EazyBaKe0vEn
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I was over at a good friends house of mine just the other night. She had just bought a juvenile veiled Chameleon.
chameleon Info: Veiled Chameleon, Male, About 5-7 months old, She has had her for about 3 weeks.
Handling - Here is the funny thing about this. When ever my friend opens the cage for any reason the little girl willingly climbs on her hand! She scratches at the enclosure when my friend is near it to let her out. She loves hand feeding. My friend does not have to go out of her way at all to get the Chameleon out of the cage it willingly comes out and the Chams colors are a pure bright lime green all the time! So maybe 3 times a week maybe 4 days of handling for no more than 5 minutes at a time.
Feeding - She gets about 6-7 Crickets daily and I put reptile calcium powder on them about 2-3 times a week and 3 times a month I give reptile multi vitamin supplement.
Watering - She sprays with a mister 3 times a day. With a dripping system.
Fecal Description - Never been tested. Her droppings are solid and dark brown and her Urates are nice and white
History - When my friend had picked her up there where at least 4 to 5 other chameleons with her in the same cage. This Cham was the last to go. No history of medical problems.
Cage Type - 18x18x36 screen cage
Lighting - 5.0 reptisun UVB light, 2x 75watt basking bulb, and 1x 75watt black incandescent bulb for night time.
Since yesterday only 1x 75watt basking bulb is being used.
Temperature - The basking spot is 90 degrees and the rest of the cage varies from 80 at the higher part of the cage to 72-75 at the bottom of the cage. Night time is average of 70-72 all around the cage except where the black light is temps are about 80. He has 12 hrs light and 12 hrs dark.
I'm thinking the black light may not be necessary because the Cham never sleeps close to the bulb because 70-72 is not too cold for her. Should she get ride of it?
Humidity - Her humidity ranges at about 70 at the start and gradually drops until I mist again. Since she is also being kept in the basement humidity is already at a high level.
Plants - She has plenty of vines a few fake plants and 3 small/medium Pathos plants.
Placement - Her cage is in the basement. Temps in basement range from 69-72 but mostly at a solid 70. The location is a no traffic zone. The only traffic is when my friend goes down there to feed to feed her.
Current Problem - The Veiled Chameleon started opening and closing her eyes very frequently. There is no consistency as to what eye may be the problem. She'll have her left eye open and right eye closed and vise versa or she will have both eyes closed. It almost looks like she's trying to clean it or something but I looked at both of her eyes and there is nothing in them that I could see; no shed or any sort of debris. I had assisted her and attempted rinse the Chams eyes out with luke warm water. No real results from doing that. She is somewhat eating maybe 4-5 crickets a day from 6-7. She's still very active eating drinking and still using the bathroom. My friend had removed the second 75 watt basking bulb from the cage because she thinks that all the lights are messing with her vision. Any idea's guys. Any ideas and help would be grateful.
chameleon Info: Veiled Chameleon, Male, About 5-7 months old, She has had her for about 3 weeks.
Handling - Here is the funny thing about this. When ever my friend opens the cage for any reason the little girl willingly climbs on her hand! She scratches at the enclosure when my friend is near it to let her out. She loves hand feeding. My friend does not have to go out of her way at all to get the Chameleon out of the cage it willingly comes out and the Chams colors are a pure bright lime green all the time! So maybe 3 times a week maybe 4 days of handling for no more than 5 minutes at a time.
Feeding - She gets about 6-7 Crickets daily and I put reptile calcium powder on them about 2-3 times a week and 3 times a month I give reptile multi vitamin supplement.
Watering - She sprays with a mister 3 times a day. With a dripping system.
Fecal Description - Never been tested. Her droppings are solid and dark brown and her Urates are nice and white
History - When my friend had picked her up there where at least 4 to 5 other chameleons with her in the same cage. This Cham was the last to go. No history of medical problems.
Cage Type - 18x18x36 screen cage
Lighting - 5.0 reptisun UVB light, 2x 75watt basking bulb, and 1x 75watt black incandescent bulb for night time.
Since yesterday only 1x 75watt basking bulb is being used.
Temperature - The basking spot is 90 degrees and the rest of the cage varies from 80 at the higher part of the cage to 72-75 at the bottom of the cage. Night time is average of 70-72 all around the cage except where the black light is temps are about 80. He has 12 hrs light and 12 hrs dark.
I'm thinking the black light may not be necessary because the Cham never sleeps close to the bulb because 70-72 is not too cold for her. Should she get ride of it?
Humidity - Her humidity ranges at about 70 at the start and gradually drops until I mist again. Since she is also being kept in the basement humidity is already at a high level.
Plants - She has plenty of vines a few fake plants and 3 small/medium Pathos plants.
Placement - Her cage is in the basement. Temps in basement range from 69-72 but mostly at a solid 70. The location is a no traffic zone. The only traffic is when my friend goes down there to feed to feed her.
Current Problem - The Veiled Chameleon started opening and closing her eyes very frequently. There is no consistency as to what eye may be the problem. She'll have her left eye open and right eye closed and vise versa or she will have both eyes closed. It almost looks like she's trying to clean it or something but I looked at both of her eyes and there is nothing in them that I could see; no shed or any sort of debris. I had assisted her and attempted rinse the Chams eyes out with luke warm water. No real results from doing that. She is somewhat eating maybe 4-5 crickets a day from 6-7. She's still very active eating drinking and still using the bathroom. My friend had removed the second 75 watt basking bulb from the cage because she thinks that all the lights are messing with her vision. Any idea's guys. Any ideas and help would be grateful.
