Your Chameleon- 6 moth old ambilobe panther male
Handling - I have been trying to take him outside a couple days a week
Feeding - Large crickets and hornworm most of the time. 6-8 crickets and one hornworm per day, in the afternoon. Crickets gut loaded with a variety including spirulina, romaine, carrots, blueberries, apple, strawberry, watermelon
Supplements - I dust crickets daily with zoomed calcium without D3, and twice a month with D3
Watering - monsoon automatic mister, for 60 seconds every three hours. I have never seen him drink.
Fecal Description - up until this week, he has had large dark brown poops with bright white urates. This week they have gotten lighter and smaller, and urates are a bit orangey.
History - I've had hi a little over three weeks. I purchased him from a local breeder
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 2x2x4 reptibreeze that has been modified to a 2x2x2 in order to acclimate him and ensure he is able to eat. (He was eating good and big enough to have a larger cage, so I planned to make the cage full size last weekend, but that is when he started to go downhill)
Lighting - exo terra dual hood with a 5.0 UVB bulb and a plant light. Two 35watt bulbs for heat. Lights automatically turn on at 7 am and off at 7pm
Temperature - 89 at highest basking point, 77 ambient. infrared temp gauge to measure.
Humidity - usually around 50%, more right after misting. I use a flukers analog hygrometer to measure
Plants- As for live, I've only got a small pothos and a bromeliad in there now. I've got a money tree and hibiscus ready for the full size cage though. I have some artificial vines for hiding spaces as well.
Placement - This is a concern area... His cage is next to the couch and currently on the floor. We have a window air conditioner in the same room about four feet away (vents not blowing in his direction, cannot feel any breeze or coolness). Room temperature stays about 70 even with AC. Is he stressed being in the living room? My intention was that he would get used to is and comfortable being around people, but maybe he's too sensitive??
I've had my little guy for three weeks now and a week after getting him I noticed him gaping. I did not see and spit bubbles so my breeder said not to worry, he may just be mad or regulating heat (he would mostly do it while basking, but randomly in other spots as well). He was fine all last week and I thought things had gotten better. He was eating great and responding positively to handling. He shed on Friday so he ate very little on Thursday and Friday. Afterwards he only ate two-three crickets. Yesterday he ate one hornworm. Then last night after he was sleeping, I saw a decent amount of bubbly/foamy spit coming out of his mouth. He also did the popping noise every once in a while. This morning he was very normal, no gaping or bubbles.
I took him to the vet this afternoon and would like some feedback on the vets recommendations. At the vet he was very active and the vet said that was a good sign. He gave him panacur, saying that's what he always does just to be sure he has no parasites (I did not have a stool sample because he hasn't been eating, so no poop today). He also gave him a vitamin b injection to stimulate his appetite. As for the RI, he gave him the first of 6 baytril skin injections. He said the skin injections are the best way to give the meds, injecting feeders and/or via mouth are not effective.
What do you think? I felt a little intimidated, so I just went with his suggestions. Is the baytril, ok? Should I administer it a different way?
Also, what am I doing wrong to cause the RI? I know the first thing I need to do once he's better is extend his cage and put it on a stand. I just don't want to do anything now, until he's back to his old self.
Handling - I have been trying to take him outside a couple days a week
Feeding - Large crickets and hornworm most of the time. 6-8 crickets and one hornworm per day, in the afternoon. Crickets gut loaded with a variety including spirulina, romaine, carrots, blueberries, apple, strawberry, watermelon
Supplements - I dust crickets daily with zoomed calcium without D3, and twice a month with D3
Watering - monsoon automatic mister, for 60 seconds every three hours. I have never seen him drink.
Fecal Description - up until this week, he has had large dark brown poops with bright white urates. This week they have gotten lighter and smaller, and urates are a bit orangey.
History - I've had hi a little over three weeks. I purchased him from a local breeder
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 2x2x4 reptibreeze that has been modified to a 2x2x2 in order to acclimate him and ensure he is able to eat. (He was eating good and big enough to have a larger cage, so I planned to make the cage full size last weekend, but that is when he started to go downhill)
Lighting - exo terra dual hood with a 5.0 UVB bulb and a plant light. Two 35watt bulbs for heat. Lights automatically turn on at 7 am and off at 7pm
Temperature - 89 at highest basking point, 77 ambient. infrared temp gauge to measure.
Humidity - usually around 50%, more right after misting. I use a flukers analog hygrometer to measure
Plants- As for live, I've only got a small pothos and a bromeliad in there now. I've got a money tree and hibiscus ready for the full size cage though. I have some artificial vines for hiding spaces as well.
Placement - This is a concern area... His cage is next to the couch and currently on the floor. We have a window air conditioner in the same room about four feet away (vents not blowing in his direction, cannot feel any breeze or coolness). Room temperature stays about 70 even with AC. Is he stressed being in the living room? My intention was that he would get used to is and comfortable being around people, but maybe he's too sensitive??
I've had my little guy for three weeks now and a week after getting him I noticed him gaping. I did not see and spit bubbles so my breeder said not to worry, he may just be mad or regulating heat (he would mostly do it while basking, but randomly in other spots as well). He was fine all last week and I thought things had gotten better. He was eating great and responding positively to handling. He shed on Friday so he ate very little on Thursday and Friday. Afterwards he only ate two-three crickets. Yesterday he ate one hornworm. Then last night after he was sleeping, I saw a decent amount of bubbly/foamy spit coming out of his mouth. He also did the popping noise every once in a while. This morning he was very normal, no gaping or bubbles.
I took him to the vet this afternoon and would like some feedback on the vets recommendations. At the vet he was very active and the vet said that was a good sign. He gave him panacur, saying that's what he always does just to be sure he has no parasites (I did not have a stool sample because he hasn't been eating, so no poop today). He also gave him a vitamin b injection to stimulate his appetite. As for the RI, he gave him the first of 6 baytril skin injections. He said the skin injections are the best way to give the meds, injecting feeders and/or via mouth are not effective.
What do you think? I felt a little intimidated, so I just went with his suggestions. Is the baytril, ok? Should I administer it a different way?
Also, what am I doing wrong to cause the RI? I know the first thing I need to do once he's better is extend his cage and put it on a stand. I just don't want to do anything now, until he's back to his old self.
