I know from my personal experience my chameleon has a squinty eye and it was just to using a 10.0 bulb and lack of vit. A. Just make sure he gets the appropriate vitamins Calcium without D3 everyday Calcium with D3 about twice a month and just monitor how much UVB he's getting. Thats just from...
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Rudis chameleon ~5-6 months old, had since one month. Not sure of the sex
Handling - not at all
Feeding - I feed him bean bottles, mealworms, crickets about 3-6 bean beatles a day everyday around 1-2pm They are gut loaded by flunkers
Supplements - i dust with...
My Zoo med dual uvb and basking unit stopped working on one side (and its not the bulb). Does any one have a recommendation as to what works better and longer?
I know that some reptiles open their mouths when it is the "perfect" temperature to them in order to release any excess heat to retain the temperature. But honestly it could be a variety of things.
I have a baby rudis about 4-5 months old. He has yet to shed and I'm wondering when should i expect that to happen? When i received him he was malnourished and not in great shape. It's been about a month since I've had him and I've started to see him grow and gain some stripes.
Ok so ill start using the cup method. The only reason why i was handling him was because his siblings at the wild life sanctuary that i work at did not make it and i wanted to monitor its food intake. And as an FYI, I didn't buy this pet to take out and handle I know that they are a hands off pet.