Hello, I’ve gone through some of the post here and I am curious if anyone can add a little insight. I’m currently trying to book a vet visit for my Chameleon. He is about 10 months old. Has been defecating every 2 to 3 days. He seem to be fairly healthy up until about two days I noticed he was closing his eyes during the day. Initially I thought it was just from the fogger. Because his face was in the fog. But now I’ve noticed that he will rest and close one eye only or both eyes together. I also noticed yesterday and today that he was rubbing the sides of his face when n the branches. Similar to when he’s trying to shed. His last shed was on Christmas day December 25, 2023. So he is definitely not shedding or getting close to shedding.
I live in California, and humidity has been getting low lately. But for the most part it stays at least above 40% in his cage. Occasional dip to upper 30’s from time to time, but I do my best to bring it up.
Any insight? I am hoping this isn’t a parasite situation. The banded crickets that I got shipped to me did not look like they were in good condition at all.
I also want to mention that I did get some branches from a reptile store a couple weeks ago that I added to his cage. Birch branches. I did wash them, but I didn’t bake or do anything else. Also hoping that those were not contaminated.
I have multiple gauges within his cage. I had a higher basking perch that was about 6 inches from a T5HO, I just took that down thinking that maybe she was too close to his basking light. Mind you he’s been in this set up for about four months so I’m not entirely sure it’s that.
About two months ago he stopped eating or having any interest in crickets. He still had some appetite for Dubia roaches up until about 3 to 4 weeks ago. So he’s mainly been on a diet of horn worms and silk worms. He loves them especially the silkworms.
I gave him a multivitamin and calcium supplements on different days at least once a week. There may have been a week or two where he didn’t get any supplements because I was out of town and it was too much to ask for my Chameleon sitter.
I fog him in the morning for about an hour, and then I fog him in the evening about an hour before he goes to sleep. I have a dripper that I turn on every other day for him sometimes more depending. And I hand missed him twice a day for about two minutes.
The only things that I’ve changed recently was that I purchased some banded crickets via the mail, thinking that maybe she might want to try out the crickets again and since these are typically supposed to be quieter and from a breeder versus Petco or Petsmart I thought I’d give it another try. He had no interest in them at all. I did leave the bandage crickets in a container and his cage for about four days with some carrots and water.
In the meantime I’ve been feeding him horn worms and silkworms because that’s all he seems to care about right now.
I live in California, and humidity has been getting low lately. But for the most part it stays at least above 40% in his cage. Occasional dip to upper 30’s from time to time, but I do my best to bring it up.
Any insight? I am hoping this isn’t a parasite situation. The banded crickets that I got shipped to me did not look like they were in good condition at all.
I also want to mention that I did get some branches from a reptile store a couple weeks ago that I added to his cage. Birch branches. I did wash them, but I didn’t bake or do anything else. Also hoping that those were not contaminated.
About two months ago he stopped eating or having any interest in crickets. He still had some appetite for Dubia roaches up until about 3 to 4 weeks ago. So he’s mainly been on a diet of horn worms and silk worms. He loves them especially the silkworms.
I gave him a multivitamin and calcium supplements on different days at least once a week. There may have been a week or two where he didn’t get any supplements because I was out of town and it was too much to ask for my Chameleon sitter.
I fog him in the morning for about an hour, and then I fog him in the evening about an hour before he goes to sleep. I have a dripper that I turn on every other day for him sometimes more depending. And I hand missed him twice a day for about two minutes.
The only things that I’ve changed recently was that I purchased some banded crickets via the mail, thinking that maybe she might want to try out the crickets again and since these are typically supposed to be quieter and from a breeder versus Petco or Petsmart I thought I’d give it another try. He had no interest in them at all. I did leave the bandage crickets in a container and his cage for about four days with some carrots and water.
In the meantime I’ve been feeding him horn worms and silkworms because that’s all he seems to care about right now.
I have some questions. Can you post pics of the supplements you’ve been using and what is the frequency for each one? What is the color of his urates? What are his basking temps and night time temps?
