Lpsouth1978
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Lets start with the pertinent info
Your Chameleon - Female Ambilobe, 8 months old, in my care for just over a week.
Handling - I try to handle all of my chameleons daily, though I have only handled her once because I want her to get settled first.
Feeding - Dubia primarily with crickets, small supers, and the occasional butterworm. I put all of the feeders for the day in her feeding cup before I leave for work each day. At the end of the day I return what is left to the colony. All my feeders are gut loaded with a home made dry gutload derived from sandrachameleons recipes as well as fresh produce, mostly turnip, collard, and mustard greens.
Supplements - I dust all feeders daily with zoomed calcium w/o D3, every other sunday with zoomed calcium with D3, and the other sundays with RepCal Herptivite.
Watering - I have an automatic misting system on her cage using RO water. It is set to mist for 3 minutes @ 8, 11, 2, and 5. I see her drink from time to time, though I am not usually around when she is misted.
Fecal Description - poop looks normal fairly solid brown with white urates, never tested for parasites, only in my care for 1 week
Cage Info:
Cage Type - She is in a reptibreeze 24x24x48 screen cage with 3 sides wrapped in a shower curtain.
Lighting - 24" Oddysea T5 fixture with 3 - 6500k plant bulbs and 1 - Reptisun 10.0 UVB bulb. 75 watt basking bulb suspended 6" above cage and 12" above basking spot. lights on at 8:00am off at 8:00 pm.
Temperature - About 85 at basking spot and around 70 at the floor of the cage. Nighttime temps dip to 65-70. Temps are measured with digital thermometer with probe and a hand held IR thermometer.
Humidity - humidity stays at about 40-50% most of the time with spikes up to 80-90% after misting. I use a cool mist humidifier to keep the humidity in the room at about 40%, measured with digital hygrometer and automatic room humidifier
Plants - No live plants, I was with the previous chameleon that was in her cage, but became too messy and troublesome
Placement - The cage is in my bedroom which is a very low traffic area as I am the only one that generally goes in there. The top of the cage is about 7 feet from the floor.
Location - I live near Denver, CO
Current Problem -
I recently purchased an 8 month old female Ambilobe for an upcoming breeding project. At 8 months old I expected her to be large enough for an adult enclosure, 24x24x48. Unfortunately she came in at a tiny 20 grams. I was a bit disappointed since I was told she was a big 8 month old, but is only a quarter the size of my 8 month male.
I have had her for almost 2 weeks and she has barely eaten anything since I got her. She seems to be well hydrated, is active and alert, and I don't see any obvious signs that she is unhealthy, just not eating. Could the problem be that the cage is simply too big for her right now. I try to put the feeder cup near the places she spends the most time, but it seems she doesn't really eat anything.
The first 2 days I had her she ate about 30 small dubia each day, now she is not eating anything I offer. She has pooped, so I know she is not impacted or anything like that. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Your Chameleon - Female Ambilobe, 8 months old, in my care for just over a week.
Handling - I try to handle all of my chameleons daily, though I have only handled her once because I want her to get settled first.
Feeding - Dubia primarily with crickets, small supers, and the occasional butterworm. I put all of the feeders for the day in her feeding cup before I leave for work each day. At the end of the day I return what is left to the colony. All my feeders are gut loaded with a home made dry gutload derived from sandrachameleons recipes as well as fresh produce, mostly turnip, collard, and mustard greens.
Supplements - I dust all feeders daily with zoomed calcium w/o D3, every other sunday with zoomed calcium with D3, and the other sundays with RepCal Herptivite.
Watering - I have an automatic misting system on her cage using RO water. It is set to mist for 3 minutes @ 8, 11, 2, and 5. I see her drink from time to time, though I am not usually around when she is misted.
Fecal Description - poop looks normal fairly solid brown with white urates, never tested for parasites, only in my care for 1 week
Cage Info:
Cage Type - She is in a reptibreeze 24x24x48 screen cage with 3 sides wrapped in a shower curtain.
Lighting - 24" Oddysea T5 fixture with 3 - 6500k plant bulbs and 1 - Reptisun 10.0 UVB bulb. 75 watt basking bulb suspended 6" above cage and 12" above basking spot. lights on at 8:00am off at 8:00 pm.
Temperature - About 85 at basking spot and around 70 at the floor of the cage. Nighttime temps dip to 65-70. Temps are measured with digital thermometer with probe and a hand held IR thermometer.
Humidity - humidity stays at about 40-50% most of the time with spikes up to 80-90% after misting. I use a cool mist humidifier to keep the humidity in the room at about 40%, measured with digital hygrometer and automatic room humidifier
Plants - No live plants, I was with the previous chameleon that was in her cage, but became too messy and troublesome
Placement - The cage is in my bedroom which is a very low traffic area as I am the only one that generally goes in there. The top of the cage is about 7 feet from the floor.
Location - I live near Denver, CO
Current Problem -
I recently purchased an 8 month old female Ambilobe for an upcoming breeding project. At 8 months old I expected her to be large enough for an adult enclosure, 24x24x48. Unfortunately she came in at a tiny 20 grams. I was a bit disappointed since I was told she was a big 8 month old, but is only a quarter the size of my 8 month male.
I have had her for almost 2 weeks and she has barely eaten anything since I got her. She seems to be well hydrated, is active and alert, and I don't see any obvious signs that she is unhealthy, just not eating. Could the problem be that the cage is simply too big for her right now. I try to put the feeder cup near the places she spends the most time, but it seems she doesn't really eat anything.
The first 2 days I had her she ate about 30 small dubia each day, now she is not eating anything I offer. She has pooped, so I know she is not impacted or anything like that. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
