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Suzi one of the members asked that I post this as well.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon – Veiled Chameleon (Yemen Chameleon),Male, 3-4 months old. I have had him for about one month.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Usually I will handle him only when needed. Lately since he had the eye problem I have been handling daily. He does not like me to retrieve him by hand so I have a piece of bamboo with fake shrubs on it that he will climb on. I shower him with this and apply the medicine.
Feeding – Crickets ¼ inch. 8-10 a day @ 10:00 am. The crickets get the normal Fluker’s high calcium dry food with Fluker’s Orange Cube. The 8 – 10 are placed in a separate container the night before with baby food (sweet potatoes – wet, mixed veigs – wet and baby cereal with sweet potato. I mix all this together in a small lid and leave the crickets to feast on that overnight.
Supplements – I use Sticky Tongue Farms Miner-all every other day
Watering – I have a Habba mist machine that mists the middle of the cage down the plants every three hours for 30 seconds. I also mist with warm to room temp water three additional time until all the plants are dripping. The cage dries out between misting.
Fecal Description – Droppings are white and black/brown. Sometimes there is a little yellowish orange piece (I think this means dehydrated). Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? No, not that I am aware of.
History – None at this time.
Cage Info:
Cage Type – 65 Gallon Screen Reptarium 28” x 16.5” x 30”
Lighting – I have three lights. A Exo Terra 18” Repti Glo 5.0 UVB Florescent bulb, One Zoo Med 100w basking bulb and one Zoo Med 100w infrared light bulb. What is your daily lighting schedule? During the day 7am – 8pm All lights are on and during the night hours only the infrared light is on.
Temperature – Cage floor @ 70 degrees 1st level 75 – 80 2nd level 80 – 85 3rd to the top 85- 95 depending on how close you are to the lights. Lowest overnight temp? 70 – 80 degrees. How do you measure these temps? I have a temp gauge that I can move around the cage.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? 50 – 65 depending on the misting. What do you use to measure humidity? I have a gauge that I can move around the cage.
Plants - Are you using live plants? No live plants. All artificial. Too worried about sap, bugs and where the plant came from. Plus no more money or room to put more in the cage.
Placement – The cage is located on top of my filing cabinet in my office the cabinet is about 4 feet off of the ground and the cage is about 7 feet at the top. Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? The traffic is low it is just myself and an office mate the cham is above us most of the time. There is an air vent about four feet away that blows low throughout the day but does not make anything blow inside the cage. At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 7 feet from the floor at the top and 4 feet from the bottom of the cage.
Location – Northern California.
Current Problem – The current problem that I am having and think that I have under control is one eye and now two occasionally closed during the day. This started happening right after he shed. He kept a piece of skin on his forehead the longest and in fact it never rubbed off. He was blinking before removing the skin on his head but I waited for a week and then removed it with a piece of leaf. He is too young and is not used to human touch so this was the best way to do this without stressing him out too much and making him hiss at me. I researched through this forum and online about the possible causes. I found the following imperfections in my cage and made the corrections:
• To little shrubbery
• Not misting enough ( I bought an additional mister for this)
• Reduced his miner-all supplement to every other day (he started getting some accumulation from his nose)
In the research that I did I found, ordered and started applying to both eyes Terramycin (for four days). Since then I have stopped this as he does not blink any longer that I am seeing.
Overall I want to be sure that I handled this correctly and that I have the right setup. Please see pictures and set up. Let me know if there is something more that I can do.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon – Veiled Chameleon (Yemen Chameleon),Male, 3-4 months old. I have had him for about one month.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Usually I will handle him only when needed. Lately since he had the eye problem I have been handling daily. He does not like me to retrieve him by hand so I have a piece of bamboo with fake shrubs on it that he will climb on. I shower him with this and apply the medicine.
Feeding – Crickets ¼ inch. 8-10 a day @ 10:00 am. The crickets get the normal Fluker’s high calcium dry food with Fluker’s Orange Cube. The 8 – 10 are placed in a separate container the night before with baby food (sweet potatoes – wet, mixed veigs – wet and baby cereal with sweet potato. I mix all this together in a small lid and leave the crickets to feast on that overnight.
Supplements – I use Sticky Tongue Farms Miner-all every other day
Watering – I have a Habba mist machine that mists the middle of the cage down the plants every three hours for 30 seconds. I also mist with warm to room temp water three additional time until all the plants are dripping. The cage dries out between misting.
Fecal Description – Droppings are white and black/brown. Sometimes there is a little yellowish orange piece (I think this means dehydrated). Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? No, not that I am aware of.
History – None at this time.
Cage Info:
Cage Type – 65 Gallon Screen Reptarium 28” x 16.5” x 30”
Lighting – I have three lights. A Exo Terra 18” Repti Glo 5.0 UVB Florescent bulb, One Zoo Med 100w basking bulb and one Zoo Med 100w infrared light bulb. What is your daily lighting schedule? During the day 7am – 8pm All lights are on and during the night hours only the infrared light is on.
Temperature – Cage floor @ 70 degrees 1st level 75 – 80 2nd level 80 – 85 3rd to the top 85- 95 depending on how close you are to the lights. Lowest overnight temp? 70 – 80 degrees. How do you measure these temps? I have a temp gauge that I can move around the cage.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? 50 – 65 depending on the misting. What do you use to measure humidity? I have a gauge that I can move around the cage.
Plants - Are you using live plants? No live plants. All artificial. Too worried about sap, bugs and where the plant came from. Plus no more money or room to put more in the cage.
Placement – The cage is located on top of my filing cabinet in my office the cabinet is about 4 feet off of the ground and the cage is about 7 feet at the top. Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? The traffic is low it is just myself and an office mate the cham is above us most of the time. There is an air vent about four feet away that blows low throughout the day but does not make anything blow inside the cage. At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 7 feet from the floor at the top and 4 feet from the bottom of the cage.
Location – Northern California.
Current Problem – The current problem that I am having and think that I have under control is one eye and now two occasionally closed during the day. This started happening right after he shed. He kept a piece of skin on his forehead the longest and in fact it never rubbed off. He was blinking before removing the skin on his head but I waited for a week and then removed it with a piece of leaf. He is too young and is not used to human touch so this was the best way to do this without stressing him out too much and making him hiss at me. I researched through this forum and online about the possible causes. I found the following imperfections in my cage and made the corrections:
• To little shrubbery
• Not misting enough ( I bought an additional mister for this)
• Reduced his miner-all supplement to every other day (he started getting some accumulation from his nose)
In the research that I did I found, ordered and started applying to both eyes Terramycin (for four days). Since then I have stopped this as he does not blink any longer that I am seeing.
Overall I want to be sure that I handled this correctly and that I have the right setup. Please see pictures and set up. Let me know if there is something more that I can do.
