super dark viel cham!! HELP!

kelsxox

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K so i woke up this morning and my ccham was super brown and dark shes a vielded ,we just moved into our new house , shes still been eating amd everything but shes been super pissed i tried to take her out of her cage but she hiss's n puffs out her chin so i leave her alone for abitt ... And this morning i woke up n she was realy dark ?? She was super thirsty cause i put the bottle water there aand she ran right up and atarted drinking but shes still right brown no sign of green aanywheere .. I need to get her out of the cage to give her treatmments of t rex bone aid .. Someone tell me why she might be like this ( p.s shes darker then the pictures look)
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Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon - Vielded, female, 6-7 months. Been in my care for about 3 weeks.
• Handling - Once or twice a day, for cleaning or now that im starting t rex bone aid.
• Feeding - Crickets,4-8 a day, all at 12 lunch time.. Gutloading with carrots, romaine lettuce & sweat potatoe.
• Supplements -
Exo Terra Powder Calcium - everyday
Exo Terra Powder Multi Vitamin- once every 2 weeks.
Exo Terra Powder Calcium+D3- once every 2 weeks.
• Watering - Homemade water bottle dripper. Misting 5 to 6 times a day. Do you see your chameleon drinking? - sometimes
• Fecal Description - brown with white end, and this goey stuff usually today i ccould actually see a pile a crickets ( pics included )
• History - my baby gurl aLexa has MBD, i'm trying to stop it from getting any worse, ive heard very possitive feedbacks on it so im gonna start treating her with it . Also, according to the feedbacks from the people on forums it is not very severe right now.

Cage Info: • Cage Type - LARGE repti breeze.
• Lighting -18'' 15 watt Repti Sun 5.0 18'' 15 watt Nature Sun 50 watt ZooMed Basking bulb
Temperature - 84 basking , 60-65 at night
• Plants - no real plants yet , i have a Neanthe Bella Palm woundering if this is safe???
• Placement - in my room high elevated on the night stand.
• Location - timmins ontario
 

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could she be alittle cold?? try putting her under her heat lamp and maybe lower the light or up the wattage to get temps up a few deg
low temps wll also affect their abiltiy to digest food.
yes after a close look i think temos might be the issue
1 u are in timins ( dam cold )
2 u are using only 50w i cant keep a cage warm here in ont with 50w. esp, a large one.
i would try a reg 60w household buld and see what temps you get.
also what type of thermometer are you using??
 
Shes been right under her basking bulb all day , could be i just switched her crickets from medium to large , i gave her multi vitamins yesturday & her d3 calcium today ... Her temps in her cage are always in the 70's , her basking spot is 85 .. I use a zooMed digital.thermoniter.. Shes chasing her crickets but very cranky , on the move she was very cold so i set her cage up as fast as possible and that was 2-3 days ago .. Should i move her cage near the heat vent maybe ?? That'll make it warmer
 
Shes been right under her basking bulb all day , could be i just switched her crickets from medium to large , i gave her multi vitamins yesturday & her d3 calcium today ... Her temps in her cage are always in the 70's , her basking spot is 85 .. I use a zooMed digital.thermoniter.. Shes chasing her crickets but very cranky , on the move she was very cold so i set her cage up as fast as possible and that was 2-3 days ago .. Should i move her cage near the heat vent maybe ?? That'll make it warmer[/QUOTE]
 
i would try a higher wattage bulb and try to get the temps up to about 90 in her basking site.
does she feel cold to the touch
is there anything else in site that could be stressing her out
 
if she is sitting right under her bulb all day, it is likely she is cold (thats why she wont move away from it)


EDIT: after looking at that picture closer, I agree with Hoj. It looks like she isn't able to digest her food, which would likely be linked to a temperature issue. If you just switched to large cricks (how large exactly?) you might want to switch back to medium as well just in case.

but if you checked with a digital therm.....kinda odd


you said you moved 2 days ago and she was very cold during it....has she pooped since then? these undigested crickets may be a result of her inability to digest during the move (did you feed her before moving her? perhaps you didnt give her enough time to bask+digest before doing so?)
 
if she is sitting right under her bulb all day, it is likely she is cold (thats why she wont move away from it)


EDIT: after looking at that picture closer, I agree with Hoj. It looks like she isn't able to digest her food, which would likely be linked to a temperature issue. If you just switched to large cricks (how large exactly?) you might want to switch back to medium as well just in case.

but if you checked with a digital therm.....kinda odd


you said you moved 2 days ago and she was very cold during it....has she pooped since then? these undigested crickets may be a result of her inability to digest during the move (did you feed her before moving her? perhaps you didnt give her enough time to bask+digest before doing so?)
The crickets are bigger so i dont give her as much i was giving her 8-9 mediums so now i give her about 5-6 of the large .. She pooped this morning thats the picture attached ... She may be stressed because of the moving boxes .. But i havnt realy touched anything in the room shes in yet .. Ill try a 75 watt bulb ?because she does seem cold i wanted to start her on that trex but she hasnt let me take her out .. & the day of the move i fed her about an hour before the move ..
 
She has undigested food in her pooop, she is dehydrated most likely, i dont see you listed your misting schedule but i'd check your humidity and up the amount of water.
 
I mist her about 5-7 times a day ..

& yes hoj is roght she has mbd thats why im puttin her on bone aid , its soposed to be a miracle
 
kelsxox; .. She pooped this morning thats the picture attached ... ..[/QUOTE said:
Did you see her poop? it looks like she might be regurgitating... But if you had seen her do it, then it is. :)
 
Did you see her poop? it looks like she might be regurgitating... But if you had seen her do it, then it is. :)
Regurgitating , be kind to explain plzzz lol , shes back to green havnt seen her poop for today yet , prolly poop in the morning .. Should i put a waterfall in if i keep it clean and fresh everyday , i got one hnin handy soo .. I need to get a little dripper too , this water bottle makes a mess and dosnt last long .. Im gettimg her back on her normal squdule so is it normal for her to go to bed a half hour early before lights out ?
 
Are you not giving her extra calcium to help the MBD?
If your cage temperatures are too low that would slow digestion and maybe be playing a part in her nutrient absorption and MBD....so it might help if you could raise the temperature a bit.
 
Are you not giving her extra calcium to help the MBD?
If your cage temperatures are too low that would slow digestion and maybe be playing a part in her nutrient absorption and MBD....so it might help if you could raise the temperature a bit.
She got the MBD from the petstore she was at & i had no idea she had mbd until i brought her home and showed pictures of her to the forums, the petstore only had a basking light on her and they had her since she was young .. & im givin her trex bone aid its an emergency calicum delievery .
 
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