slewis8128
Established Member
my Jackson is staring straight up at his lights. Its been 2 maybe 3 days of this. He eats very little and I haven't seen him drink. I drip water on him and he'll drink. Should I be worried??
Staring up
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slewis8128
Established Member
I've done this with the welcome forum. Far to much to do again.
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
just copy and paste from that thread and change anything that might have been changed.
slewis8128
Established Member
Chameleon Info:
- Your Chameleon - he is a male jackson not to sure about the age but hes young and small, we have had him for about 4 months.
- Handling - as often as he wants. He reaches out to us. Seems to be very social and enjoys us.
- Feeding - we are feeding him mainly dubia roaches since I breed them.
- Supplements - We are dipping his food in calcium before we feed it to him. Along with his vitimins Repashy calcium plus.
- Watering - We have a monsoon auto mister. It goes off every hour for 8 seconds. I have seen him drink on multiple occasions. Also has a dripper for constant moving water.
- Fecal Description - black with a little white. No he hasn't been tested.(no reptile vet around.)
- History - he came from petco. So no info.
- Cage Type - we have the zoo med repti breeze 18x24x36 screen with plastic on half to help with humidity and heat. And a cork bark background
- Lighting - we have a blue tropical day light, a ubv light, and an extra mini heat light since his cage is so big and we love upstate ny. 0630-1800 are his usual day light hours. All lights are zoo med brand I belive.
- Temperature - the temps during the day are generally 75-80 with a lower of 68-73 at night. (Upstate NY during winter)
- Humidity - humidity levels are generally 50-80. We have a monsoon auto mister to help.
- Plants - we have a pothos in there with him.
- Placement - he is in the corner of the room with very low foot traffic. No vents or fans near him.
- Location - upstate NY.
slewis8128
Established Member
Thank you.
@slewis8128
Ok well I do not mean to sound harsh but you have not made hardly any of the recommended changes that @JacksJill gave you in your prior thread. Click the link below and it will take you to all her feedback for him to thrive.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/new-to-jacksons.173434/#post-1545924
Your over supplementing and your humidity is too high. Your misting too frequently as well when his basking fixture is on which creates hot moist air he is breathing. Did you switch out the UVB coil bulb? There is no plant cover for him either. A lot is wrong with the husbandry and he has now been in those conditions since February 7th when you first posted.
@JacksJill will correct me if I am wrong but looking at the image it looks like a Respiratory infection.
Ok well I do not mean to sound harsh but you have not made hardly any of the recommended changes that @JacksJill gave you in your prior thread. Click the link below and it will take you to all her feedback for him to thrive.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/new-to-jacksons.173434/#post-1545924
Your over supplementing and your humidity is too high. Your misting too frequently as well when his basking fixture is on which creates hot moist air he is breathing. Did you switch out the UVB coil bulb? There is no plant cover for him either. A lot is wrong with the husbandry and he has now been in those conditions since February 7th when you first posted.
@JacksJill will correct me if I am wrong but looking at the image it looks like a Respiratory infection.
slewis8128
Established Member
I do not over supplement him. He doesn't get victims every day, and his roaches are dusted in calcium as recommended by 99% of people. Yes there is a coil bulb, yes he has plant cover to get out of the heat and light. His humidity is 30-50 which is recommended from what I have read. He isn't living in any terrible conditions, everything is done to the recommendations. He is generally a happy chameleon, he has no signs of respitory infection, just staring at his light. His breathing is fine, he isn't swollen or bloated, he isn't opening his mouth to breath, no mucous or other discharges from his mouth.
He is a she and is likely either gravid and about to have babies or pass slugs or does in fact have a respiratory infection. I realize the three horns are making you think male but don't be surprised to find either egg yolk looking things or babies in the cage in the next few days. As long as there isn't any stringy saliva or rasping or popping noises I'd go with gravid. Look at that belly.
slewis8128
Established Member
If Simon is a female, she has never been around a male so she couldn't have babies? Unless at the store she was with a male but I couldn't tell you. But no he maybe she is breathing fine and everything.
- Resource Link - Jackson's In Captivity, by Kent Manchen Look at the 7th picture from the top looks like your cham
- Resource Link - Viviparous Birth Photos, by Chris Anderson
- Resource Link - Picture Of A "Slug", by Solid Snake
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Genez114
Member
I'm glad u posted this up and I think it would be wise to get ur chameleon checked out by a vet to see it's not having any illnesses.
You can also check out this link: https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleon-medical-respiratory-infection/
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
coil bulbs are garbage unless your Cham is sitting directly on it. And unless those are old pics there is no way your Cham can get out of the light and hide in those 10 leaves.
Genez114
Member
I concur. Linear lighting is way better. Proper UVB
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQU8F2O?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
slewis8128
Established Member
Bad angle he has plenty of shade thank you. ?
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
I think not. It’s a straight on shot of the whole cage. SHE needs more coverage.
slewis8128
Established Member
He gas plenty but thank you for your concern. ?
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
Why even ask for advice if you don’t actually want any? You just like wasting people’s time?
slewis8128
Established Member
I came for advice not how you think his set up is wrong in your eyes. That I don't care about. Why he's staring at his light. Yes that was all useful information for me and I will look into either getting ready for slugs or possibility of babies. Or worst case scenario his respitory infection. Just because you t h ink you are an expert on cage set up doesn't mean you are nor can you come and see the cage and see how much shade he actually has. Again thank you for your concern, if you want better pics of it let me know ill get every angle for you and you can measure his shade. If that'll help you sleep at night. ?
