Rosco
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon? I have a ambilobe male panther that's about 3 months to 4 months.
How long has it been in your care? I've had him for 9 days.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Twice a day, and I know I should limit it,but I'm trying to get him fairly used to it.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? He is given 1/4 crickets that I powder coat with zoo med repti calcium every meal and have multivitamined once. I feed him in the morning at 8:30 after he's been awake for 30 mins. I give him about 8 crickets a day but somedays have been less when I gather up 5or6 off the cage bottom. I place the crickets right in his area so it's very easy for him to eat and for a few days would eat em up quick, but now he just walks over them and pays no attention to them.
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?Repti calcium daily without d3. Repcal calcium w/d3 and repcal multivitamin once a week but alternate which one I use.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?I have a dropper set up. I use a exo terra mister that I spray down the cage for a minute 4 times a day. I see him drink sometimes but he seems to like licking the fake branches.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? His poops are dark brown and the white or pee is white with little to no yellowing. He has had a few bowl movements that had no poop and were white goo. No parasite check up.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. I bought him at the lllreptile store and brought him back home
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? It is a screen cage from diy cages and is 2x2x4tall.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? His timer goes on at 8am and off at 8pm. It's a r-zilla halogen/florescent combo fixture. I have a reptisun 5.0 bulb and a red and blue halogen but only use the red one because it's warm here.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? The room is on average 78, the basking spot in it's hottest point is 94, cage bottom is 75 and the humidity has been 60-80 depending on day time. I use a zoo med gauge to read temp and humidity. The lowest at night is 68. The
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? During the day the humidity is about 60 but can drop to 50 and at night is about 80. I have a large live schafferla and mist 4 times a day to maintain humidity. I have a zoo med humidity gauge.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? I'm using a live schafferla plant, the umbreall plant and NOT rubber kind.
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?The cage is located by a sliding glass door and screen door that allows alot of ventilation but doesn't sap humidity away. It is in my bedroom and gets little traffic. It's 6 feet at the cage top and is 2 feet off the floor.
Location - Where are you geographically located? I'm in southern California in la Verne which borders Pomona.
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. My cham won't eat and at this stage he should be eating slot. He has eat plenty in the past but starting yesterday won't eat, even if the food is easily accesible. He eats about 1 or 2 but won't seem to eat more lately.
Pictures are helpful
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon? I have a ambilobe male panther that's about 3 months to 4 months.
How long has it been in your care? I've had him for 9 days.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Twice a day, and I know I should limit it,but I'm trying to get him fairly used to it.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? He is given 1/4 crickets that I powder coat with zoo med repti calcium every meal and have multivitamined once. I feed him in the morning at 8:30 after he's been awake for 30 mins. I give him about 8 crickets a day but somedays have been less when I gather up 5or6 off the cage bottom. I place the crickets right in his area so it's very easy for him to eat and for a few days would eat em up quick, but now he just walks over them and pays no attention to them.
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?Repti calcium daily without d3. Repcal calcium w/d3 and repcal multivitamin once a week but alternate which one I use.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?I have a dropper set up. I use a exo terra mister that I spray down the cage for a minute 4 times a day. I see him drink sometimes but he seems to like licking the fake branches.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? His poops are dark brown and the white or pee is white with little to no yellowing. He has had a few bowl movements that had no poop and were white goo. No parasite check up.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. I bought him at the lllreptile store and brought him back home
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? It is a screen cage from diy cages and is 2x2x4tall.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? His timer goes on at 8am and off at 8pm. It's a r-zilla halogen/florescent combo fixture. I have a reptisun 5.0 bulb and a red and blue halogen but only use the red one because it's warm here.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? The room is on average 78, the basking spot in it's hottest point is 94, cage bottom is 75 and the humidity has been 60-80 depending on day time. I use a zoo med gauge to read temp and humidity. The lowest at night is 68. The
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? During the day the humidity is about 60 but can drop to 50 and at night is about 80. I have a large live schafferla and mist 4 times a day to maintain humidity. I have a zoo med humidity gauge.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? I'm using a live schafferla plant, the umbreall plant and NOT rubber kind.
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?The cage is located by a sliding glass door and screen door that allows alot of ventilation but doesn't sap humidity away. It is in my bedroom and gets little traffic. It's 6 feet at the cage top and is 2 feet off the floor.
Location - Where are you geographically located? I'm in southern California in la Verne which borders Pomona.
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. My cham won't eat and at this stage he should be eating slot. He has eat plenty in the past but starting yesterday won't eat, even if the food is easily accesible. He eats about 1 or 2 but won't seem to eat more lately.
Pictures are helpful
Also, with as big as his cage is could be hard to find food items (maybe) so you could try raising the floor a bit so he has less area to hunt. Oh and his basking temps seem a bit hot - these guys recommend mid 80's for a panther...
