maya2
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled, male, a bit over 2 years old, about 2 years in my care
Handling - Very rarely
Feeding - Crickets, silkworms, horn worms, occasional super worms. The crickets are fed dark greens, Dino Fuel, and the silkworms are fed some silkworm chow I bought from the seller.
Supplements - He gets calcium every feeding, and I'll alternate vitamins and calcium with d3 every 2 weeks.
Watering - I hand mist him twice a day, I don't always see him drink but his urates are white with a little yellow tip.
Fecal Description - He has never been tested for parasites.
History - Recently he had a toe nail come off, we were putting polysporin on it daily but it appears to be healed. No swelling/discharge/just no toe nail there anymore.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen/PVC panel combo (large breeder cage from Dragon Strand)
Lighting - Arcadia 12%, 60watt heat lamp.
Temperature - 90-93 in his basking, 70-75 in the bottom.
Humidity - 40-50 for most of the day, spikes when misting.
Plants - He has a large pothos, a palm, and a fern. (He used to eat most plants so these plants might not stay)
Placement - We moved him into my girlfriends room recently, not a lot of direct sunlight but not a lot of traffic either.
Location - New Mexico
Current Problem - So, there's actually a few of concerns I have.
1. Lately I've been noticing him lean/lay where he's standing. Not leaning like when he's basking, but more like being lazy. He still spends most of his day exploring, eating, and doing his normal thing.
I'm not so worried about him laying in the evening, because I think he's getting ready for bed (is this right?). But sometimes I see him like this in mid-day. Not for very long periods of time but I've been noticing it happening more since we moved him to his new enclosure, which is a little smaller than his old one. Is it possible that this has something to do with over-crowding? Maybe he doesn't feel like he has enough space?
2. He looks fat right? I was comparing pictures and reading a couple threads about chameleons over-eating, and I think this guy looks a bit fat. Just this week I started feeding him less (I'm going to go down to 3 feedings a week of 10 crickets, see if his weight comes down).
3. His casque is jacked.
I suspect that part of why this happened is that when he was little I failed to lower his vines as he grew, and his casque got bent a bit. However, now it's kind of leaning forward. Is this a sign that he has MBD?
His joints and limbs look good to me, and I've been supplementing him as long as I've had him - but maybe I missed a crucial element?
I'm worried that my desperation to not let him have MBD has caused me to either over-supplement or over-feed.
This picture was taken tonight, less than an hour before his lights went out:
This one was a few nights ago, in the late afternoon/maybe evening:
This picture is a week or so old, and I've trimmed the pothos since then, and he moves around more than he did before it was trimmed.
Your Chameleon - Veiled, male, a bit over 2 years old, about 2 years in my care
Handling - Very rarely
Feeding - Crickets, silkworms, horn worms, occasional super worms. The crickets are fed dark greens, Dino Fuel, and the silkworms are fed some silkworm chow I bought from the seller.
Supplements - He gets calcium every feeding, and I'll alternate vitamins and calcium with d3 every 2 weeks.
Watering - I hand mist him twice a day, I don't always see him drink but his urates are white with a little yellow tip.
Fecal Description - He has never been tested for parasites.
History - Recently he had a toe nail come off, we were putting polysporin on it daily but it appears to be healed. No swelling/discharge/just no toe nail there anymore.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen/PVC panel combo (large breeder cage from Dragon Strand)
Lighting - Arcadia 12%, 60watt heat lamp.
Temperature - 90-93 in his basking, 70-75 in the bottom.
Humidity - 40-50 for most of the day, spikes when misting.
Plants - He has a large pothos, a palm, and a fern. (He used to eat most plants so these plants might not stay)
Placement - We moved him into my girlfriends room recently, not a lot of direct sunlight but not a lot of traffic either.
Location - New Mexico
Current Problem - So, there's actually a few of concerns I have.
1. Lately I've been noticing him lean/lay where he's standing. Not leaning like when he's basking, but more like being lazy. He still spends most of his day exploring, eating, and doing his normal thing.
I'm not so worried about him laying in the evening, because I think he's getting ready for bed (is this right?). But sometimes I see him like this in mid-day. Not for very long periods of time but I've been noticing it happening more since we moved him to his new enclosure, which is a little smaller than his old one. Is it possible that this has something to do with over-crowding? Maybe he doesn't feel like he has enough space?
2. He looks fat right? I was comparing pictures and reading a couple threads about chameleons over-eating, and I think this guy looks a bit fat. Just this week I started feeding him less (I'm going to go down to 3 feedings a week of 10 crickets, see if his weight comes down).
3. His casque is jacked.
I suspect that part of why this happened is that when he was little I failed to lower his vines as he grew, and his casque got bent a bit. However, now it's kind of leaning forward. Is this a sign that he has MBD?
His joints and limbs look good to me, and I've been supplementing him as long as I've had him - but maybe I missed a crucial element?
I'm worried that my desperation to not let him have MBD has caused me to either over-supplement or over-feed.
This picture was taken tonight, less than an hour before his lights went out:
This one was a few nights ago, in the late afternoon/maybe evening:
This picture is a week or so old, and I've trimmed the pothos since then, and he moves around more than he did before it was trimmed.
