His ambient is 75 during the day and falls to 72 at night. Basking area is 78.5.
Ok so I was worried about that too but since this is my first chameleon I didn’t really know what that looked like on a chameleon besides an extreme case, especially because i was looking around for mouth open instead of sunken eyes. My humidity daytime is 60% and it goes to 90% at night. I think he might be starting another shed because i see skin breaking under his legs.
I got him from FramsChams. I was planning on taking him anyway and I have an exotic vet that is only an hour away (The vet is on the vet list that has been floating around) He definitely is hydrated because his urates have never been anything other than white. I don’t use wood bark (or anything else chunky) and he stays away from soil as far as I know.His/her eyes look sunken in. Where did you get him/her?? I would get that checked out by your local exotic vet, and even if it Isn't an upper respiratory infection, make sure your chameleon is hydrating enough!! I also know that sometimes if chameleons eat wood bark, it can cause their mouths to be a little open permanently. I saw this happen with a chameleon at Petco
I don’t use any colored light and the tint probably comes from the white colored grow light (I will send pictures as soon as I can) I will look at the tail, but I never noticed anything like that before… I will look into that.
He doesn’t put his nose in the air and I don’t hear anything from him breathing. I don’t hear anything from him at all. My temps were a bit over 80 but i changed it out and now it strays from 80. Like I said, his urates are wet and white colored and never orange. He had his last shed almost a month ago so he could be shedding. Under his legs, skin is turning white and is flaking off. I was informed before about colored lights and changed my grow light to a white color only. I will be getting the Arcadia jungle dawn soon and I will be able replacing the on I have now just for the difference.Sorry all for the worry, I should’ve taken him to the vet way before this.
With everything you're saying I still take my bet for shedding being the issue. However, your daytime humidity is on high side 30-40% is recommended during the daytime. Your nighttime humidity is perfect and the temps are on the edge. These could be the ingredient for a URI, still if he isn't going any other symptoms, I would personally keep on close eye on him of symptoms start to develop or get worst. Going to the vet is a stressful thing as well, especially if it's for just shedding. He's given all for it.
Ok, thanks for the certainty. my humidity is really hard to lower and I really don’t know how to lower it. I don’t mist or fog during the day and if i allow air conditioning it gets way too cold. I still worry about the eyes because he didn’t do that last shed. He was irritated and very grumpy but his eyes weren’t sunken in.With everything you're saying I still take my bet for shedding being the issue. However, your daytime humidity is on high side 30-40% is recommended during the daytime. Your nighttime humidity is perfect and the temps are on the edge. These could be the ingredient for a URI, still if he isn't going any other symptoms, I would personally keep on close eye on him of symptoms start to develop or get worst. Going to the vet is a stressful thing as well, especially if it's for just shedding. He's given all for it.
No sorry for worrying........at the moment you stop worrying, that's when your boy is in danger
Are his eyes constantly sunken? Or when you come close to him with your phone to take a picture?
With everything you're saying I still take my bet for shedding being the issue. However, your daytime humidity is on high side 30-40% is recommended during the daytime. Your nighttime humidity is perfect and the temps are on the edge. These could be the ingredient for a URI, still if he isn't going any other symptoms, I would personally keep on close eye on him of symptoms start to develop or get worst. Going to the vet is a stressful thing as well, especially if it's for just shedding. He's given all for it.
No sorry for worrying........at the moment you stop worrying, that's when your boy is in danger
So you are not going to get an accurate temp reading with those methods. You want a temp gauge that has a probe you can hook in at the branch directly below the heat fixture.
Ok, I will look into that type of thermometer. My grow light has little benefit when on other than ambient light so taking it down would not be a problem. I am using the Reptisun T5 5.0 and I will be adjusting that to run in the middle. Thank you
So you want an 8-9 inch distance from the screen where the fixture is sitting to the branch directly below it. This will put the chameleon in the correct UVI level.
I’ve seen my veiled go to sleep with sunken eyes and I can’t explain why, even my other chams can do it as well. Just closely monitor his behavior
