Connan_183
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Ambilobe, male, (I am not familiar with his age and was not given his age when I purchased him). I've had him since early June 2017 and he arrived labled as a "juvenile."
Handling - 1 to 2 times weekly
Feeding - The majority of his diet comes from crickets and superworms. Once in a while I'll feed him wax worms and horn worms. I place 5 to 8 crickets in the cage daily with 4 to 5 superworms. I feed him in the morning. Im gut loading with the fluker's calcium blocks and cricket meal feed.
Supplements - I use reptivite 2 times a month and calcium monday, wednesday, and friday.
Watering - I use a mistking mister. Currently, I mist 6 times a day with misting sessions ranging from 1 to 6 minutes. I saw my chameleon drinking today when hand spraying the cage personally.
Fecal Description - The last time i saw his droppings were 2 days ago and they were firm with white watery urates. He's never been tested for parasites.
History - no history that I'm aware of. I would like to say that I was on vacation for 6 days and left him at a friend's house. I took him back to my house and placed him in a bigger cage bc he's getting bigger.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - XL screen reptibreeze, 2x2x4 feet
Lighting - I'm using a linear UVB light (Zoo Med 26061 Reptisun 10.0 T5-Ho Uvb 24W Fluorescent Lamp, 22") and a 65 watt, white, incandescent basking bulb.
Temperature - ambient is 70s; basking spot is 80s-90s, lowest overnight temp is 70ish. I use a digital infrared thermometer temperature gun.
Humidity - Honestly, I haven't hooked up my humidity gage from the old cage...so I cannot answer this question. Will plan on doing this soon enough.
Plants - Yes, ficus, scheffelera, pothos, and dracaena
Placement - my cage is located on a desk at an angle from the vent. the cage is about 2 to 3 feet above the ground.
Location - I live in Dallas, TX
Current Problem - It has only been a day since conan has been home. he's been waddling at the bottom of the cage and he's been more timid and shy (nothing like he was before I left for vacation). Also, his colors are darker than before...like he's not happy. I came back home from hanging out with friends and I was looking to find conan sleeping and I saw him sleeping at the bottom of the cage. This is the first time I've ever seen him do this. Is it too soon to be concerned? I've posted a thread about conan on a chameleon FB group and they said give him some time to get back on track to his regular routine. I've seen him eat 3 superworms and a cricket today. I'd like to add that I saw him try to eat the vines of my pothos plant for the first time today. I haven't seen his poops since 2 days ago...conan has never had daily bowel movements since i've gotten him...and will check after I get home from work at 7 pm tomorrow. I am just worried and want to act quickly if he is ill....I really love my cham and don't want to lose him just yet.
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