Help with my chameleon
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zlew
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
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?
Location - Where are you geographically located?
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
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?
Location - Where are you geographically located?
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
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zlew
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Hey, so for the most part you're doing okay. As chameleons grow they do start eating less. Six crickets a day is ok. Soon you'll even have to switch to every other day. You don't want to feed him only crickets though. Try a variety of different feeders. Also with your supplementation, dust is better.
Use calcium WITH D3 twice a month
Use multivitamin twice a month
Use calcium WITHOUT D3 at every feeding
Your chameleon looks pretty dehydrated to me. He won't drink from that water bowl. He doesnt see it as a water source. You need to mist the enclosure twice a day and soak all the plants. They lick water dripping through the leaves. That said, you need more foliage and branches. You need horizontal branches going across the top, for basking spots. You need more foliage so he feels more secure and less stressed and he might start to eat more. Read this caresheet:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
Use calcium WITH D3 twice a month
Use multivitamin twice a month
Use calcium WITHOUT D3 at every feeding
Your chameleon looks pretty dehydrated to me. He won't drink from that water bowl. He doesnt see it as a water source. You need to mist the enclosure twice a day and soak all the plants. They lick water dripping through the leaves. That said, you need more foliage and branches. You need horizontal branches going across the top, for basking spots. You need more foliage so he feels more secure and less stressed and he might start to eat more. Read this caresheet:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
as mentioned more branches and perches to travel is ideal and alot more foilage! I'm one for having lots of foilage make it very naturalistic. agree with everything else said. but really surprised no one mentioned anything about basking temps they seem low!! I have a panther and from i remember veileds like higher temps so that should prob be closer to 85 maybe even warmer. Lastly 6 crickets seem awfully small amount my guy was still polishing off usually 12+ sometimes like 20 at that age. maybe hes getting bored of crickets add some variety?
can you be more specific on how you gutload? and an fyi the orange cubes are more or less useless
can you be more specific on how you gutload? and an fyi the orange cubes are more or less useless
