lslcronk
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Sorry this is long guys but I know from reading all these months the more info I give the better help I can get...so here is literally EVERYTHING!
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Panther cham, Male, 9 months. I have had him since April.
Handling - Maybe twice a week, on weekends to take him outside if weather permits.
Feeding - Mainly crickets, I am introducing dubia. Tried horns and silks - he would eat the horns, not a silk fan. Gutloading varies with the Super Chow from Tiki Tiki, Repashy Super Insect Gutload, a wet mix I found on here containing turnip greens, collard greens, kale, papya, brewers yeast, sunflower seeds, carrots, apple...I cant remember everything but I got the recipe here. Oranges for water source. He is fed every day - every other day. I have been trying to get him to use a feeder jug - I did see him eating out of it once last week, so I know he uses it and knows where it is. I will usually hand feed until he slows down eating then I leave him with his jug and a couple free roaming for him to hunt.
Supplements -A few weeks ago I switched to the Repashy Calium Plus ICB based on Kammers recommendation. Edit: Supplement change was roughly 8/7/11 - thats when I ordered the Repashy product. Until then I was doing Phos Free Calium daily, Calcium with D3 every other Sat, alternating Sat with Herptivite.
Watering - I have a MistKing, I use an IV bag as a dripper and hand mist every morning. He almost always drinks when hand misting, including this morning, I mist until he stops drinking. I have seen him catch water drops in the past - as recently as a week ago.
Fecal Description - Brown with whitish urate - some days a tinge of yellow/orange. Fairly solid, formed. No parasite testing, was actually going to do one just for fun at work. Does not defecate every day, usually every other to every third day.
History - Nothing has changed other than the supplements and I cant get him outside much due to fall weather in Minnesota. This weekend might be the last chance for awhile. I have not had any other health problems with him.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen, 2x2x4 - 1 indoor, 1 outdoor
Lighting -1 ZooMed ReptiSun 5.0 UVB Flourescent, 1 ZooMed Daylight Blue 100watt and 1 Zoo Med Daylight Blue 60 - he is in a basement room so I am using to heat bulbs to keep temp up a bit. He is lights on about 6am, lights off about 6:30p - he is always in his sleeping spot well before lights off, usually around 5pm-ish. ***Side note- I have a night heat light on my dubia -a red ZooMed it is in the same room*** Problem? Does not seem to bother him, always his resting/sleeping colors at night but wanted to mention this.
Temperature - Floor temp is around 68 in the day, basking spot is high 80's to low 90's - measured with a digital temp gun. Lows overnight have been around 65.
Humidity - Humidity is anywhere from 50% - 70% depending on weather and misting, I have the dumb little circle thing to measure it. He is misted with his mister every 2-3 hours, I have a large dracanea cane plant in the cage. He has not had any problems shedding, I will usually increase hand misting when I notice a shed.
Plants - The cane plant, use a pothos outside and an arboricola.
Placement - In a basement room, no fans or vents. Large egress window. Pretty secluded most of the day. The height of the top of the cage is probably about 6ft off the floor. There is a CF bulb in the room that I leave on for extra light (he gets some sun through the window, but on cloudy days it seems dreary in there!)
Location - Crappy Minnesota...if I wasn't worried about not getting him outside in the real sun for 6 months of the year...I am NOW!
Current Problem - I fed Claude this morning and he didn't shoot his tongue out far enough to get the cricket I was holding. He tried 3 times in a row (aim would have been dead on) then retracted his tongue and snapped his mouth shut, almost like he thought he had it. Then I moved it almost to his mouth and he got it. At first I thought it was a tongue problem, then I started wondering if he could see it "right". I know he can see, he was watching the cricket tub and when I put lose crickets in his cage for him to hunt he was watching them. So I though a depth perception issue?? I took the morning off work tomorrow to test this some more, but he has never had an issue of any kind let alone problems eating! As I have been thinking, he has not eaten crickets out of his feeding jug in a few days and I am now wondering if it is due to him not being able to get to them with his tongue?? I may be over reacting, and I have an idea maybe it is the supplement as he cant go outside all the time but I would love your opinions, I can switch back to the old schedule very easily.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Panther cham, Male, 9 months. I have had him since April.
