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[cutepikachu]

Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon - Male Parson's Chameleon Orange Eye, 24 months old. Have had him for 3 months.
• Handling - Never.
• Feeding - crickets only, 20 crickets per day(6x/ week). Have offered several dubia once a week.
• Supplements - Repticalcium w/ D3 every other week (2x/ month), Herptivite multivitamin every week (4x/ month), REP- CAL calcium w/o D3 every other day (15x/ month) .
• Watering - Use a little dripper feeding water to his mouth directly everyday.
• Fecal Description - Poops every day.Seems normal.
Cage Info:
• Cage Type - 40cm*40cm*80CM net cage.
• Lighting - UVA 75w , UVB
• Temperature - Basking spot temp: 86, ambient / bottom: 68
• Humidity - Ambient: 35
• Plants - plastic plants
• Placement - Cage in bedroom, which is located near the window, close to the sun.
• Location - Dalian,Liaoning province,China... can get VERY cold and DRY

Current Problem - Many possible problems...
1)Recently I found it was abnormal for his right ribs` skin, as pic shows below, bacteria?fungus?parasites? no idea......
2) ANY suggestions for me?

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. I'm sorry to hear that you are having problems with your parsons. I'm not sure what that could be on his side but I will ask one of the vets here to look at it. Could you bet a better picture?

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Welcome to the forums! Unfortunately I really cannot see anything from that picture because it is too small. Could you try to get a better one or at least upload a much larger version?

 

[Scoobthenoob]

Welcome to the forums! Unfortunately I really cannot see anything from that picture because it is too small. Could you try to get a better one or at least upload a much larger version?

If you have any issues with providing a larger picture please consider posting it to http://imgur.com/

Then posting link here, bigger and higher resolution

 

[Andee]

I would first make your cage larger, considering he is two years old he should AT LEAST be in a 2 foot x 2 foot x 4 foot cage and then later increased to if I am correct on the measurements a 4foot x 4foot x 6foot enclosure. I would also suggest getting an automatic misting system, Parson's drink faaar more than we realize, how often are you offering water? Temps should be in high 80's to low 90's. Is he shedding ok? Are you misting at all?

You say his poop seems normal? How about his urates? are they chalky white? I can't give any info on supplements sadly, I have never owned a Parson's but I have done a lot of research on them... I can't remember what their supplements needed to be though.

 

[cutepikachu]

More bigger pics in FACEBOOK , ID:Hangom Wong

 

[laurie]

I would first make your cage larger, considering he is two years old he should AT LEAST be in a 2 foot x 2 foot x 4 foot cage and then later increased to if I am correct on the measurements a 4foot x 4foot x 6foot enclosure. I would also suggest getting an automatic misting system, Parson's drink faaar more than we realize, how often are you offering water? Temps should be in high 80's to low 90's. Is he shedding ok? Are you misting at all?

You say his poop seems normal? How about his urates? are they chalky white? I can't give any info on supplements sadly, I have never owned a Parson's but I have done a lot of research on them... I can't remember what their supplements needed to be though.

Really good post for someone who doesn't yet have his parsons. But I do see one in your future.

 

[cutepikachu]

thx Jannb.
2 more pics on my Facebook album, ID Hangom Wong

 

[cutepikachu]

thx ferretinmyshoes.
2 more pics on my Facebook album, ID Hangom Wong

 

[Scoobthenoob]

Hopefully this helps

And there are several Hangom Wong's XD

You are https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008594880258

 

[cutepikachu]

hi Scoobthenoob u r so kind , thx

 

[jannb]

I noticed someone above said you could have a basking spot of up to 90. Parsons are montane species and like it much cooler. The very low 80's is the warmest my parsons ever bask. They also need a cool down period of around 3 months in the winter so they can hibernate. For hibernating I keep mine in the mid to upper 60's in the day and low 50's at night except for one day a week and I warm it up to around 74. Parsons need very little supplements. For an adult male I never use calcium because mine get outside time in the natural UV when not hibernating. I've never used d3 but do use a multiple vitamin every 2 to 3 weeks. I would also like to add that I gut load very well and feed a large variety of feeders so my chameleons get most of what they need from what they eat and the natural UV.

I'm still not sure what's on your guys side but hopefully the vets here can help with that.

 

[Andee]

Ah Jann thanks for clearing that up for me ^^ what's on his side almost looks like a burn scar to me... I have a panther with that problem. But you should definitely get that checked out by a vet.

 

[cutepikachu]

Andee I`m sure that`s not burn scar...still don not know what it is......
anyone knows?

 

[cutepikachu]

Dear ferretinmyshoes， could u pls take a look at the newest pics?