michaels2408
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Ambilobe Panther Male approx 6 months old.
Handling - Regular handling due to eye problems.
Feeding - Mixture of Crickets, Silkworms, butter worms, meal worms. Dusted daily with Repashy Calcium Plus, and twice a month with sticky tongue farms indoor Miner-all with D3. Adding lobster roaches soon.
Watering - cage is misted every 3 hours for 20 seconds with distilled water, dripping system, and he also likes to drink from the nozzle of a water bottle.
Fecal Description - Large oval shaped black fecal with white urate.
History - History of eye problems. Had an eye infection which was treated with the wrong medication causing systemic issues including gular edema. Took him off the meds, and placed him on straight tobrimycin. Eye infection is gone, edema is gone, and he displays all normal bodily functions.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24"Lx16"Wx30"H screen reptile cage.
Lighting - 15W 20" ReptiSun 5.0 UVB, and 15W 18" Reptisun Full Spectrum light on an Exo Terra electronic dimming lam controller set for 12 hour days, 7a-7p. Basking light is a 75W reptile basking bulb in an aluminum cover.
Temperature - Basking area 85-95F depending on which branch he takes. The rest of the cage has temperate zones down to 70F. Nighttime is between 60-70F.
Humidity - Anywhere form 80% down to 50% depending on cage location. Use automatic misting system to keep humidity steady.
Plants - All fake plants.
Placement - Living room. This is the quietest area of the house, with the least movement. Cage is on a table that sits approx. 3.5 feet off the floor.
Location - Savannah, Ga.
Current Problem - Left eye cap did not come off during last shedding. This has been a reoccurring problem with both eyes, and has caused previous eye infections. This time its the left eye. I have been swabbing him with a medical grade que-tip and a sterile saline solution with anti-microbial properties. Technique used is a smooth rolling motion across the eye. He will actually let us do this while he sits on a branch by the cage door, but to really get the eye cleaned out we have to handle him, and he gets very angry when held tightly enough to do the work. When he is shedding I turn up the misting to 40 seconds every 2 hours, plus spray him with distilled water when he is dry between misting. What can cause this eye cap problem, and what is the solution? I find it interesting that he trusts us enough to clean his eye without holding him, but I don't like taking him out of the cage and using a tight grip to do the work. Seems like too much stress.
Your Chameleon - Ambilobe Panther Male approx 6 months old.
Handling - Regular handling due to eye problems.
Feeding - Mixture of Crickets, Silkworms, butter worms, meal worms. Dusted daily with Repashy Calcium Plus, and twice a month with sticky tongue farms indoor Miner-all with D3. Adding lobster roaches soon.
Watering - cage is misted every 3 hours for 20 seconds with distilled water, dripping system, and he also likes to drink from the nozzle of a water bottle.
Fecal Description - Large oval shaped black fecal with white urate.
History - History of eye problems. Had an eye infection which was treated with the wrong medication causing systemic issues including gular edema. Took him off the meds, and placed him on straight tobrimycin. Eye infection is gone, edema is gone, and he displays all normal bodily functions.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24"Lx16"Wx30"H screen reptile cage.
Lighting - 15W 20" ReptiSun 5.0 UVB, and 15W 18" Reptisun Full Spectrum light on an Exo Terra electronic dimming lam controller set for 12 hour days, 7a-7p. Basking light is a 75W reptile basking bulb in an aluminum cover.
Temperature - Basking area 85-95F depending on which branch he takes. The rest of the cage has temperate zones down to 70F. Nighttime is between 60-70F.
Humidity - Anywhere form 80% down to 50% depending on cage location. Use automatic misting system to keep humidity steady.
Plants - All fake plants.
Placement - Living room. This is the quietest area of the house, with the least movement. Cage is on a table that sits approx. 3.5 feet off the floor.
Location - Savannah, Ga.
Current Problem - Left eye cap did not come off during last shedding. This has been a reoccurring problem with both eyes, and has caused previous eye infections. This time its the left eye. I have been swabbing him with a medical grade que-tip and a sterile saline solution with anti-microbial properties. Technique used is a smooth rolling motion across the eye. He will actually let us do this while he sits on a branch by the cage door, but to really get the eye cleaned out we have to handle him, and he gets very angry when held tightly enough to do the work. When he is shedding I turn up the misting to 40 seconds every 2 hours, plus spray him with distilled water when he is dry between misting. What can cause this eye cap problem, and what is the solution? I find it interesting that he trusts us enough to clean his eye without holding him, but I don't like taking him out of the cage and using a tight grip to do the work. Seems like too much stress.
