Maggiebeas
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Alright so our almost two year old male veiled hasn't pooped in about two weeks, maybe three that we can find? He's still eating but there was a miscommunication with cage cleaning since my husband and I swap and just didn't realize neither had found poop. Please don't be too harsh as we just had to put my retired service dog down and I had to drop out of my masters program due to some medical issues, so we just didn't discuss chameleon poop recently since he's generally fairly regular.
Male veiled chameleon, almost two.
We have had him for about 16 months. He is currently shedding, we need to adjust his humidity as he has been shedding for three days.
Reptisun 22" bulb that was changed out two months ago and has been regularly changed every 5-6 months.
92 degree basking, 70 ish in the bottom of the cage. Humidity sits low around high twenties low thirties during the day with mid seventies low eighties at night when it is cool, the fogger doesn't go right over his sleeping spot. He is misted every three hours for two minutes during the day time, we live in Colorado, we get dry quickly so it doesn't stay high humidity for long during warm hours.
We do not handle him it makes him angry and stressed.
He hides about every other day (chills in the back of his tank), basks every other day, but always makes a few exploratory laps around the tank. He's not vibrant in color, but also not his dark heat soaking colors, he has always been ever so slightly muted in colors when we aren't actively messing with his cage.
He drinks his water and his urates when they were happening, were white and healthy and the sperm plug seemed fine when those were there.
I started relying more heavily on horned worms this last week with their calcium dust due to concern over poop, I wanted to keep him hydrated but still energy. Normally he is three Dunia every other day, every once in a while he gets horned worms.
He has a live pothos and fake plants for vines. I know we aren't supposed to do fake, but he has never tried to eat them, I check them religiously to make sure he hasn't tried chomping on them and after my hip surgery I literally would watch him all day for about two months and he is happy to much on his pothos and doesn't try with anything else.
Supplements are the Repashy calcium plus. We have been told pretty consistently by a few stores that it is an adequate and useful supplement for chaos, which was also recommended by one of the fancy reptile vets in Denver.
No substrate in his cage, he is lights out from 7 pm to 7 am. Doesnt seem lethargic at all. Eyeballs seem hydrated and look normal. No extra spit in the mouth. Still hisses and puffs up when you get your hand to close to him so behavior wise he is fine and still eating. He also isn't looking extra chunky or anything.
Is there anything we can do to encourage poop? I plan on calling a vet tomorrow but finance wise we are pretty strapped this month after the dog and would love to try any natural remedies.
Male veiled chameleon, almost two.
We have had him for about 16 months. He is currently shedding, we need to adjust his humidity as he has been shedding for three days.
Reptisun 22" bulb that was changed out two months ago and has been regularly changed every 5-6 months.
92 degree basking, 70 ish in the bottom of the cage. Humidity sits low around high twenties low thirties during the day with mid seventies low eighties at night when it is cool, the fogger doesn't go right over his sleeping spot. He is misted every three hours for two minutes during the day time, we live in Colorado, we get dry quickly so it doesn't stay high humidity for long during warm hours.
We do not handle him it makes him angry and stressed.
He hides about every other day (chills in the back of his tank), basks every other day, but always makes a few exploratory laps around the tank. He's not vibrant in color, but also not his dark heat soaking colors, he has always been ever so slightly muted in colors when we aren't actively messing with his cage.
He drinks his water and his urates when they were happening, were white and healthy and the sperm plug seemed fine when those were there.
I started relying more heavily on horned worms this last week with their calcium dust due to concern over poop, I wanted to keep him hydrated but still energy. Normally he is three Dunia every other day, every once in a while he gets horned worms.
He has a live pothos and fake plants for vines. I know we aren't supposed to do fake, but he has never tried to eat them, I check them religiously to make sure he hasn't tried chomping on them and after my hip surgery I literally would watch him all day for about two months and he is happy to much on his pothos and doesn't try with anything else.
Supplements are the Repashy calcium plus. We have been told pretty consistently by a few stores that it is an adequate and useful supplement for chaos, which was also recommended by one of the fancy reptile vets in Denver.
No substrate in his cage, he is lights out from 7 pm to 7 am. Doesnt seem lethargic at all. Eyeballs seem hydrated and look normal. No extra spit in the mouth. Still hisses and puffs up when you get your hand to close to him so behavior wise he is fine and still eating. He also isn't looking extra chunky or anything.
Is there anything we can do to encourage poop? I plan on calling a vet tomorrow but finance wise we are pretty strapped this month after the dog and would love to try any natural remedies.
I would. 
