Blog entries by TyggyToo

Mort was a gem at the vet. He weighed in at about 105g, and didn't offer to bite the vet at all, bless his little reptilian heart. Dr Sweet and I agreed to treat the pins and see if the rest falls into place, thinking the parasites may have overpopulated because of the stress. To my...

My most recent attempt to get Shayna well was a weekend attempt to make her a laying bin that she might use. I put a large plastic rectangular tub of soil and sand just below the bottom access of her cage. The substrate is about 8", I planted a pot of philo at the far end, and put two...

Joy is watching both chams eating crickets. The Cham Cam is a real delight and so helpful to assuage my fears. I wasn't sure Shayna could ambulate enough to get near enough to free-ranging crickets in her cage. She nailed it, but seemed to have some problems once the cricket was internal...

Shayna went severely downhill during the beginning of January, and in my distress I went out and got Mortimer Mensch. He is graceful, beautiful and elegant, even if he doesn't much care for my presence in his life. Over the past three weeks he's gone from stubborn brown to a rather dapper...

Shayna is really doing well this week. I've had to pry her foot loose a few times, but she's moving very well indeed, and the past few days has needed no rescuing from the bottom. Yesterday she really enjoyed her misting, which is rare. Usually she tries to find a dry spot to watch me with...

The week has gone okay. Her sheds aren't as startling as when she was young (I swear she was like a husky who 'blew his coat', when I saw her one day green and the next all grey/white and scaly). Now its more like a foot here and a tail there. Her movements are moderately better. No...

Shayna did not do well yesterday. I rescued her from the floor of the cage at least 4 times. I checked on her hourly, and if she was okay I simply left the room. I'm going to try a whole month with no multivitamin. This morning she was doing okay, all four feet on the branch. Spouse...

I actually heard her take the fall this time, ran downstairs and found her with both forelegs pinned, laying on the floor. She's grabbed herself a few time too. Maybe the whole thing is a growing pains sort of thing Got a weight on her: 43g she is a pudgey thing.

Supplemented with Ca+ D3 on 4 crickets Received phoenix worms, they're a hit Moderately good movement. Had to rescue her half a dozen times this week. Did some major reoutfitting of her environment, removing bottom of cage, raising the cage onto a wire storage type table, so a tray can go...

Shayna is doing very well right now. For two days she's been very consistent in her improvement. She was fed 10 phoenix worms and about as many crickets dusted with multivit Trying to concentrate now on fixing drainage. Hope to get a Monsoon set up for the holidays. I wonder how much...

Today I supplemented her crickets with Repashy Ca+. She was 'tangled' twice this morning, and cranky about getting untangled. This is a little depressing as she had been really well for a few days. We'll see how the day progresses.

Shayna is my first reptile. She is a veiled chameleon, hatched around March 2011, and acquired in August. For a month or so she was housed in an 18x18x30 mesh cage with 5 different live plants. Soon she was eating too much philodendron for my taste, and all live plants except her mini...