Grimm has trouble aiming?

[GrimmDaddy]

I have a Jackson's cham he is approx nine inches long from horn to tip of tail and he missed a cricket he was going after from an inch away, was he too close or something?

 

[kid]

how do his eyes look? any buldging or anything obviously wrong with them? (i.e. closing them often, ect.)

 

[GrimmDaddy]

no, he closes his eyes while I mist the terrarium but I figured that's normal, I close my eyes when I know a water spray is gonna hit me in the face

 

[KShook]

It could be a Vit. A issue? I have a Veiled had to shoot quite a few times before she would get it...I added more Vit. A for her and her tounge aiming has improved quite a bit... Just a thought?.

Good Luck With Your Guy!

 

[kinyonga]

Could be a calcium issue too...or maybe even D3. What specific supplements do you use and how often for each one?

 

[Fastedmclintock]

I was having a similar problem with my 4.5 month old ambilobe panther. I called up Kammerflage and spoke to Ed Kammer and he told me that if it wasnt an injury, it is was most likely a D3 or vit A deficiency. I told him that i use repcal calcium every feeding and repcal D3 and herptivite twice a month, and he told me that was not enough, and that they give their babies this schedule:

Herptivite (multivitamin with beta-carotene) - Mondays and Thursdays
Rep-Cal Calcium (calcium with and w/out vitamin D3) - Tuesdays and Fridays
Miner-All (calcium with essential trace minerals) - Wednesdays and Saturdays

He recommended that i switch to Reprashy calcium plus, which is an all-in-one supplement recently endorsed by Kammerflage (https://www.chameleonforums.com/kammerflage-kreations-show-information-updates-64565). He also recommended Reprashy Bug Burger wet gutload, which contains 47 ingredients making life much easier for all!

 

[sandrachameleon]

Note: Jacksons have different supplementation needs than panthers.

Did he miss just this one time, or is it an ongoing issue? Did the problem start suddenly, or has his aim gotten progressively worse over time?
You may find this blog entry useful: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/232-tongue-troubles.html

 

[Marianna]

Maybe something is wrong with the tongue? Go to the vet.

 

[clarkrw3]

Ok...I am starting to get a little concerned about these tongue issues. I have been having this same trouble and have been doing an amazing amount of research on the subject. I have run across several cases very similar to mine where the chameleon slowly lost aim and was always aiming high. I also have found out many of these cases stem from the same breeder and manifest about the same age. These chameleons were given the recommended chameleonforums script for supplementation.
My current thought on this is that they were grown on a much higher supplement level and when withdrawn from this schedule it causes problems. I really don't think it is anything with the lines of chameleons or anything the breeder is doing in particular just that the sudden change and withdrawal of supplements is causing deficiencies when the chams are going through that 4-6mo high grown time frame. If I get results by changing and increasing supplementation I will for sure let the forum know.

 

[GrimmDaddy]

the missing is an occaisional thing, I use flukers calcium with vit. d3 daily, and he seems to hit his mark more often, the further they are away, which is why I asked if I am over-reacting, if he could possibly be too close

 

[Colorado Chameleon]

I was having a similar problem with my 4.5 month old ambilobe panther. I called up Kammerflage and spoke to Ed Kammer and he told me that if it wasnt an injury, it is was most likely a D3 or vit A deficiency. I told him that i use repcal calcium every feeding and repcal D3 and herptivite twice a month, and he told me that was not enough, and that they give their babies this schedule:

Herptivite (multivitamin with beta-carotene) - Mondays and Thursdays
Rep-Cal Calcium (calcium with and w/out vitamin D3) - Tuesdays and Fridays
Miner-All (calcium with essential trace minerals) - Wednesdays and Saturdays

He recommended that i switch to Reprashy calcium plus, which is an all-in-one supplement recently endorsed by Kammerflage (https://www.chameleonforums.com/kammerflage-kreations-show-information-updates-64565). He also recommended Reprashy Bug Burger wet gutload, which contains 47 ingredients making life much easier for all!

I agree. I would think about switching to the calcium plus and bug burger from repashy. Takes the thought process out of supplementation and gutloading.