Alert: Sambava female closed eye?
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Sang
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fill this out, and lets see if we can get you some help asap.
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Describe your cage construction (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
* Lighting - What brand, model, and type of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
* Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
* Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
* Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
* Location - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
* Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
* Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
* Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
* Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
* Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
* History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
* Current Problem - The current problem that you are concerned about.
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Describe your cage construction (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
* Lighting - What brand, model, and type of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
* Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
* Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
* Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
* Location - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
* Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
* Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
* Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
* Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
* Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
* History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
* Current Problem - The current problem that you are concerned about.
Checkers
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Thanks here it goes!!
cage-24"-24"-48" screen cage.
Lighting- A zoomed powersun 160w and a 100watt night red bulb (both on in day and only the red at night.
Temps- 88f is the hottest basking area-the rest of the cage is 75-83.(zoomed digital temp)
Humidity-mistising 2-3 times a day(no humidity reader)
Plants-Exo terra fake benjaminas etc. no real yet
Placement-Cage is in the kitchen with 2 other herps. A ceiling fan above that is rarely on and vents close by. moderate traffic in the kitchen yet only 2 people in house. top of cage is 6 feet off the ground.
Chameleon-Sambava Female Panther. 4-6 monthes? (look on my profile pic and inform me please) had no more than 30 days.
Handle-every other day(few minutes)
Feed-Crickets-6-12 per day lightly dusted and gutt loaded with bites. occasional meal or super worm dusted with minerall.
Dusting-Frequent ( I was told since she is young) sticky farms minerall indoor.
Water-Dixie cup dripping and 2-3 times misting. Does drink.
Poo- Black/White. Seems to be very clean and not go too much.
Other info-I was first going to get an ambanja who was placed to the right of my sambava(seperate cages.) However was instructed to pick the sambava who did not have an eye problem which they had recently found out the ambanja did and was going through treatment.
Problem-Left eye seems to be shut most of the day and right eye is fine. Left eye when open seems to be a little more oval shaped.
cage-24"-24"-48" screen cage.
Lighting- A zoomed powersun 160w and a 100watt night red bulb (both on in day and only the red at night.
Temps- 88f is the hottest basking area-the rest of the cage is 75-83.(zoomed digital temp)
Humidity-mistising 2-3 times a day(no humidity reader)
Plants-Exo terra fake benjaminas etc. no real yet
Placement-Cage is in the kitchen with 2 other herps. A ceiling fan above that is rarely on and vents close by. moderate traffic in the kitchen yet only 2 people in house. top of cage is 6 feet off the ground.
Chameleon-Sambava Female Panther. 4-6 monthes? (look on my profile pic and inform me please) had no more than 30 days.
Handle-every other day(few minutes)
Feed-Crickets-6-12 per day lightly dusted and gutt loaded with bites. occasional meal or super worm dusted with minerall.
Dusting-Frequent ( I was told since she is young) sticky farms minerall indoor.
Water-Dixie cup dripping and 2-3 times misting. Does drink.
Poo- Black/White. Seems to be very clean and not go too much.
Other info-I was first going to get an ambanja who was placed to the right of my sambava(seperate cages.) However was instructed to pick the sambava who did not have an eye problem which they had recently found out the ambanja did and was going through treatment.
Problem-Left eye seems to be shut most of the day and right eye is fine. Left eye when open seems to be a little more oval shaped.
jannb
Chameleon Enthusiast
I'm not sure about your lighting.....someone else will have to help with that. Where do you live? Do you have a vet for your chameleons? I would try a nice warm shower and get her to the vet on Monday. Usually a closed eye is a sign that something's wrong......besides just the eye.
Sang
New Member
i just noticed also that your using the dusty indoor minerall.
you might be overloading her on d3 mineral if you only use that to coat. check the packaging to make sure.
you should have two powder coating materials.
calcium w/d3 which is used at most 2x a month
and calcium w/out d3 on every feeding or every other feeding.
a vitamin powder can be used occasionally.
if your heating lamp is a dual cross with UVB, its better to do seperate, at least as far as i know, i don't know a whole lot about lights.
as i said a 60 watt house bulb + reptisun 5.0 18" tube lamp is the ideal light settings for almost all chams.
you might be overloading her on d3 mineral if you only use that to coat. check the packaging to make sure.
you should have two powder coating materials.
calcium w/d3 which is used at most 2x a month
and calcium w/out d3 on every feeding or every other feeding.
a vitamin powder can be used occasionally.
if your heating lamp is a dual cross with UVB, its better to do seperate, at least as far as i know, i don't know a whole lot about lights.
as i said a 60 watt house bulb + reptisun 5.0 18" tube lamp is the ideal light settings for almost all chams.
Julirs
New Member
Do your house temps drop below 60 at night? If not no light or heat at night. It is better to heat a room then a cage, and night heat can be very drying. Get some real plants in the cage to help with humidity and get some Terramycin. If her eye does not open after using the Terramycin for several days, a vet visit is in order. Make sure you adjust your supplement schedule and that you are not offering shake and bake coated crickets-over coated feeders can cause eye irritation.
