Help with panther health

[Tamiesa]

Hi I'm pretty new to keeping chameleons but am doing my best.
I have a panther chameleon who's 13months old
He is beautifully coloured an such a sweet boy, I got him at 12months so only had him little over a month. He's eating fine an drinking fine an he has dusted locust 2wice a week.
Yet over the past week I have noticed on his casque it has gone a
Grey colour.
Is this due for a shed or is something else wrong.
He has the correct UVB an bask lamp an I mist his reptiviv daily.
Please can anyone assit me with this?

 

[JamesBryan]

Looks like the beginning of a shed yeah.

 

[Wowbango]

Hi I'm pretty new to keeping chameleons but am doing my best.
I have a panther chameleon who's 13months old
He is beautifully coloured an such a sweet boy, I got him at 12months so only had him little over a month. He's eating fine an drinking fine an he has dusted locust 2wice a week.
Yet over the past week I have noticed on his casque it has gone a
Grey colour.
Is this due for a shed or is something else wrong.
He has the correct UVB an bask lamp an I mist his reptiviv daily.
Please can anyone assit me with this?

It looks like it's just a shed coming, nothing to worry about. You did mention you only dust twice a week. You should be dusting his food at EVERY feeding with Calcium with NO D3. Calcium with D3 once every two weeks as well.

 

[Tamiesa]

Really dust every day?
The shop from which I bought him said 3 locust an dust once a week
I soon realised he was still quiet hungry so upped his feed to 5-6 daily unless he refuses which he sometimes does.
I gut load my locust a lot too for the extra vitamins for example they have grass dandelion leaves green beans cabbage carrot an so on
So dust calcium every day?
Thank you so much for ur help.

 

[JamesBryan]

Which calcium dust have you got?

 

[Tamiesa]

This is what I got when I bought him

 

[JamesBryan]

Ok that's cool.

Try to get hold of some multi vitamin to give him twice a month too.

Like this

 

[guanagator]

Can you get some more variety in feeders? They seem to do best on a varied diet, super worms, BSF and BB larvae or flies, roaches, crickets, hornworms, silkworms are all good for him and available online. Some (BSF larvae) have the protein/fat ratios of natural prey items so they don't need any dusting. Mine each have their favorites but flies and hornworms typically make everyone excited.

 

[Tamiesa]

Shed

I have tried him with different feeds but he won't have it I tried crickets worms an he just won't take them he loves locusts
As we speak his shed has come on

I also bath him as I don't have a fogger or mister so have to help him with warm bath which he seemed ok with
He plodded around an then sat on my hand in the water an dipped his leg an rubbed it on me, same with his head, strange behaviour but I don't mind if it helps him.

As for the vitamins does gut loading not help with that?

 

[junglefries]

Welcome to the New Chameleon Owner FREAK OUT!!!! It happens to everyone, and I am surprised it isn't listed as an actual medical condition, yet! Best of all, PLENTY more freak outs to come! yippee!!!!

 

[Tamiesa]

Thank you

I know tell me about it
Everything went through my head
Omg he's sunburned from lamp, he's turning mouldy lol u name it
I thought of it lol
Thanks for all support on here

 

[Tamiesa]

I actually did feak out lol
I went through everything from
He's sunburnt from his basking light to
He's dehydrated to calcium deprived omg
But gladly he's looking a lot better this morning.
He's half way through his shed
Thank you for all your support.