Hi all,
My 3-month-old veiled chameleon Charms has been in my home for 9 days now, and he's begun to establish a routine. I'd like to tell you about it and show you some photos of him for any feedback / guidance.
Charms sleeps on his topmost branch with his little chin resting on the branch. It's very cute. He wakes up around 7AM, when I do, and his basking lamp and UV lamp go on.
First, he eats 3-5 medium crickets (I usually put in 8-10). He's a very little guy.
Then, he basks under his lamp for about 2 hours, until he drops a big steamer, always in the same spot:
Charms doing "the stanky leg":
One thing I've noticed is that Charms flattens his body / sucks it in really tight, so he almost looks like a fish when he basks. Is this normal?
A shot of a typical fecal:
I'm not sure if he's dehydrated, but his eyes are like turrets and his bowel movements are generally moist / soft.
After Charms poops, he climbs down to the bottom of his enclosure and digs around / rests in the dirt for a while, which I understand is unusual:
Then, after about 30 minutes of that, he climbs back up his dracaena tree and returns to his sleeping spot, outside of his basking area. He will then sort of do this patrol over and over all day (minus the pooping, which only occurs once per day).
He's very finicky about eating in front of me so I think he hunts his remaining crickets in the enclosure when I'm not around, and sometimes I'll add more to the enclosure for him.
He's terrified of me and my wife, and often slinks away when he sees us enter the room. When we have to gently remove him from the front of the enclosure to clean it, he has a firm grip on our hands and moves quite well. He's pretty fast for a chameleon.
He will not eat out of our hands.
He will not eat his Dubia roaches or his waxworms. He ONLY eats crickets, which we dust daily in Repti Calcium without D3. Once a week, he gets the D3 stuff.
Do you see anything in this text / in these photos you think I should know about?
My 3-month-old veiled chameleon Charms has been in my home for 9 days now, and he's begun to establish a routine. I'd like to tell you about it and show you some photos of him for any feedback / guidance.
Charms sleeps on his topmost branch with his little chin resting on the branch. It's very cute. He wakes up around 7AM, when I do, and his basking lamp and UV lamp go on.
First, he eats 3-5 medium crickets (I usually put in 8-10). He's a very little guy.
Then, he basks under his lamp for about 2 hours, until he drops a big steamer, always in the same spot:
Charms doing "the stanky leg":
One thing I've noticed is that Charms flattens his body / sucks it in really tight, so he almost looks like a fish when he basks. Is this normal?
A shot of a typical fecal:
I'm not sure if he's dehydrated, but his eyes are like turrets and his bowel movements are generally moist / soft.
After Charms poops, he climbs down to the bottom of his enclosure and digs around / rests in the dirt for a while, which I understand is unusual:
Then, after about 30 minutes of that, he climbs back up his dracaena tree and returns to his sleeping spot, outside of his basking area. He will then sort of do this patrol over and over all day (minus the pooping, which only occurs once per day).
He's very finicky about eating in front of me so I think he hunts his remaining crickets in the enclosure when I'm not around, and sometimes I'll add more to the enclosure for him.
He's terrified of me and my wife, and often slinks away when he sees us enter the room. When we have to gently remove him from the front of the enclosure to clean it, he has a firm grip on our hands and moves quite well. He's pretty fast for a chameleon.
He will not eat out of our hands.
He will not eat his Dubia roaches or his waxworms. He ONLY eats crickets, which we dust daily in Repti Calcium without D3. Once a week, he gets the D3 stuff.
Do you see anything in this text / in these photos you think I should know about?
