papypoko
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Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem -
i think my chameleon get respiratory infection, i read the symptoms in this forum, ask friend and other article.
- He open his mouth sometimes under the uvb light,at the shade area, and while sleeping, the duration between 5-7 secs after that close his mouth again, after several minutes or maybe hours he open again. ( i working at home, so i can see his activity often)
- he has muscus at the corner of his mouth (i compare to youtube video and googling the picture of chameleon that have respiratory infection)
- i heard popping sounds sometimes, and sometimes while sleeping he open his mouth little bit
- sometimes he take a deep breath with mouth open
with several symptoms that i listed, i pretty sure that he got RI.
my treatment right now is i take him sunbathing like ussual every morning , and i do extra sunbathing before sunset at 4 PM for 30-1 hours..
the breeder that i bought this chameleon said to give terramycin with 1 droplet dose each morning.
but i doubt it, because i ask 2 others chameleon breeder in here , they said no need , just go for routine sunbathing and keep good gutload to the feeder.
im very worry if i dont give medicine, my chameleon will not get better..
i dont go to vet , because there is no good vet for reptile.
as i know the reptile community here ussualy give terramycin for reptile that had RI.
any suggestion what should i do ?
my other question is
In my case, what cause RI to my chameleon ? Because i want to fix it if my care still not proper,
to prevent next sickness.
i ask the breeder ,
My breeder said the temp is bit high and my humid is dry so i need to do every hour mist for 1 minutes even though at the night time.
And the other breeder said, two minutes are too long for misting baby panther, 1 minutes or less is enough,
and do it at 9AM ,12 PM , 1, 2, 3, 4 PM 1 minutes each and thats enough for the day and use dripper.
i dont know which one should i go, any suggestion for my misting schedule ?
at first i do 2 minutes misting every two hours but i change the schedule base what i read.
- Your Chameleon -
Panther Chameleon ; Male ;
almost 3 months old | 11 days in my care - Handling -
only when i take him out for sunbathing at 7-9 Morning and put him back. - Feeding -
i feed him with crickets , turkish roach, mealworm, darkling beetle;
i give as many as he can eat, i just put like 10 turkish at the morning in feeding cup and take out at the afternoon at 2 P.M, i see he eat around half of the portion, in the first day he only eat 1 cricket.
I gut load the feeder with green turnips & pak choy - Supplements -
i give exoterra calcium non D3 every feeding.
i have another exoterra calcium D3 and exoterra multi vitamin, but i dont give it yet.
- Watering -
i use DIY auto mister that works perfectly for misting system.
the schedule is
7 AM - 2 minutes , 9 AM - 2 minutes , 12 PM - 3 minutes , and the rest is every hour for 1 minutes (i do this because my country bit warm climate , especially at the afternoon)
i put the nozzle at the top of the screen with a dome , so its like mist + droplets of waters - Fecal Description -
i compare the fecal with poop 1001 picture , its look normal , and it has white part (urate) looks white mean my chameleon drink - History -
my chameleon poop normal on schedule, the appetite is increasing day by day than day 1 that he only ate 1 cricket every two days, now he ate turkish every day, and now he even want to explore the cage compared with several first days.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type -
screen cage , size 60 x 60 x 120 cm ( i know its too big for 3 months old , thats why i use feeding cup) - Lighting -
exoterra UVB 100 25w - turn on from 6 AM - 6 PM
- Temperature -
- my cage temp range between 30-32c (86-89.6F)
- the lowest overnight temp is 29
- i measure with two digital thermometers
#my room temperature just the same 31c and sometimes almost 32c at the afternoon#
#this is why i dont use any basking light anymore, because the temp is bit high# - Humidity -
- Humidity fluctuates between 50(top cage) -65%(bottom cage) (daytime) and 70(bottom cage) - 60% ( top cage) (night time )
- i have 2 live plants combined with auto mister / and have forest moss exoterra covering the soil in pot
- i use two digital hygrometers to measure
#my room humidty around 45%# - Plants - yes , i put 2 live plants with its pot each to maintain humidity level, i dont know the english name for that plant, but im sure its non toxic for chameleon.
- Placement -
i put the cage in my reptile room , at that position i can feel wind blowing slowly sometimes, i think its good for help air circulation.
i put on top of cage holder/base , the base is 60cm, my drainage system at the bottom of the cage. - Location - i live in Jakarta - Indonesia. The temperature outside my house is around 32-33.. we only have two seasons, dry and rainy. Right now is dry season (or summer maybe in the other name)
Current Problem -
i think my chameleon get respiratory infection, i read the symptoms in this forum, ask friend and other article.
- He open his mouth sometimes under the uvb light,at the shade area, and while sleeping, the duration between 5-7 secs after that close his mouth again, after several minutes or maybe hours he open again. ( i working at home, so i can see his activity often)
- he has muscus at the corner of his mouth (i compare to youtube video and googling the picture of chameleon that have respiratory infection)
- i heard popping sounds sometimes, and sometimes while sleeping he open his mouth little bit
- sometimes he take a deep breath with mouth open
with several symptoms that i listed, i pretty sure that he got RI.
my treatment right now is i take him sunbathing like ussual every morning , and i do extra sunbathing before sunset at 4 PM for 30-1 hours..
the breeder that i bought this chameleon said to give terramycin with 1 droplet dose each morning.
but i doubt it, because i ask 2 others chameleon breeder in here , they said no need , just go for routine sunbathing and keep good gutload to the feeder.
im very worry if i dont give medicine, my chameleon will not get better..
i dont go to vet , because there is no good vet for reptile.
as i know the reptile community here ussualy give terramycin for reptile that had RI.
any suggestion what should i do ?
my other question is
In my case, what cause RI to my chameleon ? Because i want to fix it if my care still not proper,
to prevent next sickness.
i ask the breeder ,
My breeder said the temp is bit high and my humid is dry so i need to do every hour mist for 1 minutes even though at the night time.
And the other breeder said, two minutes are too long for misting baby panther, 1 minutes or less is enough,
and do it at 9AM ,12 PM , 1, 2, 3, 4 PM 1 minutes each and thats enough for the day and use dripper.
i dont know which one should i go, any suggestion for my misting schedule ?
at first i do 2 minutes misting every two hours but i change the schedule base what i read.
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