Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female Veiled Chameleon, age unknown but probably less than a year 3-4" long, in our care 1 week.
Handling - We do not handle her except to clean the cage.
Feeding - Feeding Super Worms and small crickets, she has not eaten consistently since we got her, but we do try to feed her in the morning. She has a water drip for hydration.
Supplements - We are still using supplies that came as a package with the cage - Reptisafe water additive from Zoo-Med goes in the mist and drinking water. we dust both crickets and superworms with Repti-Calcium from Zoo-Med also.
Watering - We mist for 15sec x 4times a day and have water dripping down over the leaves, the Chameleon has been drinking off the leaves regularly.
Fecal Description - Fecies is brown formed into a small cigar shape regularly at least once a day, we have not tested for parasites.
History - We purchased from a PetCo. Two of the staff we spoke to keep Chameleons themselves, we spoke for some time about food not to give, also setting a regular cycle to replicate a natural day and misting to maintain humidity, etc.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen cage 16" x 16" x 30" high
Lighting - 13 watt 5.0 UVB Reptisun and 60w Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb on all day and turned off from approx 11:00 pm till 8:00 am
Temperature - Daytime temp 79-81 Deg F in the upper section of the cage with basking on branches beneath but not close to the lamps.
Humidity - We have not been measuring humidity, but mist for 15 seconds x 4 each day.
Plants - We have used some tree branches from our garden for structure and support, but all plants and foliage and vines are mad-made and purchased from the reptile dept.
Placement - The cage is located in the living room against a wall and near a fish tank, I wouldn't describe the location as high traffic, the cage is sat on an 18" high table taking the cage height to 4' off the floor.
Location - We are in Dallas TX.
Current Problem - The Chameleon appears to have some sort of a hernia protruding from its rectum. On fist look, I thought she was constipated and couldn't push her poop out, but my wife touched it and is convinced it's some extension of her bowel. There is some red liquid secreting also.
She has not eaten for the last two days but just shed her skin. I did some research and read that they often do not eat while shedding so I didn't think anything of it, but she has finished shedding and we just observed the problem described above.
She is quite restless tonight, presumably in pain and keeps rubbing the protrusion on the climbing vines.
I did read to keep the size of the cricket small, no longer than the width of the Chameleons head which we did, but I'm concerned that she cannot digest her food and she can no longer poop although I did find feces earlier today. Any suggestions would be welcomed.
Your Chameleon - Female Veiled Chameleon, age unknown but probably less than a year 3-4" long, in our care 1 week.
Handling - We do not handle her except to clean the cage.
Feeding - Feeding Super Worms and small crickets, she has not eaten consistently since we got her, but we do try to feed her in the morning. She has a water drip for hydration.
Supplements - We are still using supplies that came as a package with the cage - Reptisafe water additive from Zoo-Med goes in the mist and drinking water. we dust both crickets and superworms with Repti-Calcium from Zoo-Med also.
Watering - We mist for 15sec x 4times a day and have water dripping down over the leaves, the Chameleon has been drinking off the leaves regularly.
Fecal Description - Fecies is brown formed into a small cigar shape regularly at least once a day, we have not tested for parasites.
History - We purchased from a PetCo. Two of the staff we spoke to keep Chameleons themselves, we spoke for some time about food not to give, also setting a regular cycle to replicate a natural day and misting to maintain humidity, etc.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen cage 16" x 16" x 30" high
Lighting - 13 watt 5.0 UVB Reptisun and 60w Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb on all day and turned off from approx 11:00 pm till 8:00 am
Temperature - Daytime temp 79-81 Deg F in the upper section of the cage with basking on branches beneath but not close to the lamps.
Humidity - We have not been measuring humidity, but mist for 15 seconds x 4 each day.
Plants - We have used some tree branches from our garden for structure and support, but all plants and foliage and vines are mad-made and purchased from the reptile dept.
Placement - The cage is located in the living room against a wall and near a fish tank, I wouldn't describe the location as high traffic, the cage is sat on an 18" high table taking the cage height to 4' off the floor.
Location - We are in Dallas TX.
Current Problem - The Chameleon appears to have some sort of a hernia protruding from its rectum. On fist look, I thought she was constipated and couldn't push her poop out, but my wife touched it and is convinced it's some extension of her bowel. There is some red liquid secreting also.
She has not eaten for the last two days but just shed her skin. I did some research and read that they often do not eat while shedding so I didn't think anything of it, but she has finished shedding and we just observed the problem described above.
She is quite restless tonight, presumably in pain and keeps rubbing the protrusion on the climbing vines.
I did read to keep the size of the cricket small, no longer than the width of the Chameleons head which we did, but I'm concerned that she cannot digest her food and she can no longer poop although I did find feces earlier today. Any suggestions would be welcomed.
