jamest0o0
Chameleon Enthusiast
Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - Don't know if this is normal or not, I couldn't find much on it, but he has a little black or greyish looking spot on his tongue. I only noticed it yesterday, but not sure how long it's been there. He still consistently eats and seems normal. He's seemed to have gotten a little more standoffish and picky in the last couple weeks, which I have attributed to probably being hormones. Doesn't seem out of the ordinary at all from what I've read. I'm currently looking for a good vet in western PA/pittsburgh area
- Your Chameleon - Panther Chameleon, male, ~6months, been with me almost 2 months
- Handling - gently lift him out of his cage about 1x a day to free range and back
- Feeding - crickets, dubia, orangeheads, silks, bsfl, and horns/supers/butters on the way. Eating has slowed down, but still feed him every morning as much as he will eat (usually a few roaches or crickets) gutload with bug buffet, fruit/veggies frozen cubes
- Supplements - sticky tongues calc daily(no d3), d3 every other weekend, herptivite 1x month, reptivite 1x month
- Watering - I hand mist currently, he ignores the dripper so I stopped using it. I mist a solid few minutes heavy in the morning and then a few lighter mistings throughout the day. I stop misting about an hour or two before lights out.
- Fecal Description - Never been tested, white urates, have seen parts of it orangish, but heard that can be okay as long as the rest is white. poops every 2 days or so and they seem normal brown.
- History - Climbs a lot during the day, has had a thing with climbing on the top screen, so I've been letting him out onto the free range
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - screen 18Lx18Wx36H (moving to larger cage soon)
- Lighting - 12 hours light, reptisun 5.0 and 60watt halogen bulb for basking
- Temperature - temp ranges from low 60s at night, low 70s during the day, 82-87 basking. I measure with red laser handheld, analogs, zoomed infrared, and the pet store analogs(for comparison)
- Humidity - around 45-70 depending on how recently I misted, I use live plants on a foam wall and heavy misting sessions, water drains to bin under the cage. I just have a bunch of analog hygrometers, I haven't been able to find any accurate way of measuring humidity. Open to suggestions
- Plants - schefflera, pothos, also have money tree, dracaena, and weeping fig sitting around his cage on the outside.
- Placement - seperate bedroom, no fans, but I run the air purifier in the morning sometimes after misting. I'm only one in the room most of the time, and I closed the vents for the most part other than a small opening to keep the room from getting too cold. Also keep the door closed to the room. The cage is pretty high up, I'm 6'4" and his basking is about eye level with me.
- Location - Pennsylvania
Current Problem - Don't know if this is normal or not, I couldn't find much on it, but he has a little black or greyish looking spot on his tongue. I only noticed it yesterday, but not sure how long it's been there. He still consistently eats and seems normal. He's seemed to have gotten a little more standoffish and picky in the last couple weeks, which I have attributed to probably being hormones. Doesn't seem out of the ordinary at all from what I've read. I'm currently looking for a good vet in western PA/pittsburgh area
