Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
o I believe my cham is a Yemeni or Veiled, his name is JJ, he is a male, and I am not quite sure how old he is, but I got him when he was the size of my index finger. My guess was he was 3 months when I got him. Which was 3 months ago, so he has been in my care for 3 months. and should be 6months old.
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• Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
o Not very often but prob more then he should- 1-2 times/week, no more!
• Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
o Mostly crickets and superworms. Have fed him meal worms when he was younger. Now crickets and superworms. Right before he was showing signs of illness he was eating between 3-4 superworms and prob between 2-3 crickets a day. the crickets i would dust every other feeding. no gut loading. tried and failed wasnt sure how to hope i didn't poison him. it is not the gut-loading that I am worried about it is the crickets. sometimes they would look a little ragged.
• Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
o The brand is “Zoo Meds” reptivite-reptile vitamins with d3. Ultra fine super stick formula. White chalky powder substance.
• Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
o I use a “Little Dripper” and I add a “Zoo Meds” new improved Reptisafe instant terrarium water conditioner. I mist him twice a day once after he has basked for an hour or two and then again depending on weather conditions sometimes twice to three times.
• Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
o No. He has had the same looking fecal matter from essentially the day I got him until recently when, a few days prior he stopped eating or significantly decreased his food intake. After the day or so of decreased appetite his fecal matter was a little more runny, deff not as much of it in general and appeared to be a greenish color, as opposed to his droppings that I had been observing for sometime, which looked gray and slimy diff clumps that would eventually dry to hardened brown. his urate was a yellowish color a couple times but w adequate misting and the dripper i was able to get it back to a white urate. do they eat again if they get sick and stop? and obviously this hs to do w the problem, but at what percent would you say they survive a shock such as this?? Thanks.
• History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
o Yes, first, I love him dearly and that may be the prob because I am tending to him a little to much but they are so delicate it seems to be a very fine line that must b pursued w Grace I guess. I am learning that, and have made adjustments in how I have been around him trying to almost hide at times. However, that being said, I posted an emergency post a couple days ago at first signs of change. Since then I have taken him out of his old cage and built him something 4’ tall x 2’ x 2’. I built this out of pvc and screen. I have two live plants and have cleaned and transferred the old artificial ones as well. I still have some adjustments to make I know! neway, I hope this is adequate and can provide the assistance that u amazing cham lovers at this forum need to help my little “JJ”.
Cage Info:
• Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
o PVC 4’x2’x2’ with a screen mesh common to the screen found on front doors.
• Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
o He has an R-Zilla low profile T-5 fixture. That is a long white bulb that puts off light and minimal heat. For uva and uvb I think. Also, I have 2 heat bulbs that I switch in and out of a housing(due to financial restraints) I have not yet bought another hood. However he does get the blue or daytime heat when he wakes up and when I turn his light off and his red bulb on at night he will climb to his safe spot and fall asleep, usually if there is no commotion, very quickly. He, even through this winter would always sleep opposite the heat. He is on a 8-8 schedule.
• Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
o This is a brand new cage I built yesterday and am waiting to b able to afford the better thermometer, right now I only have a strip thermometer that works but is cheap and from what it sounds like there should prob b three top, basking, bottom…? And maybe better quality ones as well.
• Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
o I spray the entire cage with a whole mini water bottle twice a day. My girlfriend does it when I can not. Have never missed the lights and the water spray!! Also the humidity gauge is another thing that is on my list to purchase. It seems like the most common mistakes are the ones people don’t anticipate. Mainly the dimensions and air free cage IS A MUST!! And the lights temp and HUMIDITY and drinking!!
• Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
o Yes, Just bought them this is his second night to sleep on them. 1 has larger leaves and I believe it is a Pothos and so is the smaller 1. I believe the smaller 1 is a golden pothos.
• 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?
o The cage is in the corner of the room and is 4 ½ feet tall. Not much traffic we are gone a lot and whe we are home we are pretty quiet.
• Location - Where are you geographically located?
o Los Angeles, Ca. not on the coast. Hollywood area, if that helps but not by the ocean. And not arid inland!
• Current problem- The current problem is that I have recently built him a new cage and he still isn’t eating. How do I get him to start eating again? Also, if this was the problem(The cage) and I fixed it right away will he begin eating again? If not what do I expect next? PLEASE PLEASE help!!
I would just like to say thank you to whoever reads this and that this site has been a huge help!! and -Sticky Brad- ur the Man!
