36 1.5 month old Veileds R.I??? Help please.

[deekayjones]

Hello there,
So I have 36 1.5 month old veiled chameleons. They are all eating great and seem to be thriving. Yesterday I noticed 2 or 3 of the babies are making a clicking sound when they breathe. Only can hear it every now and then. My exotic vet is out of the office until next week. What can I do in the meantime to help these little guys out?

They are in a screen cage, a UVB bulb and a basking bulb. Lights are on 12 hours a day. The temps are 75 average in the cool area and 85-88 in the warm area. They have a misting system that sprays them for 6 seconds every hour for 8 hours out of the day.
I feed them everyday, they get d3 calcium 2 times per month and calcium without d 3 to 4 times per week.
Humidity says it says between 40-60 percent depending on the time of day and the misting system. I keep paper towels on the bottom and change it every other day. The cages stay clean.

What am I doing wrong that would cause a respiratory infection? Any and all help is appreciated.

 

[Carlton]

Hello there,
So I have 36 1.5 month old veiled chameleons. They are all eating great and seem to be thriving. Yesterday I noticed 2 or 3 of the babies are making a clicking sound when they breathe. Only can hear it every now and then. My exotic vet is out of the office until next week. What can I do in the meantime to help these little guys out?

They are in a screen cage, a UVB bulb and a basking bulb. Lights are on 12 hours a day. The temps are 75 average in the cool area and 85-88 in the warm area. They have a misting system that sprays them for 6 seconds every hour for 8 hours out of the day.
I feed them everyday, they get d3 calcium 2 times per month and calcium without d 3 to 4 times per week.
Humidity says it says between 40-60 percent depending on the time of day and the misting system. I keep paper towels on the bottom and change it every other day. The cages stay clean.

What am I doing wrong that would cause a respiratory infection? Any and all help is appreciated.

Are they housed together? The first thing I would do is separate the two who seem to be clicking. If they are still active, eating and drinking what you are hearing may be vocalizing to the others. Stress can send the weaker, shyer, or more stress prone animals into a downward spiral because of competition. You may well need to break up them up in to smaller groups anyway.

 

[deekayjones]

They are all housed together but split into about 3 groups. I will split the groups down even more and split them more into similar size groups. I have 5 cage spaces available so I will put them into groups of about 7 and see if it helps. It could be stress related I have noticed they will "gape" at another sibling from across the cage every now and then.