LivingDeadGirl
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male Nosy Be Panther chameleon, 4yrs old. He's been in my care for around 3 years.
How often do you handle your chameleon? Never - he doesn't like people being around him and I make sure I keep his stress levels to an absolute minimum.
What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? - I feed him 5/6 gut loaded crickets a day(they eat spring greens and bug grub).
During a week there are 3 days with calci-dust, 2 days with calci-dust w/ d3 and 2 days with no dusting. I sprinkle reptivite on them instead of regular calci-dust twice a month.
What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? I use a mistking system which comes on 4 times a day for a few minutes at a time. I also use a drip box once a day to ensure he sees moving water and drinks.
Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? I am unsure when he last defecated but the droppings I have found have been solid and the urate has been yellowy white. He's not been tested for parasites before.
Cage Info:
Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? He lives in a Zoo Med ReptiBreeze Screen Cage 46x46x92cm.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? He has a 60w spot light and a Reptisun 5.0 UVB tube.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? His basking area is around 80f and the area where he usually sits in the shade is around 70f. His overnight temps are around 65f. I use digital thermometers.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? Unsure at the moment as I need to buy another digital hygrometer.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? I use one large live plant, I can't currently remember the genus but I know it's a safe plant as I spent a couple of months trying to find the right plant species and size for him. There is also a small fake plant on the floor of his cage.
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? He is located in a bedroom which doesn't have much traffic at all. He is away from a window and any vents. The top of his cage is about as high as me (5ft5) as his cage is on a stand.
Location - Where are you geographically located? England, UK.
So this is the first time my chameleon (Sulley) has had any health issues since I've owned him and it's not looking good for him
Here's what's happening( apologies for the long post):
Sulley shed a couple of weeks ago and there was a light patch left on his side which looked like leftover shed so I didn't think anything of it. Around 10 days ago or so I noticed a mouldy growth forming on this patch and it seemed to appear almost over night. I took him to the vets the next day to get it looked at, (the vet had dealt with exotics before but she isn't a specialist), she agreed with me when I said I though it might be a fungal infection and he was put on a course of antibiotics. It started to look better after the first couple of injections but then it took a turn for the worse again. A few days ago, whilst he was back for another injection, the vet told me she had gently rubbed the infected skin with a cotton bud and some dead skin came off. What was left looked like an open wound, which she told me was almost like a human graze - where the top layer of skin has come off. I was then given Flamazine cream 1.0% to apply to this wound twice day. Today he went back to the vets for another injection and he is now being referred to a specialist who will hopefully be ringing tomorrow. The wound appears to be spreading and from what I can tell it's looking like necrosis I've also noticed that the skin along his spine and on his knees isn't looking as bright. I would just like to know your opinions and if there's anything else you feel I can do to help him until he sees this specialist. He's eating well but he's starting to look more lethargic and dehydrated than usual and I'm so worried about him!
I've taken some pictures for you guys to take a look at:
Your Chameleon - Male Nosy Be Panther chameleon, 4yrs old. He's been in my care for around 3 years.
How often do you handle your chameleon? Never - he doesn't like people being around him and I make sure I keep his stress levels to an absolute minimum.
What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? - I feed him 5/6 gut loaded crickets a day(they eat spring greens and bug grub).
During a week there are 3 days with calci-dust, 2 days with calci-dust w/ d3 and 2 days with no dusting. I sprinkle reptivite on them instead of regular calci-dust twice a month.
What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? I use a mistking system which comes on 4 times a day for a few minutes at a time. I also use a drip box once a day to ensure he sees moving water and drinks.
Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? I am unsure when he last defecated but the droppings I have found have been solid and the urate has been yellowy white. He's not been tested for parasites before.
Cage Info:
Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? He lives in a Zoo Med ReptiBreeze Screen Cage 46x46x92cm.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? He has a 60w spot light and a Reptisun 5.0 UVB tube.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? His basking area is around 80f and the area where he usually sits in the shade is around 70f. His overnight temps are around 65f. I use digital thermometers.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? Unsure at the moment as I need to buy another digital hygrometer.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? I use one large live plant, I can't currently remember the genus but I know it's a safe plant as I spent a couple of months trying to find the right plant species and size for him. There is also a small fake plant on the floor of his cage.
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? He is located in a bedroom which doesn't have much traffic at all. He is away from a window and any vents. The top of his cage is about as high as me (5ft5) as his cage is on a stand.
Location - Where are you geographically located? England, UK.
So this is the first time my chameleon (Sulley) has had any health issues since I've owned him and it's not looking good for him
Here's what's happening( apologies for the long post): Sulley shed a couple of weeks ago and there was a light patch left on his side which looked like leftover shed so I didn't think anything of it. Around 10 days ago or so I noticed a mouldy growth forming on this patch and it seemed to appear almost over night. I took him to the vets the next day to get it looked at, (the vet had dealt with exotics before but she isn't a specialist), she agreed with me when I said I though it might be a fungal infection and he was put on a course of antibiotics. It started to look better after the first couple of injections but then it took a turn for the worse again. A few days ago, whilst he was back for another injection, the vet told me she had gently rubbed the infected skin with a cotton bud and some dead skin came off. What was left looked like an open wound, which she told me was almost like a human graze - where the top layer of skin has come off. I was then given Flamazine cream 1.0% to apply to this wound twice day. Today he went back to the vets for another injection and he is now being referred to a specialist who will hopefully be ringing tomorrow. The wound appears to be spreading and from what I can tell it's looking like necrosis
I've also noticed that the skin along his spine and on his knees isn't looking as bright. I would just like to know your opinions and if there's anything else you feel I can do to help him until he sees this specialist. He's eating well but he's starting to look more lethargic and dehydrated than usual and I'm so worried about him! I've taken some pictures for you guys to take a look at:
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