vieled chameleon size

kimmun

kimmun

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hi , id just like to ask what size my veiled chameleon should be. at the moment he is around 9 months old and from what ive read they should grow quickly but he is stilll small, so i thought id ask what size he should be? im not saying its a health problem at the moment but i am starting to worry, and help would be great,
thanks, kim
 
How small do you mean when you say small? I have a male at almost 6months old and he is about 5-6inches snout to vent.
 
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Can you get better pics of back legs-he is very, very tiny. Please answer these questions:

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
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?
Location - Where are you geographically located?

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Current Problem - The current problem that you are concerned about.
 
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
glass with mesh top ( exo terra- 60-45-45)

Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?repti glo 10.00 14watt uv bulb. basking light is exo terra clamp light with 100 watt bulb attatched to dimmer to controll temp to 85 is basking spot. lights on timer from 9am to 8pm night time temp can drop tp 65 at lowest average of 70. measured with exo terra digital temp gauge

Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
listed above

Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
humidity is average of 65% is kept by spraying the vivarium with spray bottle and measured using exo terra digital humidity gauge

Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? plants at the moment are plastic as we didnt think he was going to be in this vivarium long and have plant of settign up a big one

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?
tank is located in the corner of living room. not in direct sunlight and not in any trafic area at all. vivarium is sat on side unit which is about half a meter off the floor

Location - Where are you geographically located?
ha ha here is where you laught and tell me its to cold. i live in the north of scotland, uk

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Yemen/Veiled chameleon. male, we got him as a baby last july so around 9 months old

Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
once a week as he can be very grumpy and doesnt like being handled.

Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
size 3 crickets, 4 daily dusted with repton every other feed gut loaded with beaphar cricket feed. also fed wax worms occasionaly.

Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? stated above

Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
2 mins heavy spray twice daily. whole tank gets sprayed avoiding gonzo.

Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
never tested for parasites. poo is brown/ white solid

History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
i had a yemen chameleon from the same breeder which i had for 6 week but he suddenly died. unknow cause. this chameleon was a replacement from the breeder.

Current Problem - The current problem that you are concerned about. size of chameleon for age. he is eating well and pooing normally- sleeps alot. very grumpy when handled.
im still working on getting a better photo but im convinced he hates me as he hides all the time.
i will hapily answer and more questions and i know im not perfect in every thing i do for him but i do my best with limited resorses in diet i can get a hold of and heat can be aquward at time when its cold in my house but i wudnt have thought that will affect him.
i am very greatfull for any help you can give me
 
He should be eating WAY more. At that age my guys would eat 15 crickets a day and then a couple of worms. Not sure about ALL those lights you have....but 100 watt of anything sounds to hot for a glass cage.

You need 3 different supplements....just plain calcium, calcium with D3 and a multi. vit. dust. Gutload with green vegtables. Below is a link to a blog that was very helpful to me:
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
 
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your right 100watt is way too hot for a glass tank but i did also state that it is attached to a dimmer to control the temp. we only give him 4 a day because he wont eat more than that and end up having loads running in the bottom of the vivarium, should i just give him more any way? i will buy some more supplements, i didnt realize i needed so many. how often would you dust with these supplements?
 
Use plain calcium at just about every feeding. Calcium with D3 twice a month and a multivitamin such as Rep-Cal Herptivite once a month.....maybe twice a month the first month. Just lightly dust.....don't make your feeders look like ghost. Can you get any other feeders beside crickets? Maybe he doesn't like crickets.
 
are you sure he is 9 months old? my boy is also 9 months old. he is about 2 times bigger.
 
To make sure he will not eat any more than 4 crickets just cut a milk jug or some kind of plastic cup shaped thing that is high enough the crickets cant jump out and just place that in his cage....he will be fishing out of a bucket and the crickets cant go anywhere. Well that what i do and it works for me, my guy is 6 months old and eat anywhere from 12-20 crickets a day
 
i can get a hold of meal worms but he doesnt eat them at all. wax worms which he like and locusts which id say at the moment are far to big for him. half the week i cant even get a hold of crickets because there is only 1 shop in a 40 mile radius that sels them. and when it is too cold they dont get any because its to cold to put them in a van. i will start with the other vitamins and good web site i cud buy them from? and the plastic tub will now be a permanent fixture in his tank to monitor his feeding. he is def at least 9 months old because we have had him since july last year. i guess im guilty of being one of those ppl who thought i knew enought but didnt. i will keep you updated on his progress and any more tips will be appreciated. thanks for the tips so far

kim x
 
Don't know if they ship overseas but I get silkworms, hornworms and phoenix worms at www.coastalsilkworms.com. Maybe some of the UK members will step in here. Phoenix worms would be excellent for him......high in calcium and they're small.
 
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