Hello, I'm new here. I apologize if some of this has already been covered. I searched and so far found nothing so I figured I would ask.
Here is the information before I explain my question.
Chameleon:
Webby is a male veiled chameleon around 5-6 months old. He has been in my care since June 30th of this year.
I handle him as little as possible. I try to let him climb onto my hand so I can clean out his home. I do check him at that time for obvious wounds, or features that appear out of place.
Webby gets fed a diet of 1" crickets. He eats 5-6 in the morning and 6-8 in the evening. In between I offer him 3 normal sized meal worms every few days. He eats this up with no complaints. I tried a few more crickets but he left them to sit in the cage for too long. I removed them as I wasn't sure letting them hang out there all night would help him.
The crickets are getting a mix of rolled oats, potatoes, carrots, and orange cube.
Right now I am dusting the crickets with Zoo Med Repti Calcium every meal. I use Tetra Fauna ReptoLife Plus twice a week. Normally Sunday and Thursday.
I mist two or three times a day. Once around 6am when the lighting comes out. The next time is between 1 to 3 pm. If the humidity looks low for some reason around 40% I'll mist again either between 6 and 1 or 3 and 7.
I use a little dripper with spring water. It drips all day. I empty the pan and always use fresh water. I have recently tried using Reptisafe water conditioner on tap water. I saw no difference but got paranoid and put the conditioner aside.
I've seen him drink before but lately I haven't. By lately I mean a week or two. I have seen him stand under the drip to collect water on his head quite a few times lately. Is this another way that he can drink? I know his horn can "channel" water to his mouth but I don't exactly see that. I have been absent a bit more so he could be drinking when I'm not around.
He has solid brownish-black fecal waste most of the time. I have seen a few times when there was a trail of white through it. Once I saw a semi digested cricket but I haven't seen that for nearly two months.
Webby's has gone through four sheds with me. Each one began to take longer. The difference was only hours but the last shred was a bit different. He just finished it about a week ago. He shed everywhere but his back side and tail in the first day. It took him another two and a half days to shed the rest. This seemed a little out of place but not much since he seemed okay otherwise. No loss of appetite, no strange behaviors. A lot of rubbing but the skin would fall off and he'd be pretty calm after that.
Cage:
Webby lives in a 65 Gallon Tall Screen Repterium, 28 x 16.5 x 30.
His lighting comes on at 6am and goes off at 7pm, on a timer. He uses a 18" Fluorescent UVB 5.0 bulb and 150 watt basking bulb from zoo med.
Day temp ranges from 75 to 90 (basking spot). Night drops to 70 to 80. My room is naturally warmer than any other part of the house so the temp change isn't too drastic.
Temps are measured using two sets of thermometers and the devices that measures humidity. I try to keep the humidity around 50%. It tends to stay that way. I mist at least twice a day. The dripper drops into a pan which does evaporate a bit. The pan is changed at least three times daily. Morning/noon/and night.
We use no live plants since he had a habit of tearing them up.
The cage is placed on a table wide enough to have at least a foot on each side. It is placed in my room away from the windows, air vents, or drafts.
I am located in Southern Maine.
I hope this gives a decent amount of information.
The ProblemL
Lately, within the last three days, I've noticed Webby has been moving around his cage a whole lot. His coloring is fine. His eyes don't look sunken, he hasn't stopped eating. He is just walking around a whole lot more. I can't seem to locate just how much activity he should be displaying during the day.
He walks from the highest vines all the way down to the floor of the cage. After that he walks across a bit and climbs back up another wall to get to the larger vines. He walks across them sits for a moment or two and does this age.
I've seen no other changes in his personality, mood, diet. Could I be doing something wrong or am I just worrying too much?
Here is the information before I explain my question.
Chameleon:
Webby is a male veiled chameleon around 5-6 months old. He has been in my care since June 30th of this year.
I handle him as little as possible. I try to let him climb onto my hand so I can clean out his home. I do check him at that time for obvious wounds, or features that appear out of place.
Webby gets fed a diet of 1" crickets. He eats 5-6 in the morning and 6-8 in the evening. In between I offer him 3 normal sized meal worms every few days. He eats this up with no complaints. I tried a few more crickets but he left them to sit in the cage for too long. I removed them as I wasn't sure letting them hang out there all night would help him.
The crickets are getting a mix of rolled oats, potatoes, carrots, and orange cube.
Right now I am dusting the crickets with Zoo Med Repti Calcium every meal. I use Tetra Fauna ReptoLife Plus twice a week. Normally Sunday and Thursday.
I mist two or three times a day. Once around 6am when the lighting comes out. The next time is between 1 to 3 pm. If the humidity looks low for some reason around 40% I'll mist again either between 6 and 1 or 3 and 7.
I use a little dripper with spring water. It drips all day. I empty the pan and always use fresh water. I have recently tried using Reptisafe water conditioner on tap water. I saw no difference but got paranoid and put the conditioner aside.
I've seen him drink before but lately I haven't. By lately I mean a week or two. I have seen him stand under the drip to collect water on his head quite a few times lately. Is this another way that he can drink? I know his horn can "channel" water to his mouth but I don't exactly see that. I have been absent a bit more so he could be drinking when I'm not around.
He has solid brownish-black fecal waste most of the time. I have seen a few times when there was a trail of white through it. Once I saw a semi digested cricket but I haven't seen that for nearly two months.
Webby's has gone through four sheds with me. Each one began to take longer. The difference was only hours but the last shred was a bit different. He just finished it about a week ago. He shed everywhere but his back side and tail in the first day. It took him another two and a half days to shed the rest. This seemed a little out of place but not much since he seemed okay otherwise. No loss of appetite, no strange behaviors. A lot of rubbing but the skin would fall off and he'd be pretty calm after that.
Cage:
Webby lives in a 65 Gallon Tall Screen Repterium, 28 x 16.5 x 30.
His lighting comes on at 6am and goes off at 7pm, on a timer. He uses a 18" Fluorescent UVB 5.0 bulb and 150 watt basking bulb from zoo med.
Day temp ranges from 75 to 90 (basking spot). Night drops to 70 to 80. My room is naturally warmer than any other part of the house so the temp change isn't too drastic.
Temps are measured using two sets of thermometers and the devices that measures humidity. I try to keep the humidity around 50%. It tends to stay that way. I mist at least twice a day. The dripper drops into a pan which does evaporate a bit. The pan is changed at least three times daily. Morning/noon/and night.
We use no live plants since he had a habit of tearing them up.
The cage is placed on a table wide enough to have at least a foot on each side. It is placed in my room away from the windows, air vents, or drafts.
I am located in Southern Maine.
I hope this gives a decent amount of information.
The ProblemL
Lately, within the last three days, I've noticed Webby has been moving around his cage a whole lot. His coloring is fine. His eyes don't look sunken, he hasn't stopped eating. He is just walking around a whole lot more. I can't seem to locate just how much activity he should be displaying during the day.
He walks from the highest vines all the way down to the floor of the cage. After that he walks across a bit and climbs back up another wall to get to the larger vines. He walks across them sits for a moment or two and does this age.
I've seen no other changes in his personality, mood, diet. Could I be doing something wrong or am I just worrying too much?
