lottie
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - veiled, male, we've had him since he was about 6 weeks old and he is 1 year.
Handling - Handle most days, on his terms! He 'begs' at the front of his tank or comes out on to his trees when tank is open (his tank is usually open with vines to our indoor trees whenever we are home)
Feeding - Mainly medium locusts, occasional mealworm/beetle and wax worm as a treat. Locusts gutloaded with spinach/kale (whatever veggies we have in) also bug grub ang bug gel
Supplements - Repashy, used on all locusts every day
Watering - we have a monsoon that goes off every 3 hours for 12 seconds, recently been misting manually morning and night and also using the bottle to drop water on to him which he drinks.
Fecal Description - Usually black with white tip.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? No
History - none
Cage Info:
Cage Type - viva exotica chameleon viv. 49cm deep x 59cm wide x 90cm tall
Lighting - exoterra: one heat lamp, 1 UVB lights all on from 6am-6pm
Temperature - ambient temps about 20-22 degrees celcius with his basking spot at around 30-34. Night temps no less than 17.
Humidity - 50 - 60%
Plants - we have an umbrella tree in his tank and many plastic leaves.
Placement - On unit. Height of tank is about 4-5 foot off ground. opposite window. Not near any draughts or heating
Location - South UK
Current Problem - He is loosing his spikes. When he lost his first few we looked on here and found a thread with the exact same problem and the pictures that were taken were so similar to our problem that it could have been our chameleon. The advice was it was normal and not to worry.
Since then, we have noticed that the rest of his spikes (from base of neck to base of tail)are kind of clumping together. and kind of peeling off like a scab from the bottom? Any ideas what would cause this and how we can resolve it.
We have been given some iodine by a specialist and told to use that or salt water if it starts to weep but it hasn't. Underneith what has already fallen off there is no spines just healed skin. We thought it might have come off when he shed but it seems to be just getting stuck there. I have some shedding aid but unsure whether to use it as the skin is broken.
Will try and post a pic if i can.
Any ideas?
Your Chameleon - veiled, male, we've had him since he was about 6 weeks old and he is 1 year.
Handling - Handle most days, on his terms! He 'begs' at the front of his tank or comes out on to his trees when tank is open (his tank is usually open with vines to our indoor trees whenever we are home)
Feeding - Mainly medium locusts, occasional mealworm/beetle and wax worm as a treat. Locusts gutloaded with spinach/kale (whatever veggies we have in) also bug grub ang bug gel
Supplements - Repashy, used on all locusts every day
Watering - we have a monsoon that goes off every 3 hours for 12 seconds, recently been misting manually morning and night and also using the bottle to drop water on to him which he drinks.
Fecal Description - Usually black with white tip.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? No
History - none
Cage Info:
Cage Type - viva exotica chameleon viv. 49cm deep x 59cm wide x 90cm tall
Lighting - exoterra: one heat lamp, 1 UVB lights all on from 6am-6pm
Temperature - ambient temps about 20-22 degrees celcius with his basking spot at around 30-34. Night temps no less than 17.
Humidity - 50 - 60%
Plants - we have an umbrella tree in his tank and many plastic leaves.
Placement - On unit. Height of tank is about 4-5 foot off ground. opposite window. Not near any draughts or heating
Location - South UK
Current Problem - He is loosing his spikes. When he lost his first few we looked on here and found a thread with the exact same problem and the pictures that were taken were so similar to our problem that it could have been our chameleon. The advice was it was normal and not to worry.
Since then, we have noticed that the rest of his spikes (from base of neck to base of tail)are kind of clumping together. and kind of peeling off like a scab from the bottom? Any ideas what would cause this and how we can resolve it.
We have been given some iodine by a specialist and told to use that or salt water if it starts to weep but it hasn't. Underneith what has already fallen off there is no spines just healed skin. We thought it might have come off when he shed but it seems to be just getting stuck there. I have some shedding aid but unsure whether to use it as the skin is broken.
Will try and post a pic if i can.
Any ideas?
