Black spots on face
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Rhea’s mum
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Has she been screen climbing? Specifically on the ceiling. Mine has marks like this and they are from her getting herself in a tangle on the roof and scratching herself trying to grab for a branch or screen.
Klyde O'Scope
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Looks to me like something has dripped on her.
Why is her eye closed during the day?
Why is her eye closed during the day?
hannahbanana13
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She has been screen climbing on the ceiling! I’m relieved it’s probably just scratches
hannahbanana13
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Not sure what could have dripped on her but I will keep an eye out. This photo was taken at night while she was asleep
MissSkittles
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Has she shed lately? They will get itchy and rub their little faces against things to scratch. Also, when receptive they are quite active as you’re seeing and could have scratched against something in her search for a man.
Klyde O'Scope
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OK—couldn't tell the night/sleeping sitch.
By dripping, I'm thinking plant juice (sap)? or possibly some kind of condensation or something that went into enclosure construction. If you're long established, forget all that—something dripping is just what it looks like to me.
Klyde O'Scope
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Didn't notice that, but now that you mention it (if I'm seeing the same coloration) it's on the knee too.
hannahbanana13
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I’m using the zilla tropical 25 uvb bulb and the zoo med daylight bulb — I have turned down the temp on the daylight bulb now that she is receptive too.
Should I hang them?
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I do not like the zilla bulbs... They do not clearly label the UVB output on these. Swap the UVB bulb for a reptisun T8 10.0 bulb... Basking branch would be approximately 7-8 inches below it. This would give her a 3-4 UVI level. This fixture should not be raised since it is a T8 with a lower output.
The heat fixture should be raised about 4 inches off the top. She is able to get too close to it.
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Also know that the Zilla fixtures come with a clear plastic "safety cover" over the bulb- I read somewhere that the UVB can't actually penetrate through this, so I had removed it from my fixture.
Ohhhh good to know. I did not know that they did that with their fixtures. That is a big no no. UVB can not penetrate plastic or glass. Nothing solid. Screen reduces it even.
MissSkittles
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What are you using to attach the vine to the screen? Is it wire?
Oh and I also had replaced the bulb in it with a T8 reptisun 10.0
Klyde O'Scope
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Is that enclosure on the small side, or is your chameleon huge? 
She looks ready for a 24 x 24 x 48H (or larger) enclosure.
She looks ready for a 24 x 24 x 48H (or larger) enclosure.
hannahbanana13
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It’s fishing line
hannahbanana13
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I am planning on getting her into a full-size enclosure within a month! Any thoughts on the reptibreeze xl vs a dragonstrand screen enclosure?Is that enclosure on the small side, or is your chameleon huge?
She looks ready for a 24 x 24 x 48H (or larger) enclosure.
hannahbanana13
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The light has been lifted and the plastic part of the slimline has been removed! Plus a picture of elfie showing off her big girl pattern
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Good She should perk up now that the plastic is gone and she actually is getting UVB.
I vote for dragon strand cages...
