Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon – Male Veiled Chameleon, around 3-4 months, has been with me for 1 month since I bought him from a pet store. He is around 12cm for body without counting tail and 3-4cm wide. There is another female veiled chameleon with only 1/2 of his size but with similar age. (I bought him and her at the same time in the shop)
Handling - I handle him about once a day to let him climb out of the cage.
Feeding - I fed him crickets only. Crickets are put in a small plastic bowl in day time I’m away from home and usually the crickets would be eaten when I back home. He eats 5-6 crickets in small size when he first came and later on increase to 10-12 small crickets in the second week. Then I start feeding him with medium size crickets and he can eat for around 10 in a day in the 3rd and 4th week.
How are you gut-loading your feeders? Carrots (mainly), cabbage, corn, pumpkins
Supplements – Repti Calcium (without D3), Reptivitamin (with D3)
Only 2-3 crickets heavily dusted calcium crickets are fed few days in a week, others are not dusted, while 2 days in a week will also include the Reptivitamin
Watering – water pump with running water; only see him drink once so far. He eats soil of real plants several times a day I notice, I guess it would be used to help him digest
Fecal Description - My chamelons urate is mostly white and his poop is dark brown to black, similar to the colour of the soil he eats. My chamelon hasn't been tested for parasites
History – He was very active for the first month and he has been shedding skin for 2 times in the first 2.5 weeks. He has been growing really fast and the body size has increased for more than 2 times in a month. He looks healthy and active and eager to eat cricket everytime when we feed him.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - have a screen cage. It's 23x16x18 (inch).
Lighting - I am using reptisun 5.0 uvb and reptisun basking light 60W (day time)/ red night bulb 65W (night time)
Temperature - It is about 24C degree on uvb side while around 38 degree at basking spot in day /night. I have a digital thermometer in both side.
Humidity – Humidity level at uvb side is around 50% while only 20% at basking spot. Spray in the morning and night twice but both chams are not interested.
Plants – There are two plants which are small and they couldn’t hide there. He seems not that interested in the plant but the moisten soil while she is interested on the leaves of one of the plant. She eats the plant’s leave every day.
Placement – in the middle of the dining room and with fan, but as it’s winter here, never use. The ventilation is fair. areas?
Location – Hong Kong, temperature around 10 – 20 degree.
Current Problem – He stop eating suddenly and today already the 3rd day. He has no interest on eating and he seems don’t like me to approach him. He is trying to escape and hide behind those fake leaves. He walks shaky and most of the time he is just very wide and lying on the branch, for a long time. I also see him go down to the bottom of the cage for 1-2 times in these few days. While he is at the basking area (not the hottest spot), he has his one eye shut which I have never seen him shut his eye in the day time. His action is also slower than before he seems sensitive to everything around him.
Not sure is it because of the temperature as the first day he doesn’t eat is the temperature has dropped to around 10 degree in HK.
Your Chameleon – Male Veiled Chameleon, around 3-4 months, has been with me for 1 month since I bought him from a pet store. He is around 12cm for body without counting tail and 3-4cm wide. There is another female veiled chameleon with only 1/2 of his size but with similar age. (I bought him and her at the same time in the shop)
Handling - I handle him about once a day to let him climb out of the cage.
Feeding - I fed him crickets only. Crickets are put in a small plastic bowl in day time I’m away from home and usually the crickets would be eaten when I back home. He eats 5-6 crickets in small size when he first came and later on increase to 10-12 small crickets in the second week. Then I start feeding him with medium size crickets and he can eat for around 10 in a day in the 3rd and 4th week.
How are you gut-loading your feeders? Carrots (mainly), cabbage, corn, pumpkins
Supplements – Repti Calcium (without D3), Reptivitamin (with D3)
Only 2-3 crickets heavily dusted calcium crickets are fed few days in a week, others are not dusted, while 2 days in a week will also include the Reptivitamin
Watering – water pump with running water; only see him drink once so far. He eats soil of real plants several times a day I notice, I guess it would be used to help him digest
Fecal Description - My chamelons urate is mostly white and his poop is dark brown to black, similar to the colour of the soil he eats. My chamelon hasn't been tested for parasites
History – He was very active for the first month and he has been shedding skin for 2 times in the first 2.5 weeks. He has been growing really fast and the body size has increased for more than 2 times in a month. He looks healthy and active and eager to eat cricket everytime when we feed him.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - have a screen cage. It's 23x16x18 (inch).
Lighting - I am using reptisun 5.0 uvb and reptisun basking light 60W (day time)/ red night bulb 65W (night time)
Temperature - It is about 24C degree on uvb side while around 38 degree at basking spot in day /night. I have a digital thermometer in both side.
Humidity – Humidity level at uvb side is around 50% while only 20% at basking spot. Spray in the morning and night twice but both chams are not interested.
Plants – There are two plants which are small and they couldn’t hide there. He seems not that interested in the plant but the moisten soil while she is interested on the leaves of one of the plant. She eats the plant’s leave every day.
Placement – in the middle of the dining room and with fan, but as it’s winter here, never use. The ventilation is fair. areas?
Location – Hong Kong, temperature around 10 – 20 degree.
Current Problem – He stop eating suddenly and today already the 3rd day. He has no interest on eating and he seems don’t like me to approach him. He is trying to escape and hide behind those fake leaves. He walks shaky and most of the time he is just very wide and lying on the branch, for a long time. I also see him go down to the bottom of the cage for 1-2 times in these few days. While he is at the basking area (not the hottest spot), he has his one eye shut which I have never seen him shut his eye in the day time. His action is also slower than before he seems sensitive to everything around him.
Not sure is it because of the temperature as the first day he doesn’t eat is the temperature has dropped to around 10 degree in HK.
