ZacharyLeesWife
Avid Member
He looks really dry to me, you were probably seeing yellow urate. @Peachypink is right about the showers, I'd try to get as much moisture in him as possible.
New Chameleon owner!!
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leedragon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I read " new chameleon owenii" f*ck you you tricked me D: lol
but recommendations. thrown the cantina as far away as possible. that is basically a slow cooking oven for your chameleon. put a hell of alot more plants in there. for Yemens I would say give them calcium with D3 every other week. plain calcium without D3 in every meal. spray morgings and evnings. no need for a humidifier due. if you have live plants.
but recommendations. thrown the cantina as far away as possible. that is basically a slow cooking oven for your chameleon. put a hell of alot more plants in there. for Yemens I would say give them calcium with D3 every other week. plain calcium without D3 in every meal. spray morgings and evnings. no need for a humidifier due. if you have live plants.
JamesB88
Established Member
Definitely take all the advice in your thread, and hopefully you can restore your new Cham back to good health. When you get you new cage post another thread or look at enclosure ideas on here and make sure you get help if needed, lighting hydration and correct supplements should be number one priority.
Good luck and welcome to the forum!
Good luck and welcome to the forum!
JamesB88
Established Member
Couldn't agree more that cantina should be taken off the market, it's an oven with no ventilation!
Cheekyreagan
Member
Yeah so for lighting there is a heat lamp and a uvb. Going today to get calcium and a multi. Also going to snag either a ficus or a fake plant that will work so I can start his showers. @Graves923 I agree that he looks skinny and dry. Hopefully after proper supplements and hydration he will start looking better. This morning I found him a deep brown on the bottom of the cantina. Not sure why. I'll be ordering his new cage and should hopefully have it soon.
Cheekyreagan
Member
He also didn't have any real plants, just a waterfall. So I've replaced that with a nice pothos that has vines all around his cage. Should help humidity levels and his moral 
JamesB88
Established Member
Pothos is a great choice! I have one in my setup as well. My recommendation is when you get your new cage I would also buy new lighting, uvb bulbs usually only last 6 months. Is it possible his uvb bulb now is older than 6 months? This could be an issue if so,And if his basking bulb now is over 75w I'd prob swap that as well as that cantina really does hold heat in due to it only having a small mesh backing. 40w should be solid basking bulb but you might have to play around with wattage to figure out how hot his basking area is and how hot his ambiant temp is. Once you get a screen cage and he has more room fresh air proper lighting and hydration I believe u could restore this little guys health and I hope you do! New cage ASAP lol that cantina is a death trap man!
Cheekyreagan
Member
It's a 50 watt. I've already taken off the bubble and the guy I got him from was replacing uvb every three months. So I should be good in that area. My apartment doesn't have heating and that's balancing his cage temp out nicely. I think I'll be ordering the petco cage now actually thank you!
Cheekyreagan
Member
okay he's happily hunting crickets!! Fed him later than I would have liked but now we have all the right supplements and gut feeders.
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