Mmoreno1368
New Member
I’m new to the forum...let me give you a review of my situation... my wife and I purchased our first veiled chameleon as a baby about 2 years ago. After about a year he ended up living with my cousin. My wife and I recently took over the care of him as my cousin was going into a situation where she was not going to have somewhere to care for him. In the past month I have made him a much larger enclosure (48”x24”x24”). I have turned it into a bio active enclosure. He’s been in the new enclosure for roughly a week now. Since getting him back I’ve noticed that he does not move like he used to when I first had him...walks/climbs very slow. Also when he eats, he will not shoot his tongue. My cousin fed him super worms as far as I’m aware...Here’s my main concern...it’s difficult for me to get him to eat...he acts like he is afraid of me or doesn’t trust me if I ever try to feed him. I’ve tried switching up his food to entice him to eat but he still barely eats. (He’s always staring at me instead of eating). Does he not trust me yet?? Is he unhealthy?? I’m worried that he is exhibiting signs of MBD. I’m in the process of upgrading his lighting as the lights my cousin had were not adequate I feel...I upgraded the UVB to a compact fluorescent UVB 10 bulb...I don’t feel this is adequate so I just purchased a 24” T5 UVB 12% (should be delivered soon). I’m also going to be upgrading the heat lamps so he has a good place to bask... I’m doing my best to give this little guy the best I can and I still feel like he hates me! Lol
Any suggestions? Ambient temperature is around 80 degrees with humidity levels between 50-70%....
Any suggestions? Ambient temperature is around 80 degrees with humidity levels between 50-70%....