Cage... pic enclosed typical screen that I see alot on here
Lighting.... Reptisun 5.0
Temperature high 60's night mid 90's in the basking area.
Humidity.. 50's avg but mist 3-5 times a day to boost to 80's use a hand pump style mister. and spray for 3-5 mins at a time
Plants Ficus, schiffelera (sp) boston ivy
Location in Bedroom... quiet thru the day... visitors on the weekend and evening
Panther Chameleon, Cross Male approx 14 weeks (trying to fond out for sure)
Feeding Fruit Flies and Crickets gutloaded with Flukers cricket food and various veggies was eating 6-8 small cricks 2x a day (though the cricks are getting larger) with addition fruit flies
supplements... Rep-Cal Phos free calcium w/d3, Rep-cal Herptivite, Sticky Tongue Minerall. Was dusting the first feeding daily with a rotation of supplements. mon-thurs for 1st, Tues Fri for second, Wed Sat for third, Sun off
Watering... with the mister as stated above along with a dripper thats we usually let run for a while 2x a day
Fecal... looked normal as stated here and since we got him til day before yesterday when I am not sure he has been.
History.. We have had this Chameon for 3 weeks, He was in shipping for 2 days instead of overnight due to shipping error. Arrived alert right out of the box and drank right away. Everything has been normal til day before yesterday when I noticed he was lethargic and napping most of the day. I noticed the apparent swelling of the neck as noted in the photo. I thought it might be the gular edema and discontinued the supplements and increased the opportunity for water. It has only been 3 weeks, I dont even know if it is possible to overdose supplements in that time. we were dusting liberally and on schedule to our instructions. I was on duty yesterday and the rest of the family took care of him. I cam in this morning and he was cross ways of his perch in the basking light and very dark in color. He did, however become active when I began taking pictures. The apparent swelling now looks lower under the neck rather than the side. He still isnt eating as there have been several small cricks pass right in front of him with out avail. Plenty of Fruit fies in there too. He is mainly laying with his head down on the limb but not napping like a few days ago.
There are the pics from 2 days ago at https://www.chameleonforums.com/gular-edema-10895/
We are new to the chameleon and I may be reading more to than there really is So Ill quit diagnosing and just put up the facts!
Thanks for all the help!
Digitizer
Lighting.... Reptisun 5.0
Temperature high 60's night mid 90's in the basking area.
Humidity.. 50's avg but mist 3-5 times a day to boost to 80's use a hand pump style mister. and spray for 3-5 mins at a time
Plants Ficus, schiffelera (sp) boston ivy
Location in Bedroom... quiet thru the day... visitors on the weekend and evening
Panther Chameleon, Cross Male approx 14 weeks (trying to fond out for sure)
Feeding Fruit Flies and Crickets gutloaded with Flukers cricket food and various veggies was eating 6-8 small cricks 2x a day (though the cricks are getting larger) with addition fruit flies
supplements... Rep-Cal Phos free calcium w/d3, Rep-cal Herptivite, Sticky Tongue Minerall. Was dusting the first feeding daily with a rotation of supplements. mon-thurs for 1st, Tues Fri for second, Wed Sat for third, Sun off
Watering... with the mister as stated above along with a dripper thats we usually let run for a while 2x a day
Fecal... looked normal as stated here and since we got him til day before yesterday when I am not sure he has been.
History.. We have had this Chameon for 3 weeks, He was in shipping for 2 days instead of overnight due to shipping error. Arrived alert right out of the box and drank right away. Everything has been normal til day before yesterday when I noticed he was lethargic and napping most of the day. I noticed the apparent swelling of the neck as noted in the photo. I thought it might be the gular edema and discontinued the supplements and increased the opportunity for water. It has only been 3 weeks, I dont even know if it is possible to overdose supplements in that time. we were dusting liberally and on schedule to our instructions. I was on duty yesterday and the rest of the family took care of him. I cam in this morning and he was cross ways of his perch in the basking light and very dark in color. He did, however become active when I began taking pictures. The apparent swelling now looks lower under the neck rather than the side. He still isnt eating as there have been several small cricks pass right in front of him with out avail. Plenty of Fruit fies in there too. He is mainly laying with his head down on the limb but not napping like a few days ago.
There are the pics from 2 days ago at https://www.chameleonforums.com/gular-edema-10895/
We are new to the chameleon and I may be reading more to than there really is So Ill quit diagnosing and just put up the facts!
Thanks for all the help!
Digitizer
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