BRIGHT YELLOW BABY VEILED HELPPPPP

[Kash95]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - Veiled, female, I've had her for about a week. Not sure how old she is she is very small.
• Handling - I've tried to get her out of her cage and she flees
• Feeding - gutloaded crickets. 3-4 every morning. Gut loading food from pet
• Watering - I have a little dripper and a misting bottle. About twice a day and when i notice the leafs are dry. No I do not see her drinking.
• Fecal Description - white droppings.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - screen cage, 2 and a half feet tall by 1 and a half feet wide
• Lighting - zoomed basking light and a uvb light 12 hrs on 12 hours off.
• Temperature - the floor is about 65-70° and her basking spot is about 75-80° at night the cage gets down to 60-65 without light. I have a digital probe
• Location - Michigan

Current Problem - this morning when I woke up I noticed she was bright green,
As of right now she is bright yellow, and gettin yellower. I'm kinda freaking out because I don't know what this means and I've read online that she's dying. I know I can't believe everything I read it just really freaked me out.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Kaylyn

 

[bobcochran]

Pictures speak a thousand words. Please post some.

 

[Kash95]

She's more of a pale green as of right now but when I posted that she was bright yellow

 

[Kash95]

I still don't understand what their color changes mean. I know black means she's angry or feeling threatened. But other than that I'm clueless. I've read multiple different things about being bright green meaning she's calm or stressed and yellow meaning she's dying.
She just ate a meal worm a couple seconds ago.

 

[Kash95]

Hereso another pic

 

[brownie64]

They turn colors that's what they do as long as she is eating, and dinking I would say she is fine. I wouldn't start panicking until then. That being said sometime they can look a little flushed if they are over heating. Is she holding her mouth open? Can she get too close to her heat lamp?

 

[Kash95]

They turn colors that's what they do as long as she is eating, and dinking I would say she is fine. I wouldn't start panicking until then. That being said sometime they can look a little flushed if they are over heating. Is she holding her mouth open?

Nope
It's 75° in her basking spot but she just moved to her sleeping spot
I would say the heat lamp is about 5 inches away from her vine

 

[Justin Carl]

Your chameleons seems to be perfectly happy! Are her eyes open? Is she climbing around the cage in a normal manner? Is she eating like normal? A baby veiled should be actively feeding and exploring the cage .

Chameleons have a knack for changing colors, so I wouldn't worry much.

 

[Kash95]

Your chameleons seems to be perfectly happy! Are her eyes open? Is she climbing around the cage in a normal manner? Is she eating like normal? A baby veiled should be actively feeding and exploring the cage .

Chameleons have a knack for changing colors, so I wouldn't worry much.

Yeah her eyes are open
She doesn't explore her cage much. I don't see her eat too often but the crickets aren't out of the cage or in the cage any more so I'm assuming shes just a shy eater. My fiance seen her eat a cricket earlier. She usually eats one or two crickets and one or two meal worms every so often throughout the day.

 

[kinyonga]

If the crickets/insects are the right size then you aren't feeding her enough.
The warm/basking get temperatures in the cage should be in the low 80'sF.
You didn't mention supplements...are you using any?
Please post a closer photo that shows all of her.

 

[kinyonga]

If the crickets/insects are the right size then you aren't feeding her enough.
The warm/basking temperatures in the cage should be in the low 80'sF.
You didn't mention supplements...are you using any?
Please post a closer photo that shows all of her.

 

[Kash95]

If the crickets/insects are the right size then you aren't feeding her enough.
The warm/basking get temperatures in the cage should be in the low 80'sF.
You didn't mention supplements...are you using any?
Please post a closer photo that shows all of her.

Yes I use calcium with out d3 and a vitamin supplement.
She's in her sleeping spot right now so I can't get a great picture of her whole body until tomorrow morning.
She usually runs away when I open her cage

 

[kinyonga]

If the crickets/insects are the right size then you aren't feeding her enough.
The warm/basking temperatures in the cage should be in the low 80'sF.
You didn't mention supplements...are you using any?
Please post a closer photo that shows all of her.

 

[Kash95]

If the crickets/insects are the right size then you aren't feeding her enough.
The warm/basking temperatures in the cage should be in the low 80'sF.
You didn't mention supplements...are you using any?
Please post a closer photo that shows all of her.

What I was trying to say is I put about 8 crickets and 4-5 meal worms in in the morning and she's eats them throughout the day. She never eats them all at once from what I've seen.

 

[kinyonga]

You should feed /gutload the crickets, superworms, roaches, locusts with a wide assortment of greens such as collards, escarole, endive, kale, dandelion greens, etc. And veggies such as carrots, sweet red pepper, squash, zucchini, sweet potato, etc.

Chameleons usually turn pale at night when they sleep so this might be what you're experiencing if that's when it's happening.

 

[brownie64]

What I was trying to say is I put about 8 crickets and 4-5 meal worms in in the morning and she's eats them throughout the day. She never eats them all at once from what I've seen.

That seems like enough to me however you should switch out the meal worms for supper worms, horn worms, or silk worms. Meal worms should only be used for a sometimes treat do to their exoskeleton, and poor nutrition.

 

[Kash95]

You should feed /gutload the crickets, superworms, roaches, locusts with a wide assortment of greens such as collards, escarole, endive, kale, dandelion greens, etc. And veggies such as carrots, sweet red pepper, squash, zucchini, sweet potato, etc.
I do gutloaded the crickets.
Thanks for the reference list on what to feed them

Chameleons usually turn pale at night when they sleep so this might be what you're experiencing if that's when it's happening.

 

[Kash95]

That seems like enough to me however you should switch out the meal worms for supper worms, horn worms, or silk worms. Meal worms should only be used for a sometimes treat do to their exoskeleton, and poor nutrition.

I've been looking for a place to find smaller ones since she's so tiny. I'm going to get some horn worms from a more exotic pet store this weekend. The super worms were also too big. I am dusting the worms with calcium and vitamins in the mean time though.

 

[Kash95]

Thanks everyone for the help, you put my mind at ease.

 

[RescueHerp]

supplements should be
calcium without d3 everyday
calcium with d3 once every other week
multivitamin every other week on the opposite week from the d3 calcium

get a log book/calendar so you know what day your supposed to be doing what.