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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species: Veiled Chameleon, Sex: Male, Age of your chameleon: I think 3 months, How long has it been in your care?: I've had him for 11 days.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? : 3 or 4 times since I've had him.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? Crickets, occasional meal and wax worms. What amount? He has eaten 120 crickets since I've had him. What is the schedule? I am putting around 20 dusted with Flukers Calcium+D3 at a time, when those are gone I put more in. How are you gut-loading your feeders?: With Flukers cricket feed and the yellow gel stuff
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?: Flukers Calcium+D3, I don't have a vitamin I am looking at getting this for him though -> 3 supplement
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? Spray filtered water in morning and at night. How often and how long to you mist? Twice a day for about 45 seconds. Do you see your chameleon drinking? No.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Brown and white. Solid deuces. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Not that I know of.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. I got him at PetsMart and the lady said he was super healthy. He started off with substrate, then I was reading that is bad news, so I took it all out. Now he just has christmas wrapping paper on the bottom.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) 5 glass sides and a screen top. What are the dimensions? 30" long X 12" wide X 12" tall. I just got this cage and will have it by christmas
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? Reptiglo 35watt 5.0 UVB, The heat bulb I am not too sure of but it keeps the guy warm, Night heat bulb that glows red. What is your daily lighting schedule? On during the day around 9am off at 11pm or so with red light on at night.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Cage floor is 70F, basking spot is 90F. Lowest overnight temp? 60F. How do you measure these temps? A. analog temp gauge stuck to the sides of the cage.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? 40-80 How are you creating and maintaining these levels? misting twice a day What do you use to measure humidity? gauge on the side of the cage
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Not yet, I've got a ficus almost ready to roll. Just need to wash the leaves, and re-pot with organic soil.
Placement - Where is your cage located? On a bookshelf at the end of the hall. Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? No, yes window. At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 5'
Location - Where are you geographically located? In Cleveland, OH USA
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. I think that Kinji has MBD, I am still within the 14 days guarantee that PetsMart offers so I might take him in at have a vet look at him.
I think he is 3 months old, not totally sure though. His name is Kinji
Your Chameleon - The species: Veiled Chameleon, Sex: Male, Age of your chameleon: I think 3 months, How long has it been in your care?: I've had him for 11 days.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? : 3 or 4 times since I've had him.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? Crickets, occasional meal and wax worms. What amount? He has eaten 120 crickets since I've had him. What is the schedule? I am putting around 20 dusted with Flukers Calcium+D3 at a time, when those are gone I put more in. How are you gut-loading your feeders?: With Flukers cricket feed and the yellow gel stuff
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?: Flukers Calcium+D3, I don't have a vitamin I am looking at getting this for him though -> 3 supplement
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? Spray filtered water in morning and at night. How often and how long to you mist? Twice a day for about 45 seconds. Do you see your chameleon drinking? No.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Brown and white. Solid deuces. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Not that I know of.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. I got him at PetsMart and the lady said he was super healthy. He started off with substrate, then I was reading that is bad news, so I took it all out. Now he just has christmas wrapping paper on the bottom.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) 5 glass sides and a screen top. What are the dimensions? 30" long X 12" wide X 12" tall. I just got this cage and will have it by christmas
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? Reptiglo 35watt 5.0 UVB, The heat bulb I am not too sure of but it keeps the guy warm, Night heat bulb that glows red. What is your daily lighting schedule? On during the day around 9am off at 11pm or so with red light on at night.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Cage floor is 70F, basking spot is 90F. Lowest overnight temp? 60F. How do you measure these temps? A. analog temp gauge stuck to the sides of the cage.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? 40-80 How are you creating and maintaining these levels? misting twice a day What do you use to measure humidity? gauge on the side of the cage
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Not yet, I've got a ficus almost ready to roll. Just need to wash the leaves, and re-pot with organic soil.
Placement - Where is your cage located? On a bookshelf at the end of the hall. Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? No, yes window. At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 5'
Location - Where are you geographically located? In Cleveland, OH USA
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. I think that Kinji has MBD, I am still within the 14 days guarantee that PetsMart offers so I might take him in at have a vet look at him.
I think he is 3 months old, not totally sure though. His name is Kinji