HarleyGirl
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Stats: Picasso is a 4 yr old (his birthday is Feb. 1, so he's almost 4) panther chameleon. This week, I have had some major furnace issues, so the humidity level in our home dropped. I tried to place a humidifier beside his cage, but for about 5 days now, I have not been able to get the humidity above 50 or 60% at the most. How can I increase humidity?
His temp.s have remained unaffected at between coolest area 75 - 85
He's in a room on his own...small room, and the warmest one in the house. It's been fine up until now, but can that be why he has lost weight and is not eating?
His cheeks have sunken in a bit from his weight loss, he's not totally weak, but he is a bit weaker, and his arms look skinnier. He usually loves butter worms as a treat but he has only eaten maybe 2 in about 4 days now. The vet told me that as they get older, they eat less, but that much less? It seems like his not eating is causing him to lose weight, isn't that a bit dramatic? He has been picky eating for about a week or at the most 10 days now...where he won't eat for a few days and then maybe eats one thing --cricket or butter worm.
In the pics, you will see a bit of a mark on his mouth...that has been checked by the vet, and it's fine. He seems to be rubbing his mouth somewhere, so I just have to keep cleaning it. He doesn't have parasites based on his fecal and the vet also said there's no mouth rot. She just told me to keep an eye on his habits, but I'm scared b/c this morning he was darker in colour and his eyes looked half shut but now that I moved him to a different part of his branch, he looks fine...more alert and lighter in colour. I caught him closing his eyes once or twice during the day, but that's it. His eyes look fine, other than the fact that I would like to see them bulge out a bit more than what they are now.
Also, on a side note: is it true too much calcium is not good for them either? I dust the crickets and worms when I feed them to him, but not every time. Usually every other feeding, which lately has been every other week, by the time he finishes what's in his cage.
His temp.s have remained unaffected at between coolest area 75 - 85
He's in a room on his own...small room, and the warmest one in the house. It's been fine up until now, but can that be why he has lost weight and is not eating?
His cheeks have sunken in a bit from his weight loss, he's not totally weak, but he is a bit weaker, and his arms look skinnier. He usually loves butter worms as a treat but he has only eaten maybe 2 in about 4 days now. The vet told me that as they get older, they eat less, but that much less? It seems like his not eating is causing him to lose weight, isn't that a bit dramatic? He has been picky eating for about a week or at the most 10 days now...where he won't eat for a few days and then maybe eats one thing --cricket or butter worm.
In the pics, you will see a bit of a mark on his mouth...that has been checked by the vet, and it's fine. He seems to be rubbing his mouth somewhere, so I just have to keep cleaning it. He doesn't have parasites based on his fecal and the vet also said there's no mouth rot. She just told me to keep an eye on his habits, but I'm scared b/c this morning he was darker in colour and his eyes looked half shut but now that I moved him to a different part of his branch, he looks fine...more alert and lighter in colour. I caught him closing his eyes once or twice during the day, but that's it. His eyes look fine, other than the fact that I would like to see them bulge out a bit more than what they are now.
Also, on a side note: is it true too much calcium is not good for them either? I dust the crickets and worms when I feed them to him, but not every time. Usually every other feeding, which lately has been every other week, by the time he finishes what's in his cage.
