Doesn't appear to be eating, no signs of droppings

[nevieL]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled Male, I've had him since the evening of May 1 2014
Handling - Have only handled him officialy once. Twice if you count having to put him in on a smaller enclosure so I can redo his
Feeding - I was told I can keep about 15 crickets in the cage with him, but now transitioned to doing 2 at a time several times through out the day.
Supplements - a half of spoon measure of calcium and half a spoon measure of vitamins as recommended by the reptile shop owners
Watering - Misting with a spray bottle several times a day; about 2 minutes each time untill the screen build drops
Fecal Description - Haven't seen him poop yet and no parasite testing has been done
History - owners bought him from a breeder who sells them still I'm the eggs.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Glass, all aluminum screen cage with dimensions of 16×16×30 will be here Monday
Lighting - Just a UVb blue daylight. Was told he's still to young for a heat lamp as I could cause him to dehydrate and die
Temperature - 77°-80° at night they are about 65-67
Humidity - day time higher 70s low 80 nighttime low 70s
Plants - no live plants yet waiting on official cage to get here so I can buy the right sizes
Placement - In my room, which I don't spend anytime in unless om getting ready or sleeping
Location - Arizona

Current Problem - No poop/pee yet, and doesn't appear to be eating


I believe I'm doing everything right, could he just be stressed from the move and ne enviroment? And am I just being paranoid since I don't want to kill little Rango

 

[Devokid]

You've only had him a day. I wouldn't worry too much about him not eating.

However, your cage needs some help. The screen will help, your humidity is way too high. Veileds are not from rain forests and the high stagnant humidity will cause respiratory infections and other health issues. Also, you need the heat lamp to give him a basking zone and I would go with one of the tube UVB bulbs. The tube gives you a better coverage. The Reptisun works well. Live plants are also better, veileds like to munch on the foliage, so make sure you get a chameleon safe tree.

Try to not leave any crickets in the cage with him. They have a nasty reputation for biting.

What do you mean by your supplement answer? Are you dumping powder straight into his mouth?

 

[Jen0413]

I just got my first chameleon about 3 weeks ago. It took him about a week before he started pooping regularly. Freaked me out. I know people say you should feed them in the morning though, so that they have time to bask and digest their food. My little guy is about 4 months old now and he will eat about 9 crickets a day. I put them in the terrarium when I turn on his lights in the morning along with some collard greens or carrots in the bottom of the terrarium so the crickets munch on that instead of ganging up on Espio. Then if he has any left uneaten in the afternoon/evening I take them back out so they don't pester him at night.

 

[laurie]

Hi neviel, just a couple things. I don't understand your supplement schedule. You need to supplement every day with calcium (no d3), twice a month with calcium +d3, and twice a month with a multivitamin. When you dust you do it very, very lightly. if you have white crickets that is way too much. I can hardly tell I have dusted my crickets.

The info about humidity is correct. Veileds just do now need that much humidity.

Try to let him see you as little as possible the first week or two. It takes a while for them to adjust to their new home. It will cause added stress that he doesn't need, the have anyone where he see's them.

 

[nevieL]

You've only had him a day. I wouldn't worry too much about him not eating.

However, your cage needs some help. The screen will help, your humidity is way too high. Veileds are not from rain forests and the high stagnant humidity will cause respiratory infections and other health issues. Also, you need the heat lamp to give him a basking zone and I would go with one of the tube UVB bulbs. The tube gives you a better coverage. The Reptisun works well. Live plants are also better, veileds like to munch on the foliage, so make sure you get a chameleon safe tree.

Try to not leave any crickets in the cage with him. They have a nasty reputation for biting.

What do you mean by your supplement answer? Are you dumping powder straight into his mouth?

There were plastic measuring spoons that came with the supplements and I just poured it onto the crickets and yes the new cage is coming. He'll have a better home as of Monday night. What are good safe plants that are easy to care for with no sun

 

[nevieL]

Okay. They did come out white looking. I'll make sure to go easy next time for the amount of crickets I had.
Now I'm just confused the owners at the reptile shop said they don't need a D3 and that to do equal parts of the supplements at every feeding unless ofcourse you do to much like I did then wait for those to get eaten without adding more

 

[kplatvoet]

Sounds to me like the reptile shop owners gave you some bad information- start here
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
It will help you to get your cage set up right - and once he settles in he'll most likely eat better - the less you have to change once he gets into the new cage the better so look at a few setups in the enclosure section - to get ideas- pet stores will sell you a bunch of things you will not want - like substrate and waterfalls if given a chance. I have a mixture of fake and real plants as I can't keep plants alive and they really like a lot of places to hid especially when they first move in - it makes them feel more secure. Keep in mind your going to have to go in to wipe the bottom of the cage out - so make it easy to do it so you don't have to move anything to do a quick swipe.