Your Chameleon -Jackson's, male, ,1 yr. He's been in my care for 3 months.
Handling - Hardly ever, he doesn't appreciate it very much.
Feeding - I feed him gutloaded crickets and mealworms, four-five crickets a day plus a few worms if he's feeling like eating them. I feed him in the late morning around 11:00. I gut load with collard greens, kale, banana, apple, and banana skin.
Supplements - I use a plain calcium supplement every day called rep-cal, and reptivite once a month.
Watering - Our dripper broke (little dripper), so I've been using an eye dropper until our new one gets here, he drinks about 3 dropper's full a day. I either use a spray bottle to mist with warm water for about 10-15 in his cage, or I take him to the shower for about the same amount of time to play in the water.
Fecal Description - His poop/pee has always been normal, white or an off-white color for the urate, and and normally formed feces. Not treated for parasites.
History -He's currently shedding and never been to the vet because there isn't an exotic vet close to home, but I've found one and am making an appointment there.
Cage Type - 24x24x48 all screen cage with vines and leaves for climbing.
Lighting - I use repti-sun 15 watt T8 tube lighting with a hood, and zoomed repitcare ceramic infrared heat emitter, 60 watts (no light). His uvb stays on for 8 hours, it gets turned on in the morning around 8, his heat stays on all day, but turned off when we go to bed to prevent fire (at night we cover his cage with a blanket to keep heat in)
Temperature - It's very cold here right now, but in his room it stays an even 65-70, and in his cage the warmest spot in winter is around 75, coolest would be 60.
Humidity - Humidity is very difficult where I live in the winter. I have a warm humidifier in his room now that keeps the humidity closest to it in his cage around 40. I spray the cage with warm water often to get the humidity up further to 50-60, but it is very very difficult to maintain. We are waiting for a fogger to get here in the next few days.
Plants - No live plants.
Placement - The cage is on the main level in an isolated room away from foot traffic and noise. The table that his cage sits on is above a heating vent. The top of his cage is about a foot from the ceiling (8 foot ceilings)
Location - Maryland, USA
So, my cham has been shedding for about a week now, pretty normal shed except he has developed a black splotch on his back/tail, and where this splotch is he's missing his spines. The spot has moved up from it's original spot on his tail, and where it was before is now light grey with his normal green showing through. I'm a first time owner, so I don't know if this is normal or if it's a stuck shed or infection. I have been misting him with warm water and wiping the dark area with a warm towel to loosen any skin, but he doesn't really like that very much. I read that using diluted iodine would help to keep infection from spreading and vaseline to keep in moisture, is that right?
The splotch is not a solid black, it's kind of dull with some green bits showing through if you look close. I'm going to make an appointment with the exotic vet asap, but I was curious on what to do in the meantime and if anyone else has had this problem?
I posted pictures, I hope you can see it. Thank you!
Handling - Hardly ever, he doesn't appreciate it very much.
Feeding - I feed him gutloaded crickets and mealworms, four-five crickets a day plus a few worms if he's feeling like eating them. I feed him in the late morning around 11:00. I gut load with collard greens, kale, banana, apple, and banana skin.
Supplements - I use a plain calcium supplement every day called rep-cal, and reptivite once a month.
Watering - Our dripper broke (little dripper), so I've been using an eye dropper until our new one gets here, he drinks about 3 dropper's full a day. I either use a spray bottle to mist with warm water for about 10-15 in his cage, or I take him to the shower for about the same amount of time to play in the water.
Fecal Description - His poop/pee has always been normal, white or an off-white color for the urate, and and normally formed feces. Not treated for parasites.
History -He's currently shedding and never been to the vet because there isn't an exotic vet close to home, but I've found one and am making an appointment there.
Cage Type - 24x24x48 all screen cage with vines and leaves for climbing.
Lighting - I use repti-sun 15 watt T8 tube lighting with a hood, and zoomed repitcare ceramic infrared heat emitter, 60 watts (no light). His uvb stays on for 8 hours, it gets turned on in the morning around 8, his heat stays on all day, but turned off when we go to bed to prevent fire (at night we cover his cage with a blanket to keep heat in)
Temperature - It's very cold here right now, but in his room it stays an even 65-70, and in his cage the warmest spot in winter is around 75, coolest would be 60.
Humidity - Humidity is very difficult where I live in the winter. I have a warm humidifier in his room now that keeps the humidity closest to it in his cage around 40. I spray the cage with warm water often to get the humidity up further to 50-60, but it is very very difficult to maintain. We are waiting for a fogger to get here in the next few days.
Plants - No live plants.
Placement - The cage is on the main level in an isolated room away from foot traffic and noise. The table that his cage sits on is above a heating vent. The top of his cage is about a foot from the ceiling (8 foot ceilings)
Location - Maryland, USA
So, my cham has been shedding for about a week now, pretty normal shed except he has developed a black splotch on his back/tail, and where this splotch is he's missing his spines. The spot has moved up from it's original spot on his tail, and where it was before is now light grey with his normal green showing through. I'm a first time owner, so I don't know if this is normal or if it's a stuck shed or infection. I have been misting him with warm water and wiping the dark area with a warm towel to loosen any skin, but he doesn't really like that very much. I read that using diluted iodine would help to keep infection from spreading and vaseline to keep in moisture, is that right?
The splotch is not a solid black, it's kind of dull with some green bits showing through if you look close. I'm going to make an appointment with the exotic vet asap, but I was curious on what to do in the meantime and if anyone else has had this problem?
I posted pictures, I hope you can see it. Thank you!
