Solskin
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male panther, 6 months old, with me for two months.
Handling - Very little, enough to move him to free roam outside once or twice a week.
Feeding - Crickets, small locusts and calciworms, gutloaded with rephasy and fresh vegetables.
Supplements - Calcium without D3 every feed, Calcium +D3 once every two weeks, multivitamins once every two weeks.
Watering - Hand misting for 5 minutes at a time 3/4 times daily, dripper running daily. Water purified with ZooMed repti safe.
Fecal Description - Normal, brown feces with creamy white urates, generally passes every day.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 46x46x91cm reptibreeze full screen cage, half of the back panel covered with plastic sheet.
Lighting - Exo terra 5.0 UVB strip and 75W basking lamp, cage lit for 10 hours a day, natural daylight in the room his cage is in from sun-up.
Temperature - Ranging from 85-90F in basking spot down to 70F lower in the cage.
Humidity - Steady humidity at 40% with peaks to 55-60% after misting.
Plants - One umbrella plant and one passion flower vine.
Placement - Placed around a corner in my living room, very low traffic, no overhead fans or vents.
Location - UK
Current Problem - Since George arrived he's had a pretty big attitude about him, and when I have to move him from his cage or sometimes even when a cricket gets too close, or runs away from him, he will sort of "hiss" through his nose, it's a short, sharp hiss, sort of like a heavy expulsion of air. He only does it when he's mad or disgruntled about something, and otherwise seems very healthy, he's eating, fully hydrated and active. The reason I'm concerned is that when he opens his mouth there is sometimes a wetness there, saliva on the sides of his mouth. This isn't all of the time and I've not seen him swallowing excessively and other than the occasional angry hiss I hear no abnormality in his breathing, no wheezing or coughing.
Your Chameleon - Male panther, 6 months old, with me for two months.
Handling - Very little, enough to move him to free roam outside once or twice a week.
Feeding - Crickets, small locusts and calciworms, gutloaded with rephasy and fresh vegetables.
Supplements - Calcium without D3 every feed, Calcium +D3 once every two weeks, multivitamins once every two weeks.
Watering - Hand misting for 5 minutes at a time 3/4 times daily, dripper running daily. Water purified with ZooMed repti safe.
Fecal Description - Normal, brown feces with creamy white urates, generally passes every day.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 46x46x91cm reptibreeze full screen cage, half of the back panel covered with plastic sheet.
Lighting - Exo terra 5.0 UVB strip and 75W basking lamp, cage lit for 10 hours a day, natural daylight in the room his cage is in from sun-up.
Temperature - Ranging from 85-90F in basking spot down to 70F lower in the cage.
Humidity - Steady humidity at 40% with peaks to 55-60% after misting.
Plants - One umbrella plant and one passion flower vine.
Placement - Placed around a corner in my living room, very low traffic, no overhead fans or vents.
Location - UK
Current Problem - Since George arrived he's had a pretty big attitude about him, and when I have to move him from his cage or sometimes even when a cricket gets too close, or runs away from him, he will sort of "hiss" through his nose, it's a short, sharp hiss, sort of like a heavy expulsion of air. He only does it when he's mad or disgruntled about something, and otherwise seems very healthy, he's eating, fully hydrated and active. The reason I'm concerned is that when he opens his mouth there is sometimes a wetness there, saliva on the sides of his mouth. This isn't all of the time and I've not seen him swallowing excessively and other than the occasional angry hiss I hear no abnormality in his breathing, no wheezing or coughing.
