How old was he when you got him?
You said…”he gets calcium once a week (I was told I shouldn't give it to him more than once, too much calcium=death)”…calcium once a week is not enough. It should be dusted on the insects at every feeding. That could be a big part of the problem.
How often does...
If only I had a medical background or at least had majored in biology! Physics and chemistry were what I took…went back and took one year of high school (literally) biology years after…but it was very basic.
“Even though crickets had the highest iron levels overall, iron uptake from buffalo worms, a type of beetle larvae, was the clear winner, even besting sirloin beef.”…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/edible-insects-have-more-iron-than-sirloin-beef/
One more...
“Cecal valves slow down food passage and provide for fermenting chambers, allowing commensal microorganisms to convert cellulose to volatile fatty acids”…
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0711998105
Could this happen in chameleons as well?
Yemen chameleons have a caecum…so do they have a...
Here are some …not really showing what you want…
Gravid….
Some more…
https://reptilesmagazine.com/carpet-chameleon-information-and-care/?srsltid=AfmBOoqPY7EB4iZIta4aJSHjyxjiO59aWgceSVVxW6GnLcIDuW1C8qyW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NORfuH9zedU
This one might help…...
They can be affected by the colour and pattern of the clothes you wear. Sometimes I think they will even see a facial difference in people and react to that. I’m not sure if there are even other things that make them react to one person differently than another.
I did see one graceful chameleon...
“These data suggest that eating crickets may improve gut health and reduce systemic inflammation; however, more research is needed to understand these effects and underlying mechanisms.”…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29032-2