hi Kat. if you could fill this out please it would help us figure out what youre dealing with.
"Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Bb ambilobe x nosey be male. 14 months old. Had him 11 months.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Rarely. To move to plant for clean out or to go outside. Every day when he needed eye drops put in.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? Locusts, morios, silks, occasional wax. Offering 6 to 8 feeders every other day as he stopped eating daily around 9 to 10 months. Gut load silks with chow, locusts with a mix of collards, carrot, orange, broccoli, parsley(just a little) all blended, cubed and frozen and defrosted as needed. Morios with carrot. Locusts and morios have bug grub too.
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? As advised above.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? Mist 3 times a day and a little dripper. Mist till everything soaked. Yes he drinks.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Brown mass, urates white.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Yes, negative.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Had swollen eyes a few weeks back. As per vet advice sterilised whole set up and changed plants to yuccas. Removed exo terra vines and replaced with lucky reptile vines. Vet gave steroid/antibiotic drops. Eyes now back to normal. This was about a month ago now.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? Reptibreeze mesh 16 x 16 x 30
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? Reptisun 5.0 uv tube. 60w bulb for basking. 12 hours light
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)?
Basking is 90. Bottom is 70 to 75. Night is 65 to 70.
Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? Digital thermometer
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? 65% plus. Misting and yucca plants. Humidity analog dial
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Yes as above
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? Spare room. No vents. I am the only traffic when I mist and feed. Cage top about 5 feet from floor
Location - Where are you geographically located? Houghton le spring, north east England. Uk
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about." not eating regularly. Am I using the correct supplement?
what sort of eye problems where you dealing with btw? swollen? discharge? stuck shut? sunken? and is he over them? Swollen like balloons! Over it now.
as as far as your initial question goes if youre not gutloading you may want to add a multivitamin (not just + vit a), especially if you arent gutloading. I am gut loading and is the calcium plus not a multi vit? I'm trying to be sure of brands in the uk. Thinking of changing to the zoo med ones.
and when did he eat last just recently? thats a good sign. 4 dusted morios 11 days ago. 2 silks put in yesterday but not convinced he ate them. Although I can't see them anywhere in the enclosure.
and if he eats only once every 2 weeks you may as well add some of the repashy plus....but if the crickets are getting a lot of vit a in their diet. plus the vitamin a from the supplement that unto itself can cause issues namely edema and/or kidney problems... hence why you should fill that out cause i cant give you any clear answers with just that
