David
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My male panther of about a year old is not eating, seems to be partially blind and is a little undersized from his twin brother. Now his brother has grown up in the exact same conditions and is fine and healthy. And I have two other Ambilobe BB Panthers (a male and female) also that are fine and healthy. This one with the problem has been handicapped since he was maybe 4 months since when I received him, and slowly has become worse.
But when he can see his aim seems way off, but he hasn’t eaten anything for nearly a week and seems to get skinnier. When he was going for food and his tongue shoots high always over the food. Seems that the only way I can feed him is when he can see out of his one eye (it’s most often closed), then I hand feed him when he opens his mouth. I gut load his food, use Miner-Al dust on the crickets and alternately dust weekly with vitamins and mist their folliage a few times a day.
I recently bought some Reptaid in hopes that it might help cure his ills… how do I give it to him when he’s not feeding or opening his mouth??? I once tried to open his mouth but I would rather not kill him with that stressful event again in the future.
Here’s the info from the Chameleon Health Questionaire and my answers:
• Problem - Again, is not eating, seems to be partially blind and is a little undersized from his twin brother. And when he is, his aim seems way off. I watch him go for food and his tongue shoots high always over the food. He’s undersized for his age, or at least in comparison to his bro.
• Chameleon Description – He’s a Ambilobe Blue Bar, male, +/-8 mos. old, have been caring for it for about 4.5 months since I bought it from a local seller who advertised him for sale on this for sale board.
• Handling - A few times a week and he’s fine with it, but like most chams, would prefer to be hanging out on a branch.
• Feeding - Crickets and superworms, usually a couple or few of one and/or the other available daily. Gut loading is greens, carrots and oranges, plus Zukers with the crickets.
• Supplements - I dust Miner-Al on the crickets and alternately dust weekly with Reptivite.
• Watering - I mist 2 – 3 times daily with filtered drinking water (tap), and he usually drinks from the leaves IF he can see.
• Fecal Description – Generally dark brown fecies with a touch of white on one end.
• History – He’s been eating this way since I received him.
• Cage Type - Standard commercial make screen cage of about 28”w x 14”d x 24”h.
• Lighting - Fixture one is Reptisun 18” UVB 5.0, and fixture two is warm lamp 60w incandesant. Lights are on from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm, or they are in their cage outdoors for the day if I am home and the weather is good, as it often is here in the OC.
• Temperature - Temps are generally room temp (68 – 72f) and warmer under the bulb itself.
• Humidity - Created by daily misting and watering of plant.
• Plants - Schefflera abroricola, 6” pot.
• Placement - Cage is located on a counter at 3’ height in my home office, no traffic and calm. No proximity to AC and not too close to floor vents.
• Location - Where are you geographically located? SoCal, in the OC.
• See attached pics also taken a week or so ago. Here his eye was somewhat open.
I dunno... maybe this one's the runt and born with problems, and there's nothing I can do for him??? But I hold out hope for him to become healthy and live a normal existence...
Thank you in advance for your time and input!
But when he can see his aim seems way off, but he hasn’t eaten anything for nearly a week and seems to get skinnier. When he was going for food and his tongue shoots high always over the food. Seems that the only way I can feed him is when he can see out of his one eye (it’s most often closed), then I hand feed him when he opens his mouth. I gut load his food, use Miner-Al dust on the crickets and alternately dust weekly with vitamins and mist their folliage a few times a day.
I recently bought some Reptaid in hopes that it might help cure his ills… how do I give it to him when he’s not feeding or opening his mouth??? I once tried to open his mouth but I would rather not kill him with that stressful event again in the future.
Here’s the info from the Chameleon Health Questionaire and my answers:
• Problem - Again, is not eating, seems to be partially blind and is a little undersized from his twin brother. And when he is, his aim seems way off. I watch him go for food and his tongue shoots high always over the food. He’s undersized for his age, or at least in comparison to his bro.
• Chameleon Description – He’s a Ambilobe Blue Bar, male, +/-8 mos. old, have been caring for it for about 4.5 months since I bought it from a local seller who advertised him for sale on this for sale board.
• Handling - A few times a week and he’s fine with it, but like most chams, would prefer to be hanging out on a branch.
• Feeding - Crickets and superworms, usually a couple or few of one and/or the other available daily. Gut loading is greens, carrots and oranges, plus Zukers with the crickets.
• Supplements - I dust Miner-Al on the crickets and alternately dust weekly with Reptivite.
• Watering - I mist 2 – 3 times daily with filtered drinking water (tap), and he usually drinks from the leaves IF he can see.
• Fecal Description – Generally dark brown fecies with a touch of white on one end.
• History – He’s been eating this way since I received him.
• Cage Type - Standard commercial make screen cage of about 28”w x 14”d x 24”h.
• Lighting - Fixture one is Reptisun 18” UVB 5.0, and fixture two is warm lamp 60w incandesant. Lights are on from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm, or they are in their cage outdoors for the day if I am home and the weather is good, as it often is here in the OC.
• Temperature - Temps are generally room temp (68 – 72f) and warmer under the bulb itself.
• Humidity - Created by daily misting and watering of plant.
• Plants - Schefflera abroricola, 6” pot.
• Placement - Cage is located on a counter at 3’ height in my home office, no traffic and calm. No proximity to AC and not too close to floor vents.
• Location - Where are you geographically located? SoCal, in the OC.
• See attached pics also taken a week or so ago. Here his eye was somewhat open.
I dunno... maybe this one's the runt and born with problems, and there's nothing I can do for him??? But I hold out hope for him to become healthy and live a normal existence...
Thank you in advance for your time and input!