Chameleon color

[Melvin]

Im just wondering.. My chameleon is often brown, but sometimes he's really really green.. but most of the time brown.. But when i take him out of the cage he gets really lime green with some small black stripes, like the picture Does he feel uncomfortable when he's brown?

Just like the picture in the middle here ---> https://www.chameleonforums.com/going-vet-help-33284/

 

[renzo0684]

Well if he is like the color in the middle that means he is stressed out and mad. Before I can make an assumptions please fill this out https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/

 

[Melvin]

Cage Info:

* Cage Type - I have a two screened glass cage and the demension are 50*50*70. But my chameleon is only three months old now, so he will get a bigger cage soon.
* Lighting - I use a Reptil glo 5,0 UV lamp and a 60watt bulb.I have a timer on both lights, they turn on 9am and turns off 10pm.
* Temperature - I measure the temperature with a termometer that shows the humidity too. The lowest tempeerature over night is 70 degrees. During the day the temperature is 77 degrees. The baskin spot is between 90-95 degrees.
* Humidity - My humidity levels are often between 50-60%, but sometimes it's 70% and sometimes even 40%. I always mist in the cage, planty times a day, because I have a two screen cage and the rest of it is glass.
* Plants - I had a Photos plant before but i replaced it with one Hibiscus and on shefflera today.
* Placement - My cage is in a warm room in to a corner on a table. My cage is 70cm in hights but it stands on a table so the top of the cage is 117cm over the floor.
* Location - in south Sweden.

Chameleon Info:

* Your Chameleon -My chameleon is abouth three month and it has been under my care for 1month. Its a male Yemen Chameleon.
* Handling - It depends, maybe 2-4 times a week.
* Feeding - Im feeding my chameleon whith silk worms and crickets. He ate abot 12 crickets a day and 4 silkworms, but now he only eats 5-6 crickets and 2 silkworms. Im gut loading my crickets and silkeworms with apples, carrots, dog food, planty of various greens.
* Supplements - I have a Terravit JBL (Multivitamins and trace elements for terrarium animals) and also Kalcium that i bought from the reptile store and kalcium D3. I always feed him with the vitamines one day then the other with Kalcium and then with vitamines and so on.
* Watering -I mist a couple of times a day, then i miste the whole cage and both the plants. I have seen him drink once. I also have a dripper
* Fecal Description - A little bit loose with some white stuff on it, maybe urine? No, he's never been tested for parasites as i know.
* History - I bought him from a reptile store, i dont no anything more, sorry.

 

[pssh]

He's probably too hot. I keep my baby that is the same age at 85 degrees max. When his lamp gets too hot he gets brown or gray.

 

[renzo0684]

Cage Info:

* Lighting - I use a Reptil glo 5,0 UV lamp and a 60watt bulb.I have a timer on both lights, they turn on 9am and turns off 10pm.

change to a 40watt bulb

* Temperature - I measure the temperature with a termometer that shows the humidity too. The lowest tempeerature over night is 70 degrees. During the day the temperature is 77 degrees. The baskin spot is between 90-95 degrees.

Basking temp is to hot keep it 80-82

* Humidity - My humidity levels are often between 50-60%, but sometimes it's 70% and sometimes even 40%. I always mist in the cage, planty times a day, because I have a two screen cage and the rest of it is glass.

try to keep it at 50-55% without watering. When watering 70%+ and at least at 60% for an hour aafter watering


Chameleon Info:

* Handling - It depends, maybe 2-4 times a week.

being that young are you handling for a reason?

* Feeding - Im feeding my chameleon whith silk worms and crickets. He ate abot 12 crickets a day and 4 silkworms, but now he only eats 5-6 crickets and 2 silkworms. Im gut loading my crickets and silkeworms with apples, carrots, dog food, planty of various greens.

I dont know about the dog food I think you could skip it. With a youngster cham 8-10 feeders depending on the size. If they are a little smaller do 10

* Supplements - I have a Terravit JBL (Multivitamins and trace elements for terrarium animals) and also Kalcium that i bought from the reptile store and kalcium D3. I always feed him with the vitamines one day then the other with Kalcium and then with vitamines and so on.

whats your dusting schedule?

 

[Melvin]

Oh sorry guys i posted my old information.. My cham is 3month and the overall temp is 73-76 and the basking temp is 80-85. And my dusting schedule is:
M - Kalc w/o d3
T - Kalc w/o d3
W - Kalc w d3
T - Kalc w/o d3
F - Kalc w/o d3
Sa - vitamin
Su - nothing

 

[panthercham]

Cat and dog food are high in protein. It can be fed to roaches/crickets as an everyday staple food but NOT as a gutload. Its too high in protein and can lead to gout and gular edema. You need to stop feeding this 48 - 72 hours before feeding off the crickets so its out of their system and just gutload them with the vegetable and fruit you are using.

What the crickets and roaches eat so does your cham.

 

[renzo0684]

Oh sorry guys i posted my old information.. My cham is 3month and the overall temp is 73-76 and the basking temp is 80-85. And my dusting schedule is:
M - Kalc w/o d3
T - Kalc w/o d3
W - Kalc w d3
T - Kalc w/o d3
F - Kalc w/o d3
Sa - vitamin
Su - nothing

week 1
m-f calcium
sat- nothing
sun-calcium d3

week 2
m-f calcium
sat-nothing
sun-multivitamin

week3
m-f calcium
sat-nothing
sun-calcium d3

week4
m-f-calcium
sat-nothing
sun-multivitamin

 

[Melvin]

Thank you guys