OK, I have had multiple posts on here in the past 2 weeks of owning my first cham. Learning a lot, but she just seems to have gone from healthy to unhealthy... I guess. I don't know. She has gradually been sleeping more and more during the day. I know that any sleeping during the day is not normal at all. But she first started snoozing about 5-6 days ago, small naps. Now, today she has almost slept the entire day through. I just don't know what to do. Her eating has been tapering from 1-2 crickets a day to about 1 every other day. She is drinking, poo has been yellow to white. Ironically, she seems to have went into this decline after her first vet visit
She was fine, took her to the vet, he checked her poo, no parasites, and he gave her a clean bill of health....so much for that I guess. It is bizarre, when I get her out of her enclosure she'll open up her eyes, climb up me about one foot and then just lay down an sleep. Then she'll wake up climb some more, then sleep. I swear it's almost like narcolepsy. She has a good firm grip, not weak at all. I want to note that she is currently in an aquarium, I know this is all wrong and I have a DYI cage 18x18x36 on order, it is coming tomorrow. She has been living amongst fake plants for the 2 weeks I've had her, but those will be replaced with live Arboricola in the new screened cage. Also want to say she sleeps in complete darkness all night so she should be getting ample, undisturbed sleep. I just feel like a failure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Senegal, Female, 6-8 months of age.
Been in my care about 16 days
Handling - I handle her once a day for about 10-15 minutes at the most just so I can clean her cage out if need be.
Feeding - Currently feeding her crickets fed with flukers High calcium cricket diet, feeding her 1-2 every other day, dusting with calcium with no D3, doing the D3 twice a month and multi-vite twice a month.
Watering - Using a dripper system and heavily misting entire enclosure 4-5 times per day. And I do see her drinking
Fecal Description - Droppings look brown with a pure white to yellow
History - See above
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Enclosure is all glass sides and a glass bottom ( it is technically an aquarium, and I know I need to get something with ventilation, I let the people at the pet store sell me this) Has a screen top and is 16WX24LX16H
Lighting - Basking bulb is 75watt Exo Terra Brand and the UVB bulb is a 5.0 spiral type exo terra. She is getting about 13 hours of UVB and basking per day. Turn them on at about 8am in the morning and off at 9 pm
Temperature - Range is about 75 at the floor, 80-85 mid range and bask
These are measured with a digital thermometer
Humidity -Is about 20-40 peaking at 70 percent right when I mist, measured with a digital hygrometer. I mist often to maintain these levels and leave a tiny amount of water upon the glass bottom of the enclosure which I clean out nightly.
Plants - I am using ivy type fake plants. Currently no live plants.
Placement - Enclosure is located in my living room, high traffic, Top of the cage is probably not near high enough at about 4 1/2 feet off the ground.
Location - Located in Newark, Ohio, U.S.A.
She was fine, took her to the vet, he checked her poo, no parasites, and he gave her a clean bill of health....so much for that I guess. It is bizarre, when I get her out of her enclosure she'll open up her eyes, climb up me about one foot and then just lay down an sleep. Then she'll wake up climb some more, then sleep. I swear it's almost like narcolepsy. She has a good firm grip, not weak at all. I want to note that she is currently in an aquarium, I know this is all wrong and I have a DYI cage 18x18x36 on order, it is coming tomorrow. She has been living amongst fake plants for the 2 weeks I've had her, but those will be replaced with live Arboricola in the new screened cage. Also want to say she sleeps in complete darkness all night so she should be getting ample, undisturbed sleep. I just feel like a failure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Senegal, Female, 6-8 months of age.
Been in my care about 16 days
Handling - I handle her once a day for about 10-15 minutes at the most just so I can clean her cage out if need be.
Feeding - Currently feeding her crickets fed with flukers High calcium cricket diet, feeding her 1-2 every other day, dusting with calcium with no D3, doing the D3 twice a month and multi-vite twice a month.
Watering - Using a dripper system and heavily misting entire enclosure 4-5 times per day. And I do see her drinking
Fecal Description - Droppings look brown with a pure white to yellow
History - See above
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Enclosure is all glass sides and a glass bottom ( it is technically an aquarium, and I know I need to get something with ventilation, I let the people at the pet store sell me this) Has a screen top and is 16WX24LX16H
Lighting - Basking bulb is 75watt Exo Terra Brand and the UVB bulb is a 5.0 spiral type exo terra. She is getting about 13 hours of UVB and basking per day. Turn them on at about 8am in the morning and off at 9 pm
Temperature - Range is about 75 at the floor, 80-85 mid range and bask
These are measured with a digital thermometer
Humidity -Is about 20-40 peaking at 70 percent right when I mist, measured with a digital hygrometer. I mist often to maintain these levels and leave a tiny amount of water upon the glass bottom of the enclosure which I clean out nightly.
Plants - I am using ivy type fake plants. Currently no live plants.
Placement - Enclosure is located in my living room, high traffic, Top of the cage is probably not near high enough at about 4 1/2 feet off the ground.
Location - Located in Newark, Ohio, U.S.A.
