View media item 43330View media item 43329View media item 43328Hello everyone!
After doing a lot of research and soul searching I decided to get a Chameleon. Yay! However, instead of buying from a pet store, I looked for rescues (shocked that there are no places that adopt out chameleons, at least none that i could find, but that is another story). After not finding any rescues, I found one that was looking for a new home, as her owner was moving. Her previous owner had her for about a year. She acquired her when she was a few months old from a little boy who was not yet mature enough to care for a chameleon.
When I first brought her home, she looked awful skinny to me. After a few days with me, she still does. She also appears to be a bit shaky. From the research I've done, it does not look like she has MBD, but I am not as knowledgeable as some of you. I have the heat lamp on for 12 hours a day, as well as the UVB light. I mist at least twice a day, and also have a makeshift dripping system. I also coated her crickets in Calcium with D3 this morning. I am also gut loading the crickets. Any reason for the shakiness? She also seems pretty lethargic as she likes to hang out on the back wall all day. (Pretty sure the previous owner never dusted or gut loaded crickets, either. Also pretty sure she was fed only crickets.) Any tips on what else I can do to make sure she thrives?
Finally, the poor girl just hangs vertically on her wall all day. I'd like to make a basking spot for her, but not sure how. Any ideas? Also, where can I get calcium powder without D3?! I can't seem to find it in pet stores!
Thanks everyone!!
After doing a lot of research and soul searching I decided to get a Chameleon. Yay! However, instead of buying from a pet store, I looked for rescues (shocked that there are no places that adopt out chameleons, at least none that i could find, but that is another story). After not finding any rescues, I found one that was looking for a new home, as her owner was moving. Her previous owner had her for about a year. She acquired her when she was a few months old from a little boy who was not yet mature enough to care for a chameleon.
When I first brought her home, she looked awful skinny to me. After a few days with me, she still does. She also appears to be a bit shaky. From the research I've done, it does not look like she has MBD, but I am not as knowledgeable as some of you. I have the heat lamp on for 12 hours a day, as well as the UVB light. I mist at least twice a day, and also have a makeshift dripping system. I also coated her crickets in Calcium with D3 this morning. I am also gut loading the crickets. Any reason for the shakiness? She also seems pretty lethargic as she likes to hang out on the back wall all day. (Pretty sure the previous owner never dusted or gut loaded crickets, either. Also pretty sure she was fed only crickets.) Any tips on what else I can do to make sure she thrives?
Finally, the poor girl just hangs vertically on her wall all day. I'd like to make a basking spot for her, but not sure how. Any ideas? Also, where can I get calcium powder without D3?! I can't seem to find it in pet stores!
Thanks everyone!!
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