Recent content by adhdreptilenerd

Okay, I’ll lower those temps and get new uvb. Thanks so much!

The temperatures have always been this warm, they were actually warmer before on accident so I got a lower wattage bulb. And yes I've always had this UVB light, I got him from someone else a few months ago who was re-homing him and he had that uvb light so I just got a new bulb of the same...

I have a 4 year old Jackson's chameleon that is constantly keeping his mouth open. When doing research they said it was probably too hot, we changed his light set up so his basking temps are now 85-90 depending on if he climbs the side of the cage and the overall temperature of the tank ranges...

Sorry, I completely forgot about this thread. His mouth was looking a lot less swollen but a week later there was still a bump so we decided to take him to the vet. It turns out he broke his jaw and then just healed it himself. The vet was sort of confused of how he broke it because he didn't...

we have a vet super close, I’m gonna talk to my parents about taking him and set up an appointment

it could be a bug bite, there’s actually been some gnats flying around and i’ve found some fire ants. they weren’t anywhere near him but they were in my room where is tank is. i’ll change his supplementation, thanks for the advice and I’ll talk to my mom about taking him to the vet.

when I was researching I found information that wasn’t specified to a certain species which is why I was giving him salads, it does give him an easy place to get crickets though. I don’t give him the calcium with d3 everyday, probably every week or every other week but I’ll cut that down now...

I am a new chameleon owner and I got this chameleon from someone who’s son got it but gave it to her so she wasn’t really prepared to take care of it but he seemed to be in pretty good shape. I have a full spectrum UVB light and an 85ish degrees basking spot. I offer a salad but I never really...