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Mbondy has given some great advice on husbandry that could use improvement regardless if this is the cause of your issues or not, it's best to fix it now than have health problems later. Where did you get this chameleon? And do you know if it's cb or wild caught? My guys normally get "ready"...

Well I'm neither of these but I'll toss my ¢.02 out here. I used to shake my crickets up in a bag with the powder and they would always end up ghost white, like a powdered donut (which isn't what you want). Now I do what "Texas Panther Man" suggested, and "swish" them around in a cup with a...

It really depends on the chameleon, some are ok with handling some are not (and may never be). They do tend to grip harder when they are frightened or slipping (ie trying to climb vertically up your arm). the thing is you don't want to over handle them if they are stressed by it, some are shy...

Well since most use colors and/or patterns for mating and territorial displays, I think it's safe to say they can recognize colors and patterns. As for learning there is antidotal evidence that they can learn to associate the color/shape of a item with it's contents (such as a chameleon that...

Thanks, I'll give this a try. He's not really a avid drinker, at lest not by hand (managed to get him to drink from the hand mister once but I think it was just good timing). Most the time he just wants to climb on the spay bottle... they did give two needless 1 ml syringes. What about...

I seem to recall someone saying they use dragonflies to break hunger strikes, but I really haven't heard much about using them as feeders/treats other wise. I would be interested to know this as well, also isn't there different types of "dragonflies"? These are one of those cool bugs like...

Got his meds today, one says "30 ml metronidazole 3mg/ml" (give 1 ml by mouth every 24 hours) the other says "30 ml ciprofloxin 1.5 mg/ml" (give 1 ml every 48 hours by mouth) I asked the pharmacist about it being spelled ciprofloxin rather than ciprofloxacin and she assured me it was the same...

Thanks, going to go with cipro I guess since the vet suggested it?

Thanks again you guys, and yes big thanks to kinyonga for catching that! So cipro vs. enro ? Any reason to choose one over the other? If not I guess I'd go with cipro as the vet already suggested it .

Thanks for that info, I didn't even notice that only one was sensitive to Fortaz, perhaps the vet didn't either. Because when I spoke with her she said it would be a med that both were sensitive to. Her 2nd choice was CIPROFLOXACIN, anyone have any experience with it? Or the other 2 Kinyonga...

Just a thought perhaps the change of scenery and/ or sight of possible predators is causing him to be more cautious?

I have talked to the vet but wanted to get y'alls input because I know y'all have experience with chameleons. Thanks P.s. The towel ideal is a good one, if I go with shots I may do that.

Thanks for the replies and good info. I take it fortaz can't be given orally? Man I really hate to do shots as I've never done it.

Ok so a few weeks ago I noticed Max (my 6-7 month old male panther) opening his mouth from time to time. there was no noticable mucus, no excess saliva, no discharge from the nose and he didn't do it while sleeping (basicaly none of what I had heard are the classic symptoms of URI). I would...

seems like a odd mix.... oh well all herp people are odd....

ok my repti-calcium (which is one of the brands recommended for 2x a month) is the same as yours min 38% (380,000mg) max 43% (430,000mg). So I'd go with what carol said and only use it 2x per month. over doing D3 can cause all sorts of issues, from organ damage, hypervitamintosus (that...

Is this what they call "red phase" jacksons? they look a bit like warners, I love the turret patterns, very cool!

everyone has made good points, I just wanted to point out a couple of things. first what brand of calcium with D3 are you using, the reason I ask is because diffrent brands have more/less D3, the recomendation of d3 about 2x a month is based on rep-cal I believe which has a pretty large amout...

I use a large water jug with screen on the back (for the crickets to climb) and a large part of the front cut out. on a nother note, why do you want to get away from hand feeding? I guess it can be time consuming if you have a number of chameleons, and part of the reason I have my "cricket...

I'd start with just 1 male, that would give you some time to adjust (keeping these guys can be more work than you might be expecting). after you got a handle on that for the most part, rethink what you want to do. you might want another male, or maybe another species (like I did) or maybe a...