Luke.C.Nord
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Panther Chameleon Nosy Faly, 1 year old, Male, been in my care for 9 months
Handled once to twice a day
Used to mostly be dubias, now i'm trying to mix in crickets, supers, and hornworms
Supplements are Calcium without D3 and every saturday alternates between reptivite and with D3
Watering I used to use a msitking but its currently broken so i mist once a day until he stops drinking
Fecals, runny urates and kind of runny brown parts
Cage info:
Reptibreeze 2'x2'x4' with vinyl zip tied on 2 sides and towel draped over back
Lighting is reptisun 5.0 uvb long bulb and for heat i have a 100W heat bulb and a 50W ceramic and the ceramic stays on 24/7 but the heat/light bulb turns off at night
temps are 75-84 in the day and 74-82 at night
humidity goes from about 30's to mid 60's
I have one Ficus tree in the middle of the enclosure
hes not near any vents or around anything busy, he has his own quiet corner in a bedroom.
Im located in Utah
My problems with this guy is that he hasnt been eating very much if at all, I offer him a big variety of insects but he hardly ever even takes interest in them. I used to feed him pretty much only dubias but he slowly lost interest in those so i started to mix it up more but recently he hasnt been taking interest in hardly anything. I've also caught him sleeping during the day and I noticed his urates are quite runny. The brown part isn't as runny but it does seem to be a little bit on the lighter side. I think the urate thing might just be from a little extra hydration but the thing thats been concerning me is how hes been sleeping during the day. He's always been difficult for me to feed, but he responds pretty well to free range, but the crickets always end up hiding at the bottom of the tank until they die and roaches just like to hide in the very corners and never move so I'd rather just get him used to cup feeding but he never eats out of a cup. He only will eat a few crickets if I free range them and then the rest just end up dying in the bottom of the cage. I tried setting up a runner cup for him but it has had little to no success. I feel that if i can just get him back on a healthy eating schedule I could get him to eat out of a cup easier. any suggestions? also does anyone think he has parasites and if he does what should I do while i wait for my vet appointment on the 2nd of august.
Another little thing i found under the microscope
I found this little circle under a cheap microscope i had at home and if you look to the left theres some more little circles
Here is a picture of my dude
Heres a pic of his feces
Handled once to twice a day
Used to mostly be dubias, now i'm trying to mix in crickets, supers, and hornworms
Supplements are Calcium without D3 and every saturday alternates between reptivite and with D3
Watering I used to use a msitking but its currently broken so i mist once a day until he stops drinking
Fecals, runny urates and kind of runny brown parts
Cage info:
Reptibreeze 2'x2'x4' with vinyl zip tied on 2 sides and towel draped over back
Lighting is reptisun 5.0 uvb long bulb and for heat i have a 100W heat bulb and a 50W ceramic and the ceramic stays on 24/7 but the heat/light bulb turns off at night
temps are 75-84 in the day and 74-82 at night
humidity goes from about 30's to mid 60's
I have one Ficus tree in the middle of the enclosure
hes not near any vents or around anything busy, he has his own quiet corner in a bedroom.
Im located in Utah
My problems with this guy is that he hasnt been eating very much if at all, I offer him a big variety of insects but he hardly ever even takes interest in them. I used to feed him pretty much only dubias but he slowly lost interest in those so i started to mix it up more but recently he hasnt been taking interest in hardly anything. I've also caught him sleeping during the day and I noticed his urates are quite runny. The brown part isn't as runny but it does seem to be a little bit on the lighter side. I think the urate thing might just be from a little extra hydration but the thing thats been concerning me is how hes been sleeping during the day. He's always been difficult for me to feed, but he responds pretty well to free range, but the crickets always end up hiding at the bottom of the tank until they die and roaches just like to hide in the very corners and never move so I'd rather just get him used to cup feeding but he never eats out of a cup. He only will eat a few crickets if I free range them and then the rest just end up dying in the bottom of the cage. I tried setting up a runner cup for him but it has had little to no success. I feel that if i can just get him back on a healthy eating schedule I could get him to eat out of a cup easier. any suggestions? also does anyone think he has parasites and if he does what should I do while i wait for my vet appointment on the 2nd of august.
Another little thing i found under the microscope
I found this little circle under a cheap microscope i had at home and if you look to the left theres some more little circles
Here is a picture of my dude
Heres a pic of his feces