kdiddyfresh
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Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - My chameleon has been having intermittent eye issues for the past 2 weeks days. He keeps his left eye closed throughout most of the day and I notice that he does try to clean it a lot, but sucking his eyes in. Also, when he sucks in his eye, something that looks like a purple bruise/bump kind of pops out. I've attached a video showing what his happens to his eye when he tries to clean it.
You can find the video at this link:
- Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon. Male. Not sure of the age, but looks about 1-2 months old. I've had him for 8 days now.
- Handling - I only handled him the first day we got him to place him in his cage.
- Feeding - Crickets. I hand feed him around 12 small crickets a day because he seems to miss a lot when trying to hunt for them. I don't gut feed. I go to the store and immediately place the crickets in after I buys, but I'm still working on a setup to gutfeed. I've also ordered crickets online from a better source, so I will stop going to Petco after those come.
- Supplements - I'm using calcium with D3 and my planned schedule is to use it 2 times a month. Also, I've ordered a calcium without D3 to use at every feeding and I'm still waiting for that
- Watering - I mist the cage about 3-4 times a day with a misting bottle. I also have cup on top of the enclosure with a few holes to provide moving water for him to drink
- Fecal Description - His dropping have been kind of a grayish-brown color, with the other portion being mostly white. It was yellow about once since I got him. He has not been tested for parasites.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - I have a glass cage. size is 12 x 12 x 18" (Planning to upgrade the cage very soon) . For the flooring, I use paper towels that I switch out every day.
- Lighting - Zoo Med daytime blue basking lite 60W. UVB light is a reptisun T5 HO 15W UVB bulb.
- Temperature - At the top of the cage it is around 80 Fahrenheit for basking and at the bottom of the cage it goes down to ~72 Fahrenheit. I have a thermometer that tracks the temperature at the top and bottom of the cage.
- Humidity - Humidity levels stay above 30% and averages in the 50%s throughout the day. I maintain this by daily misting. I have a device that it measuring the humidity (ZooMed Product).
- Plants - I'm using fake plants. The plastic ones from petco. Making a switch to real plants very soon.
- Placement - Cage is located next to my bed, but it's leveled higher than the bed. I do have a spinning fan, which I keep on a low speed at most times of the day. It's not directly on top of the cage, but near it.
- Location - I'm located in Maryland
Current Problem - My chameleon has been having intermittent eye issues for the past 2 weeks days. He keeps his left eye closed throughout most of the day and I notice that he does try to clean it a lot, but sucking his eyes in. Also, when he sucks in his eye, something that looks like a purple bruise/bump kind of pops out. I've attached a video showing what his happens to his eye when he tries to clean it.
You can find the video at this link:
