tonguegrab813
New Member
Hello,
I have a 6-7 month old Panther Chameleon Male who has slowly started to shorten the range of his tongue shots. He misses shots probably 1 in every 10 or so when the shots get out to medium/long range. Sometimes when I hold his favorite treat (super worm) he will run and just grab it out of my hand with his tongue point blank. We used to let crickets crawl on the side of the cage but once we found out that it could damage his tongue when it hits against the mesh we now feed him in three ways: very specific targeted hunting on leaves, by hand, and out of a bowl. Has anyone experienced their chameleon preferring shorter range? Is it an eye issue? Maybe a tongue issue?
Husbandry:
6-7 Month Old Panther Chameleon Male
Enclosure is 3 feet tall by 1.5 feet wide by 2 feet long (plan to upgrade when he gets bigger)
Live Hibiscus Plant mixed with fake vines and a dripper. Lots of foliage sometimes it’s hard to even find him.
Mist about 3 times a day: once when he wakes up (at 6am), once when we get home (4pm) and once before he sleeps (8pm)
We feed him when he wakes up, usually anywhere from 6-12 crickets. We stop when he doesn’t want anymore. We will feed him super worms here and there. Sometimes just one a day sometimes 3 if he didn’t eat as many crickets that day. We do a hornworm every 2-3 days.
Calcium without D3 every feeding. Multivitamin twice a month. D3 twice a month.
We have a linear UVB at the top and a basking light that keeps his basking area around 92 degrees F.
He poops every 3 days I would say, with his poop looking healthy. White urates doesn’t smell unless you put it up to your nose. He usually poops in wet areas: if the paper towel on the bottom of the cage is wet or a little pool of water on the bottom.
We got him in late November, he’s shed twice since we got him.
We plan on taking him to the vet in the next couple weeks for his annual check up and routine fecal test.
Thanks in advance for the help.
I have a 6-7 month old Panther Chameleon Male who has slowly started to shorten the range of his tongue shots. He misses shots probably 1 in every 10 or so when the shots get out to medium/long range. Sometimes when I hold his favorite treat (super worm) he will run and just grab it out of my hand with his tongue point blank. We used to let crickets crawl on the side of the cage but once we found out that it could damage his tongue when it hits against the mesh we now feed him in three ways: very specific targeted hunting on leaves, by hand, and out of a bowl. Has anyone experienced their chameleon preferring shorter range? Is it an eye issue? Maybe a tongue issue?
Husbandry:
6-7 Month Old Panther Chameleon Male
Enclosure is 3 feet tall by 1.5 feet wide by 2 feet long (plan to upgrade when he gets bigger)
Live Hibiscus Plant mixed with fake vines and a dripper. Lots of foliage sometimes it’s hard to even find him.
Mist about 3 times a day: once when he wakes up (at 6am), once when we get home (4pm) and once before he sleeps (8pm)
We feed him when he wakes up, usually anywhere from 6-12 crickets. We stop when he doesn’t want anymore. We will feed him super worms here and there. Sometimes just one a day sometimes 3 if he didn’t eat as many crickets that day. We do a hornworm every 2-3 days.
Calcium without D3 every feeding. Multivitamin twice a month. D3 twice a month.
We have a linear UVB at the top and a basking light that keeps his basking area around 92 degrees F.
He poops every 3 days I would say, with his poop looking healthy. White urates doesn’t smell unless you put it up to your nose. He usually poops in wet areas: if the paper towel on the bottom of the cage is wet or a little pool of water on the bottom.
We got him in late November, he’s shed twice since we got him.
We plan on taking him to the vet in the next couple weeks for his annual check up and routine fecal test.
Thanks in advance for the help.