Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - 3month old male amb panther, had for one week
Handling - just on the car ride home from repticon, none since
Feeding - crickets, superworms. Ate two crickets when first put in the cage and nothing since. He will eat a superworm as soon as I put it in the cage.
Supplements - herpavite once every three weeks, calc every feeding
Watering - drip system and mist about 4-6 times a day
Fecal Description - brown and white wet droppings
History - no known history
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 18x18x36
Lighting - 5.0 reptibulb uvb, 75 watt red heat bulb 12 hour cycles
Temperature - 85 at basking, 75 middle of cage, 70 near bottom
Humidity - around 40-60% with a analog humidity meter
Plants - no live plants but covered with vines and fake plants (no silk)
Placement - no traffic separate room
Location -south carolina
Current Problem - When I first got melo, he ate two crickets (large) and a superworm. I got him pinheads but he would not touch them. The next day he did not eat. He processed the food and his droppings looked normal. The third day there were 4 med/large crickets in his cage but would not touch them. When i got home, i tried a superworm and he ate it right away. Ive heard mixed reviews about feeding superworms as a staple, and would like to be patient with melo, at the same time he is really skinny and his rib cage is visable. I want to make sure hes eating correctly. I dusted the super worms with repcal. Any thoughts? Should i try to go back to smaller crickets? Is it ok to just keep feeding him the supers? Thanks for any help you can provide, this little guy means the world to us!
Your Chameleon - 3month old male amb panther, had for one week
Handling - just on the car ride home from repticon, none since
Feeding - crickets, superworms. Ate two crickets when first put in the cage and nothing since. He will eat a superworm as soon as I put it in the cage.
Supplements - herpavite once every three weeks, calc every feeding
Watering - drip system and mist about 4-6 times a day
Fecal Description - brown and white wet droppings
History - no known history
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 18x18x36
Lighting - 5.0 reptibulb uvb, 75 watt red heat bulb 12 hour cycles
Temperature - 85 at basking, 75 middle of cage, 70 near bottom
Humidity - around 40-60% with a analog humidity meter
Plants - no live plants but covered with vines and fake plants (no silk)
Placement - no traffic separate room
Location -south carolina
Current Problem - When I first got melo, he ate two crickets (large) and a superworm. I got him pinheads but he would not touch them. The next day he did not eat. He processed the food and his droppings looked normal. The third day there were 4 med/large crickets in his cage but would not touch them. When i got home, i tried a superworm and he ate it right away. Ive heard mixed reviews about feeding superworms as a staple, and would like to be patient with melo, at the same time he is really skinny and his rib cage is visable. I want to make sure hes eating correctly. I dusted the super worms with repcal. Any thoughts? Should i try to go back to smaller crickets? Is it ok to just keep feeding him the supers? Thanks for any help you can provide, this little guy means the world to us!
