or pee in Claudia's cage since Saturday. She's always been a very consistent, once a day pooper, so of course I'm starting to worry. I've looked all around the cage, inspected the leaves on her plants and have not found any hidden poops or urate at all.
So I guess I'm asking for tips on how to encourage a poop. I read that bringing them out in the natural sunlight might help, but our weather right now is in the crapper, overcast and chilly, until probably this weekend, so that's out for right now. Is there anything else I can do? Should I cut back on her feeding until she goes or keep up with our usual feeding? Her appetite is still there, nothing has changed there. The only difference is the lack of poop and urates. I'm a worry wart, so of course I'm starting to think all kinds of awful things.
Your Chameleon - Female veiled, between 5-7 months old. She's been in my care for two months.
Handling - Once a week at most.
Feeding - Between 7-10 medium sized crickets gut loaded with cricket crack. She eats every morning at around 10am. When I have hornworms (which I do not right now, waiting for my next order to arrive), she gets one a day/every other day depending on their size.
Supplements - Daily dusting of calcium without D3, and a dusting of calcium with D3 and multivitamin every other week.
Watering - Auto-mister that goes off every two hours between 30seconds to 60 seconds depending on how warm it is outside, and I hand mist twice a day for a few minutes at a time. I rarely see her drinking, she's a shy drinker.
Fecal Description - She was tested for parasites a little over a month ago and things came back clear. Her fecal description is pretty run of the mill. Firm but not hard, not watery, and no evidence of undigested food.
History - No information.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24x24x48 screen cage.
Lighting - 60watt incandescent bulb and a 5.0 compact UVB light. Lights on at 8am, lights off at 8pm.
Temperature - Cage floor readings are usually in the rage of 73-75, basking spot is around 85. Both measured with digital thermometers. Night time temps dip to the upper 60's.
Humidity - Humidity is around 50-60%, measured with a digital hygrometer. There are several live plants in the cage that keep the humidity up.
Plants - A ficus and two bromeliads.
Placement - The cage is upstairs in my office. Not near vents or fans and I'm usually the only person that ever goes in the room. The cage is situated about four feet off the floor.
Location - Cleveland, OH
Current Problem - I know it probably isn't much to worry about just yet, but I haven't seen a poop or pee in Claudia's cage since Saturday. She's always been a very consistent, once a day pooper, so of course I'm starting to worry. I've looked all around the cage, inspected the leaves on her plants and have not found any hidden poops or urate at all.
So I guess I'm asking for tips on how to encourage a poop. I read that bringing them out in the natural sunlight might help, but our weather right now is in the crapper, overcast and chilly, until probably this weekend, so that's out for right now. Is there anything else I can do? Should I cut back on her feeding until she goes or keep up with our usual feeding? Her appetite is still there, nothing has changed there. The only difference is the lack of poop and urates. I'm a worry wart, so of course I'm starting to think all kinds of awful things.
