a little help please

[beavesss]

Um My chameleons poop is green! Why is it? Is that bad? Do I do anything about it?

 

[jannb]

What have you been feeding him? What do you use for gutload?

 

[elrojo]

This may be a long shot, but I have to ask: Does this animal eat an unusual amount of vegetable matter? I hatched one veiled that ate greens almost like a beardie! I had to limit the size of salads, b/c he would get too full on veggies then only lazily hunt. If given the choice between bugs or greens, he'd take bugs like any cham, but I was in the habit of offering greens first thing after lights to get them to eat some. His droppings would be dark green, with only a white "tail" when he'd feast on vegetable matter. He's still in a buddy's collection, and last I heard would still just munch down on chopped greens when provided, and he has to rotate the plants for all the bites he takes out of leaves. He outgrew his siblings to a point I had to move him out at 8 weeks or so for fear of cannibalism. That was likely genetic rather than dietary if I had to guess, though, there seem to be a couple of those in every clutch.

 

[VeiledOwner87]

all have good points here. i am interested in what you gut load your feeders. the eating a lot of veggies is a good theory, but it also could be something youre putting into your gut loads. for some reason i'm thinking of a baby, babies tend to poop green from constant baby food eating of veggie mixes, (spinach, peas), you must know what is appropriate and healthy foods and gut load ingredients, some items maybe absolutely wonderful for a human body, but could easily block important vitamins and minerals entering the chameleons body as well. please inform us about youre chameleons eating habbits asap. if it is not a case of what he is intaking, i would be a little concerned, ive never heard of green poop before on an issue other than eating.