Thank you! I just visited the vets rushed in with him he had “ping worms” are they called? but she said it wasn’t enough to think the behaviour he was showing was anything to do with them. After she had a look at him she couldn’t see anything wrong with him and the moment I got him there he stopped acting up too and she said it’s likely something has stressed him out and that’s why he’s acting the way he is so now I’ve had to hunt down all the feeders he’s chosen to not eat and work out wtf he is so bothered about given the room has not changed for a year
thank you! He actually pass fecal at the vets from the stress of the mouth check and his rusted were great and his fecal had ping worms besides that he’s fine and they gave him a real good luck
Did you check your basking temp?Thank you! I just visited the vets rushed in with him he had “ping worms” are they called? but she said it wasn’t enough to think the behaviour he was showing was anything to do with them. After she had a look at him she couldn’t see anything wrong with him and the moment I got him there he stopped acting up too and she said it’s likely something has stressed him out and that’s why he’s acting the way he is so now I’ve had to hunt down all the feeders he’s chosen to not eat and work out wtf he is so bothered about given the room has not changed for a year
thank you! He actually pass fecal at the vets from the stress of the mouth check and his rusted were great and his fecal had ping worms besides that he’s fine and they gave him a real good luck
Yeah I’ve monitored it throughout, up top peaks around 30 and it’s on a thermostat - this is in the day - the humidity holds 40-50 in the day (I live in the uk so it’s deffo colder the lower he gets lol)
ok so 30c would be 86f. Which for my male panther was too high and was gaping a bit when it was that high.
Thank you Steve I’ll give it a go! Just think it’s a bit weird given it’s never changed
It's worth a shot. You won't hurt him by doing this and it's what most of us seem to have our basking areas at.Thank you Steve I’ll give it a go! Just think it’s a bit weird given it’s never changed
Steve you wouldn’t believe it. I’ve just turned his heat lamp off and two mins later he’s stopped
Never mind he’s started again
Wow. So that quick he looks good now? If this is the case maybe invest in a lower wattage bulb, or do what you have to do to keep that temp lower (but still providing adequate heat). I use a heating lamp that actually controls the temp so it never goes over 81f ( 27c). This is great!
Give it time for him to adjust. I wouldn't say turn it off completely. Just lower the heat. If you don't have a temp controlled basking lamp, you can raise the basking lamp until it reaches desired temp of where it's hitting the branch your chameleon basks on.
So he does have pin worms. But the vet said it was not a high parasite load? I would go ahead and treat him for them if you are seeing a behavior change in appetite. Keep in mind with temps... We are going into a season change where most of us are running heat in the house which increases the ambient cage temps. If your branch is hitting 81 I would not have it any higher than that. Because where they rise up it is hotter.Thank you! I just visited the vets rushed in with him he had “ping worms” are they called? but she said it wasn’t enough to think the behaviour he was showing was anything to do with them. After she had a look at him she couldn’t see anything wrong with him and the moment I got him there he stopped acting up too and she said it’s likely something has stressed him out and that’s why he’s acting the way he is so now I’ve had to hunt down all the feeders he’s chosen to not eat and work out wtf he is so bothered about given the room has not changed for a year
thank you! He actually pass fecal at the vets from the stress of the mouth check and his rusted were great and his fecal had ping worms besides that he’s fine and they gave him a real good luck