Handling - Maybe twice a week, on weekends to take him outside if weather permits.
Feeding - Mainly crickets, I am introducing dubia. Tried horns and silks - he would eat the horns, not a silk fan. Gutloading varies with the Super Chow from Tiki Tiki, Repashy Super Insect Gutload, a wet mix I found on here containing turnip greens, collard greens, kale, papya, brewers yeast, sunflower seeds, carrots, apple...I cant remember everything but I got the recipe here. Oranges for water source. He is fed every day - every other day. I have been trying to get him to use a feeder jug - I did see him eating out of it once last week, so I know he uses it and knows where it is. I will usually hand feed until he slows down eating then I leave him with his jug and a couple free roaming for him to hunt.
Supplements -A few weeks ago I switched to the Repashy Calium Plus ICB based on Kammers recommendation. Edit: Supplement change was roughly 8/7/11 - thats when I ordered the Repashy product. Until then I was doing Phos Free Calium daily, Calcium with D3 every other Sat, alternating Sat with Herptivite.
Watering - I have a MistKing, I use an IV bag as a dripper and hand mist every morning. He almost always drinks when hand misting, including this morning, I mist until he stops drinking. I have seen him catch water drops in the past - as recently as a week ago.
Fecal Description - Brown with whitish urate - some days a tinge of yellow/orange. Fairly solid, formed. No parasite testing, was actually going to do one just for fun at work. Does not defecate every day, usually every other to every third day.
History - Nothing has changed other than the supplements and I cant get him outside much due to fall weather in Minnesota. This weekend might be the last chance for awhile. I have not had any other health problems with him.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen, 2x2x4 - 1 indoor, 1 outdoor
Lighting -1 ZooMed ReptiSun 5.0 UVB Flourescent, 1 ZooMed Daylight Blue 100watt and 1 Zoo Med Daylight Blue 60 - he is in a basement room so I am using to heat bulbs to keep temp up a bit. He is lights on about 6am, lights off about 6:30p - he is always in his sleeping spot well before lights off, usually around 5pm-ish. ***Side note- I have a night heat light on my dubia -a red ZooMed it is in the same room*** Problem? Does not seem to bother him, always his resting/sleeping colors at night but wanted to mention this.
Temperature - Floor temp is around 68 in the day, basking spot is high 80's to low 90's - measured with a digital temp gun. Lows overnight have been around 65.
Humidity - Humidity is anywhere from 50% - 70% depending on weather and misting, I have the dumb little circle thing to measure it. He is misted with his mister every 2-3 hours, I have a large dracanea cane plant in the cage. He has not had any problems shedding, I will usually increase hand misting when I notice a shed.
Plants - The cane plant, use a pothos outside and an arboricola.
Placement - In a basement room, no fans or vents. Large egress window. Pretty secluded most of the day. The height of the top of the cage is probably about 6ft off the floor. There is a CF bulb in the room that I leave on for extra light (he gets some sun through the window, but on cloudy days it seems dreary in there!)
Location - Crappy Minnesota...if I wasn't worried about not getting him outside in the real sun for 6 months of the year...I am NOW!
Current Problem - I fed Claude this morning and he didn't shoot his tongue out far enough to get the cricket I was holding. He tried 3 times in a row (aim would have been dead on) then retracted his tongue and snapped his mouth shut, almost like he thought he had it. Then I moved it almost to his mouth and he got it. At first I thought it was a tongue problem, then I started wondering if he could see it "right". I know he can see, he was watching the cricket tub and when I put lose crickets in his cage for him to hunt he was watching them. So I though a depth perception issue?? I took the morning off work tomorrow to test this some more, but he has never had an issue of any kind let alone problems eating! As I have been thinking, he has not eaten crickets out of his feeding jug in a few days and I am now wondering if it is due to him not being able to get to them with his tongue?? I may be over reacting, and I have an idea maybe it is the supplement as he cant go outside all the time but I would love your opinions, I can switch back to the old schedule very easily.
