jackson chameleon issues

irishfan

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I bought my jacksons a week ago and i know it takes them time to settle in but i rarely see him drink water and he seems dehydrated and has no interest in eating... i mist him and his cage 3-4 times a day i have a fogger and a dripper... his cage is a lg 16×16×36 i have a 40w basking daylight blue bulb i have 2 5.0 uvb bulbs his humidity stays around 60 the dripper is on all day and i have the fogger go on 5 times a day for 20 min at a time and when i mist him and his cage i use a lil warmer than room temp water.... his basking area is 83-86 and the spots he hangs our in the cage is about 75.. i gutload his crickets and calcium them 2 times a week without d3 will multivitamin twice a month and calcium with d3 twice a month... dont know what else to do i havent showered him yet if he seems the same i will shower him today when i get home from work... any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated
 

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Basking spot is about 83-86 middle of the cage is about 74 to 75 and bottom depending on the day is 70 to 72... i try to as much as possible without stressing him out. Yesterday ablut and 2 hours before lights out he found a hiding spot and i was able to mist him and he began drinking immediately and thats what brought me to the conclusion that hes dehydrated...im gonna shower him today but just dont know what else to do for the guy
 
I don't see anything that jumps out that your doing wrong - My jackson seems to be very mellow and not mind anything but she does get pissy when I change something in her cage- so it might just be him adjusting - Mine is more active and eats better when she gets a good drop in temps at night.
 
Ok good to know anyway i can get a better temp drop at night without loosing humidity? He must be better today because i saw him drinking and eating crickets today so i didnt give him a shower... should i still shower him often or no?
 
I have aquazamp raindome so I don't do showers so I really can't advise on it - part of me thinks it might be stressful and part of me thinks he would like it - I probably would wait if your seeing him drink but I could be wrong-
I agree that they do like a mix of different feeders - I don't worry too much about night time humidity but it's pretty humid in NJ so what applies for me may not for you-
 
Ok ya ive read to shower them weekly and ive also read how stressful it can be on them so ill probably just hold off... ya ive offered him roaches which he didn't eat ive offered him worms which he ate 2 of and crickets he eats every so often... how often should i be supplementing his feeders? So far im doing calcium without d3 twice a week and ill do a multivitamin and calcium with d3 twice a month... does that sound about right?
 
Ok ya ive read to shower them weekly and ive also read how stressful it can be on them so ill probably just hold off... ya ive offered him roaches which he didn't eat ive offered him worms which he ate 2 of and crickets he eats every so often... how often should i be supplementing his feeders? So far im doing calcium without d3 twice a week and ill do a multivitamin and calcium with d3 twice a month... does that sound about right?

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