Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - my cham is making a small pop when he breathes but hasn't shown any other signs of ri. vet said he can't treat him until he's visibly sick but also admitted to not knowing anything about chams in specific. Should I sit and wait until my cham is visibly sick or try to get an appointment with the other vet who's booked out for 2 weeks? Am I just overreacting and about to waste a bunch of money?
- Your Chameleon - Male 4-6 month old panther cham. Have had him in my care for 3 weeks.
- Handling - roughly twice a week
- Feeding - Horn worms and super worms. Twice every other day and once every day by hand. with crickets as staple. Crickets fed green apples. I plan on feeding them the orange cubes and different veggies depending on the vitamins I haven't been gut loading them with.
- Supplements - zoo med calciums (with and without d3) and zoo med vitamin supplements. I supplement calcium without d3 for one feeding every other day. I use d3 every other week and vitamins every other week.
- Watering - lil dripper from top of tank to supply water. Also have a spray bottle I use to hand mist for about 5-10 min. Roughly 4 times during his light cycle
- Fecal Description - Dark nrown solid turds with a white thing attached to the end. Poops every 3 days give or take.
- History - captive bred and bought from pet co. Juvinile
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - 16x16x24 zoo med mesh cage.
- Lighting - zoo med mini dual lamp housing with power sun uv mercury vapor bulb and 60 w zoo led heat bulb. I plan on upgrading light set up in future to 5.0 long bulb. From 730 am to 9 pm. I extended it a lil since it's summer but will drop it down once the days get shorter
- Temperature - 70°-95°f with a low of 60°f at night. It is summer and haven't had him during winter yet. I have a analog thermometer near the basking area, an electronic thermometer at the bottom and a laser heat gun to check everything by hand.
- Humidity - 40-70 percent. I try to maintain a 50 and up humidity but don't have an auto sprayer and work during the day, mainting the humidity with the dripper and hand sprayer. I have 2 cheap humidity gauges though.
- Plants - mostly fake plants but I have a star jasmine at the bottom that is the length of the cage. The soil on this plant has been covered with large stones so my chameleon can't get to the dirt.
- Placement - located in the living room where natural sunlight and ventilation are minimal. Apartment is generally low traffic but he sits next to the entance of the kitchen. 2 feet off the ground over a drip tub.
- Location - Eugene OR (Pacific Northwest)
Current Problem - my cham is making a small pop when he breathes but hasn't shown any other signs of ri. vet said he can't treat him until he's visibly sick but also admitted to not knowing anything about chams in specific. Should I sit and wait until my cham is visibly sick or try to get an appointment with the other vet who's booked out for 2 weeks? Am I just overreacting and about to waste a bunch of money?
