Sunken eyes?
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MatthewGregory
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MatthewGregory
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I was thinking he could be dehydrated. He sleeps during the day a lot but looks healthy otherwise.
Sticktongue
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Fill out the "how to ask for help" so we can take a look at the husbandry. He shouldn't be sleeping during the day so their may be something going on.
Peachypink
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I agree with @Sticktongue, sleeping during the day is an indicator that something is not right. The "How to ask for Help" form that is in the Heath Clinic Forum will help members here to help you and make sure your husbandry is up to par. Sometimes we can do all that we think is right and either from misinformation or just an oversight we might have something in the set up that is causing a problem.
MatthewGregory
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Your Chameleon - Male Jackson's 1 year owned for about 2 weeks
Handling - handle every other day or so
Feeding - feed 8 crickets, superworms, or hornworms. Feed 3 times a week
Supplements - repti calcium no D3 and reptitive.
Watering - As of yesterday I made a dripper. I mist him several times a day and take him to a shower occasionally.
Fecal Description - see pictures below
History - hasnt eaten since last sunday, 8 large crickets, and sleeps most of the day under basking light
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 30x16x16 reptibreeze
Lighting - UVB and daytime bulb that came with reptibreeze chameleon kit
Temperature - basking temp is around 85 ambient in the 70's
Humidity - middle of the cage down above 60. Top of the cage 50 after misting.
Plants - umbrella plant, removed fake vjne after he started acting weird
Placement - mive cage away from window it is now near my closet
Location - New york
Current Problem: Wentzy has not eaten since last sunday, 8 crickets, and has been sleeping most of the day. Previously he would roam his cage in the morning but now he just sits under his basking light. He would also give me a hard time picking him up but now it is a lot easier. I took his one of he dtools to the vet and the said he has no parasites. He ate 1 small horn worm on thursday. I will attach a picture of his last stool and urate as well as his cage. Thank you for the help in advance.
Handling - handle every other day or so
Feeding - feed 8 crickets, superworms, or hornworms. Feed 3 times a week
Supplements - repti calcium no D3 and reptitive.
Watering - As of yesterday I made a dripper. I mist him several times a day and take him to a shower occasionally.
Fecal Description - see pictures below
History - hasnt eaten since last sunday, 8 large crickets, and sleeps most of the day under basking light
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 30x16x16 reptibreeze
Lighting - UVB and daytime bulb that came with reptibreeze chameleon kit
Temperature - basking temp is around 85 ambient in the 70's
Humidity - middle of the cage down above 60. Top of the cage 50 after misting.
Plants - umbrella plant, removed fake vjne after he started acting weird
Placement - mive cage away from window it is now near my closet
Location - New york
Current Problem: Wentzy has not eaten since last sunday, 8 crickets, and has been sleeping most of the day. Previously he would roam his cage in the morning but now he just sits under his basking light. He would also give me a hard time picking him up but now it is a lot easier. I took his one of he dtools to the vet and the said he has no parasites. He ate 1 small horn worm on thursday. I will attach a picture of his last stool and urate as well as his cage. Thank you for the help in advance.
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MatthewGregory
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I think that was urate. The third picture is a pooped hornworm.
MatthewGregory
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Yes correct. I took the previous stool to the vet for a parasite test and it was negative.
MatthewGregory
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He pooped after the crickets,which i took to test. And after the hornworm which is the third pic
Great,so after he ate the 8 crickets thats when he stop eating from last sunday,do u think there is a chance for those 8crickets carry some disease n cause him stop eating ??
MatthewGregory
Member
Correct. Honestly i really feel there was something wrong with the crickets. Im not sure how I can prive that but its what i believe. They were petsmart crickets.
The poop u took to the vet probably was from a previous feeding,since if he eats every day usually the oldest poop is from the previous batch cricket since they do stay in the digestive system for a bit,I would take the new poop again just to be sure,if it comes back negative,then u can rule out the feeder part.
MatthewGregory
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I feed him every 3 days since the breeder i bought him from told me to do this. The poop tested was take either tuesday or wednesday.
MatthewGregory
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Correction 3 times a week
In that case,that might be the reason he stop eating,since he is used to the 3 day feeding schedule u give him,so last Sunday 8crickets,then Thursday 1hornworm,then his next feed will be This Sunday coming up again.
MatthewGregory
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I hope thats what it is. Should i feed him more often?
According to ur post he is one year old,usually they eat less when they get older,have u talk with the person u got him from?just to see how his previous feeding schedule look like n what type of the feeder he was fed with?that probably will be the best since u only own him for about 2weeks.
