Why is my Cham not growing?

[Chamycon2016]

Hello. I have had my Cham for about a month and a half now and he doesn't seem to be growing at all. He has only shed once and I don't know why. Could anybody give me some advice or insight as to why?

Chameleon info:

My Chameleon: 4 month old male veiled chameleon. I got him a month and a half ago.

Handling: none except when I clean out cage once a week

Feeding: I have small crickets in a cricket keeper with greens and fruits for gutload. Dust with calcium with no D3. Dust with reptivite with D3 once every two weeks.

Supplements: see Feeding

Watering: Little Dripper on top of cage with spout dripping water onto live plants on side of cage. Fogger, mister. Had to put a bucket under cage because water was getting on my dresser. I mist twice a day for a couple minutes each mist.

Fecal Description: Seems to be normal.

History: none.


Cage info:

Cage type: medium (18x18x30 in.) reptibreeze terrarium.

Lighting: UVB dome lamp and 50 watt basking bulb

Humidity: 40-45%. 70-80% after misting

Temperature: 80-86 degrees Fahrenheit

Plants: live and fake plants

Placement: top of cage is about 7 feet high on dresser

Location: Colorado

Current Problem: Not growing

 

[Lizzie The Chameleon]

Could you post a pic please?

 

[Theveiled]

Have you ever gotten him tested for parasites?

 

[Lizzie The Chameleon]

Have you ever gotten him tested for parasites?

That's what I was thinking... Coccidia maybe?

 

[Pitcard]

If you really want a good idea of how much your cham is growing, buy a digital scale. Seeing them every day you don't realize the growth over time, especially only a month and a half.

That being said, he is young and should be doing most of his growth over the next few months. Try mixing up his feeder diet, they love soft bodied worms like horn and silk, wax worms occasionally and butter worms as well. At this age until a year old, I'd be feeding as much as he can eat daily.

What type of UVB do you have? Often times the compact bulbs are not as strong as tubes such as T50 and T8 and can possibly stunt growth.

 

[Theveiled]

That's what I was thinking... Coccadia maybe?

Yes coccidia causes anorexia and stunted growth. Stark had it.
About how much does he eat?

 

[Andee]

Are you sure of his age? How much do you feed him?

 

[Chamycon2016]

Here's a pic. My profile pic I took last week so if this pic format work look at my profile pic.

 

[Chamycon2016]

Are you sure of his age? How much do you feed him?

I feed him ten crickets a day and sometimes mix it up with a waxworm or two and sometimes when I run out of crickets I feed him some super worms.

 

[Chamycon2016]

Here's a better pic

 

[Chamycon2016]

Yes coccidia causes anorexia and stunted growth. Stark had it.
About how much does he eat?

He eats a ton and runs to the cage whenever I come into the room because he knows he's going to get fed. Anorexia is definitely not his problem lol

 

[Chameleon+Cody]

if anything its the same as any other thing in the world, it will grow at its own rate. he might just be a late bloomer and just grow into godzilla. or he just stays a dwarf for the rest of his live lol.

 

[Andee]

Well honestly shedding once a month around 4-5 months old is pretty normal from what I've experienced. It's only when they are neonates to two months that they she'd multiple times a month.

 

[R.H]

He looks bigger than my lola ever did and she was 14 months.
I'd weigh him on regular basis once a week maybe .