New cham showing dark to black colors

[aplazbarr]

Just received my cham yesterday. A ambilobe panther from FL Chams. I've noticed that he is show a dark to black. Is he stressed. I've seen him eat but not drink. How do i make sure he's happy. the cage set up is the same set up sold by the Kammer's packages.

Just want to make sure I'm doing things right

 

[Kent67]

How's the ambient temp? A cool chameleon that is basking will turn dark to better absorb the heat. Also, in general, most chameleons that are feeling overly stressed will not eat.

 

[Justin Carl]

i wouldtry not to make contact with him unless you are watering/misting or feeding. if you just got him he is really stressed. Try not to bug him to much.
yes he could just be dark to help bask.

 

[Kent67]

if you just got him he is really stressed.

Why? If it's an animal that has been in captivity all its life and is used to being in a cage and is eating, why must it be stressed? Does it remember being shipped the night before? Still holding bad feelings about it?

I'm a strong believer in observing your chameleons and being aware of what is going on with them. If he'll eat in front of you, there is no reason to try to avoid watching him eat if he's getting enough overall. Sounds like you have a healthy animal. Use some intuition as to how much to interact with it. If you see an adverse change in food/water consumption or behavior, do something to correct it. If he eats well, he will also drink using the right technique. I don't see any reason to hide your presence, it's been fed and watered by humans since it hatched.

 

[aplazbarr]

thanks for the info and your time. I think i'll be leaving him alone for a while.

Hey hairfarm maybe you can show us pic of you SS

 

[Kent67]

Hey hairfarm maybe you can show us pic of you SS

Well I just reinstalled windows on my computer and now I can't find my photo editing software cds to shrink the photos I have, otherwise I'd love to.

 

[christyo2o2]

try just uploading your pics to photobucket.com (its free) and try doing it there.

 

[Kent67]

1mb size limit.

 

[christyo2o2]

ahh okay.. just thought i would throw it out there..

 

[Kent67]

Actually, I just tried it and it shrinks it for you! So here's my big boy, I got him in December '96 and his 41st birthday is in the second week of January

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Can anyone tell I'm a proud daddy yet?

 

[aplazbarr]

Wow thats a nice one. thanks for the pic.
too bad we can hear the engine.

 

[ny noob]

lol, from chams to cams.. its a pun
lol
question. i have the same situation as the poster.. new cham, captive bred blue bar, he's eating fine like amachine. but i havnt seen him drink anything. i mist three to four times daily. should i be worried? also. he's missing some scales on his face between his eyes, its indented and black. should this worry me?
thanks in advance