"Hissing" while sleeping sounds a lot like a respiratory infection to me. A very bad one too. Dehydration could easily be fixed and the Cham probably wouldn't stop eating. 2 Weeks is a very long time to not eat. It's great that you went to the vet though, I respect you for that. Ask the vet...
Get one 5.0 fluorescent tube bulb. CFL's can damage a chameleons eyes. No lighting or heating is needed at night unless your temps get below like 65, and during the day you can use an average incandescent house bulb. 100 watt will be way too high. I use a 40 watt with great results...
Thanks guys! I'll DEFINITELY make sure to change some things. I'll be sure not to offer the roaches any more meat.
Is it alright if Pepitos eyes are sunken in when he's asleep? The lights are off and so is he, and I just noticed it. If not, then I'll be sure to mist more often and give...
I was under the assumption that sternfeldis ARE Rudis chameleons. :o
I did research just because my last name is Sternfeld. :D
I'm not surprised if I'm totally incorrect though. Don't just take my word for it.
The ambient is about 78 degrees during the day, and about 70 at night.
I'll be sure to gut-load the mealworms. What do you recommend feeding the roaches to gut-load them?
Thanks! I know, he's such a nice guy. I can't wait for him to get bigger too. I'm probably going to free range him, but if not I'll get him a 2x2x4 cage rather soon.
Cage Info:
I have him in a 24x16x28 screen cage. TONS of fake vines and plants. Live umbrella plant (The safe kind.) Hot spot is about 89 degrees, I'm unsure of humidity because I just mist several times a day. Paper towel substrate. 5.0 Repti Glo uvb tube bulb.
He is usually basking and is...
He just did it! He just ate a hornworm off my finger! It only took about 10 seconds from being introduced to in his mouth! I don't dust my hornworms. Does anybody?
I got my Cham from the blonde haired dude in the back left in the venomous area. The chams were allowed to sit on the lamp fixtures. I bought my sunbeam from the same guy.
Pepito LOVES roaches and hornworms. I've yet to try him on mealworms. He readily cup feeds and I'm working on hand...
I'll be sure to post extra pics of CRT. ;) My Argus monitor is named CRT, pronounced See-arty because CRT monitors are those really old massive computer screens, and the lizard is an Argus MONITOR.
He's a little hissy at the moment from so much stress, but he's a great lizard. I can't wait...