Thank you, Gabriel and JJ
• Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
o I believe my cham is a Yemeni or Veiled, his name is JJ, he is a male, and I am not quite sure how old he is, but I got him when he was the size of my index finger. My guess was he was 3 months when I got him. Which was 3 months ago, so he has been in my care for 3 months. and should be 6months old.
o
• Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
o Not very often but prob more then he should- 1-2 times/week, no more!
• Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
o Mostly crickets and superworms. Have fed him meal worms when he was younger. Now crickets and superworms. Right before he was showing signs of illness he was eating between 3-4 superworms and prob between 2-3 crickets a day. the crickets i would dust every other feeding. no gut loading. tried and failed wasnt sure how to hope i didn't poison him. it is not the gut-loading that I am worried about it is the crickets. sometimes they would look a little ragged.
• Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
o The brand is “Zoo Meds” reptivite-reptile vitamins with d3. Ultra fine super stick formula. White chalky powder substance.
• Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
o I use a “Little Dripper” and I add a “Zoo Meds” new improved Reptisafe instant terrarium water conditioner. I mist him twice a day once after he has basked for an hour or two and then again depending on weather conditions sometimes twice to three times.
• Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
o No. He has had the same looking fecal matter from essentially the day I got him until recently when, a few days prior he stopped eating or significantly decreased his food intake. After the day or so of decreased appetite his fecal matter was a little more runny, deff not as much of it in general and appeared to be a greenish color, as opposed to his droppings that I had been observing for sometime, which looked gray and slimy diff clumps that would eventually dry to hardened brown. his urate was a yellowish color a couple times but w adequate misting and the dripper i was able to get it back to a white urate. do they eat again if they get sick and stop? and obviously this hs to do w the problem, but at what percent would you say they survive a shock such as this?? Thanks.
• History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
o Yes, first, I love him dearly and that may be the prob because I am tending to him a little to much but they are so delicate it seems to be a very fine line that must b pursued w Grace I guess. I am learning that, and have made adjustments in how I have been around him trying to almost hide at times. However, that being said, I posted an emergency post a couple days ago at first signs of change. Since then I have taken him out of his old cage and built him something 4’ tall x 2’ x 2’. I built this out of pvc and screen. I have two live plants and have cleaned and transferred the old artificial ones as well. I still have some adjustments to make I know! neway, I hope this is adequate and can provide the assistance that u amazing cham lovers at this forum need to help my little “JJ”.
Cage Info:
• Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
o PVC 4’x2’x2’ with a screen mesh common to the screen found on front doors.
• Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
o He has an R-Zilla low profile T-5 fixture. That is a long white bulb that puts off light and minimal heat. For uva and uvb I think. Also, I have 2 heat bulbs that I switch in and out of a housing(due to financial restraints) I have not yet bought another hood. However he does get the blue or daytime heat when he wakes up and when I turn his light off and his red bulb on at night he will climb to his safe spot and fall asleep, usually if there is no commotion, very quickly. He, even through this winter would always sleep opposite the heat. He is on a 8-8 schedule.
• Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
o This is a brand new cage I built yesterday and am waiting to b able to afford the better thermometer, right now I only have a strip thermometer that works but is cheap and from what it sounds like there should prob b three top, basking, bottom…? And maybe better quality ones as well.
• Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
o I spray the entire cage with a whole mini water bottle twice a day. My girlfriend does it when I can not. Have never missed the lights and the water spray!! Also the humidity gauge is another thing that is on my list to purchase. It seems like the most common mistakes are the ones people don’t anticipate. Mainly the dimensions and air free cage IS A MUST!! And the lights temp and HUMIDITY and drinking!!
• Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
o Yes, Just bought them this is his second night to sleep on them. 1 has larger leaves and I believe it is a Pothos and so is the smaller 1. I believe the smaller 1 is a golden pothos.
• 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?
o The cage is in the corner of the room and is 4 ½ feet tall. Not much traffic we are gone a lot and whe we are home we are pretty quiet.
• Location - Where are you geographically located?
o Los Angeles, Ca. not on the coast. Hollywood area, if that helps but not by the ocean. And not arid inland!
• Current problem- The current problem is that I have recently built him a new cage and he still isn’t eating. How do I get him to start eating again? Also, if this was the problem(The cage) and I fixed it right away will he begin eating again? If not what do I expect next? PLEASE PLEASE help!!
I would just like to say thank you to whoever reads this and that this site has been a huge help!! and -Sticky Brad- ur the Man!
Thank you, Gabriel and JJ
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