Chameleon Poop 101
- Thread starter ferretinmyshoes
- Start date
Kmotley425
Member
update on poop!!!! I think we are looking good here! Share your thoughts!hello!!
3 year old female Jackson new owner here. 3 weeks with our dear Gladys and she finally ate a hornworm today. So apparently She has two worms according to the vet: pinworms and round worms. Her Poop has changed drastically. See the transition. What would cause poop get to this color tho. It looks normal through the grayish cementish poop but it is as rank and super gross! She’s on antibiotics and a dewormer. Any help would be appreciated
Kmotley425
Member
Kmotley425
Member
Update on poop! Thoughts?hello!!
3 year old female Jackson new owner here. 3 weeks with our dear Gladys and she finally ate a hornworm today. So apparently She has two worms according to the vet: pinworms and round worms. Her Poop has changed drastically. See the transition. What would cause poop get to this color tho. It looks normal through the grayish cementish poop but it is as rank and super gross! She’s on antibiotics and a dewormer. Any help would be appreciated
CasqueAbove
Chameleon Enthusiast
Looking pretty normal now. That is great to see it go full circle. I am glad you got rid of them.
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
No doubt about it, I gotta stop reading this forum while eating lunch. 
chamoflage
Member
It is pretty mucosy as well. This can happen if they hold them longer but it is very common if they have parasites as well.
chamoflage
Member
Thank you for the feedback. I will keep an eye on her other ones. I did have her tested for parasites back in January but can always get another test done. I've been planning on making another appointment for a more comprehensive checkup with the vet recommended for chameleons in my area
Wildone666
New Member
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
As OP mentioned `A small amount of mostly clear fluid with the urates is true urine and indicates good hydration, but is not always present`
In 90% of my chams poop looks like this which and should indicate the chams are good hydrated.
(Sonny´s gift 
)
This is also the case for my `free ranged` Veiled and Jackson. I know there´re many which are pro fogger and many as much are anti fogger. In my own situation I use a fogger and even more precise I follow the exact hydration schedule provided by the Chameleon Academy, except the dripper. For many months on row I receive these nice clear, white with brown presents and I just wanted to share this with you
More following the same principal and getting the same results?
In 90% of my chams poop looks like this which and should indicate the chams are good hydrated.
)This is also the case for my `free ranged` Veiled and Jackson. I know there´re many which are pro fogger and many as much are anti fogger. In my own situation I use a fogger and even more precise I follow the exact hydration schedule provided by the Chameleon Academy, except the dripper. For many months on row I receive these nice clear, white with brown presents and I just wanted to share this with you
More following the same principal and getting the same results?
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Umm... I'm getting the results.
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
I'm not an anti-fogger. I just figured I'd try a few things before spending the $ on a fogger and doing major surgery on the enclosure to install & futz with it. As it turned out, I don't need a fogger to hit nighttime humidity levels. I'm getting good levels just running the mister a few times during the night. It raises the humidity and lowers the temp via evaporative cooling.As an anti fogger
(with dripper, wasn’t it?)
No dripper. I mist at ~noon as well so there's always water to drink.
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
I know, therefore the
, and know you're not using one. Okay check, you mist a few times during the night. For the Veiled only ones a night and the Jackson no nightly misting. I think I wont achieve the right humidity with free range with only misting.
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
You're probably right—I know, therefore the
—every situation has potential to be different. Whatever works to get the job done as best we can.
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
101% true.You're probably right—
I’m always a bit curious about people having hydration problems in relation to there used hydration method. And there poop I’m of the only indicators you’re doing things right. Because I’ve never my Veiled drink (even checked it in stealth mode) therefore in my case I think the fogger plays a major part in it.
ElleArranda
Member
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
They’re big drinkers and getting their fecals completely white seems almost impossible. It seems like there’re always some orange crystals around the white urate for 1/5 till 1/2 and I only witness this with my Jackson. How do you hydrate her?
ElleArranda
Member
Fogger and humidifier at night. I used to use a fountain because I thought I could keep up with the cleaning but it's entirely too much work so I'm switching to a dripper. She went through a phase where she quit eating. I got worried and gave her a couple doses for the liquid Mazrui diet. Turns out she just stopped liking her feeding dish and started eating normal when I bought her a fancy new dish. So, I'm hoping that the weird poo is just the remaining liquid diet leaving her system.
