babt vailed wont eat or eat very little.!

[Xenti]

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - Vailed Chameleon female - 2-3 months old - ive got her okt 25 - 2013

Handling - as little as posible

Feeding - Once a day i offer her 5-10 dusted crickets some times also mealworms in a little plastic cup. I use Repashy superload and also feed my crickets with fresh veggies.

Supplements - Exo Terra Calicum + D3 and Repashy Calicum plus and Nekton MSA

Watering - i the cage 2-3 times a day lasting from 1-5 mins, i have seen her drink multiple times


Fecal Description - I havent seen any droppings in her cage


History - i gotten her from the local pet store, so not mutch information here.

Cage Info:


Cage Type - Repti Breeze zoo med XL 61x61x120 cm

Lighting - Lucky reptile UV(uv-b) T5 13w - Basking: Exo Terra Daylight 75w(uv-a)

Temperature - highest 102 (under the basking) lowest 73.4 thats also night temp!


Humidity - i havent measured this yet.

Plants - a big pothos plant from cage floot to top (live)


Placement - not that mutch trafic we are only to persons here with jobs so we are gone for the most of the day. the cage stands on the floor

Location - Denmark - EU

Current Problem - i havent got her to eat as mutch as i would like, as i did mention earlier i offer her 5-10 crickets a day but some she only eats like 2-3 and some days nothing. Its my first cham so im very worried for her.
She is also very shy hisses at me when i get near, and for a large potion of the day she hides in the plant.

Picture taken when we get her home

The Cage!

 

[Djturna4thakidz]

Hello and welcome. Your little one should be eating more. Mine would eat anything I put in the cage at that age. One prob may be that your food items are too large. The other issue I noticed is your basking temp is way too high. It needs to be in the mid 80's, not 102. I would try a 40w or 60w bulb to get that down. Also your ambient day temp should be in the low 70's with a night time drop into the 60's. Your temps are too high. Correct this and see if that helps.

 

[ataraxia]

To compliment the advice above. You may want to try free ranging your feeders. Some animals just dont take to container feeding that well. You may also want to invest in a smaller cage right now. Something in the range of 16x16x30 would be great. Last, get the cage off the floor. Try to put the cage on something that is above your head for now.