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Chameleon Info:
◦ Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Panther, male, 1 year old, since April
◦ Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Never not very nice when I try, Did get him a few times out of the cage to put him in the outdoor cage.
◦ Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? have tried all feeders, as much as he could eat, every am, depends on the feeders-breed own roaches, hornworms
◦ Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Repashy, right now every day-otherwise since he made it to 1 once a week for calcium, vitamins
◦ Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? Automatic mister runs every hour for 120 seconds, no
◦ Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? droppings are normal when he goes- looks like the photos in the recent post on this topic. Yes he was just tested again this week.
◦ History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. Been on the site for 2 years researching before my purchase and should have everything set up correctly. Otherwise all summer long he was normal acting and growing.
Cage Info:
◦ Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? wood in 3 sides, top and front screen, dims are 5ft tall X 2 feet wide X 2 feet deep
◦ Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? lightyourreptiles fixture with 1-D3 6%, 3-6500K, set of led blue lights
◦ Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? bottom at 70, middle at 78, top at 84(daytime), 65 in the middle(overnight) measuring by digital temp and humidity gauge along with a temp gun.
◦ Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? 50-70% creating by auto mister and humidifier set at 60%, digital as listed above
◦ Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? yes live plants don’t remember the name of them but one taller plant, one husibus, one pathos.
◦ Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? Cage is located in a spare bedroom that is now a reptile room placed on an interior wall, no fans no vents or no high traffic area, cage height is 5 feet from the floor
◦ Location - Where are you geographically located? WI
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
current problem is he is not eating. It doesn’t seem to matter what I put in the cage for feeders he doesn’t touch it. Has been going on for about 3 weeks. Starting hand feeding for the past week. Seems much better as I now can get a stool sample from him about 2 times a week. We have been to the vet and no issues are found so far. I don’t know what else to do at this point. He still moves all around the cage going from top to bottom. Has strong legs and jaw. I think eyes look good, he moves them around looking all over. Skin still has color and no burns, vet said he is in very good shape, tongue does work, tried mealworms a couple weeks back and he did eat them at that point and had no problems. He is one that doesn’t like anyone. As long as the screen door is closed he is fine to move about but once the doors open he hides. I normal try to stay out of sight so he would eat. Tried covering the cage again for 2 weeks and its not working.
◦ Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Panther, male, 1 year old, since April
◦ Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Never not very nice when I try, Did get him a few times out of the cage to put him in the outdoor cage.
◦ Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? have tried all feeders, as much as he could eat, every am, depends on the feeders-breed own roaches, hornworms
◦ Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Repashy, right now every day-otherwise since he made it to 1 once a week for calcium, vitamins
◦ Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? Automatic mister runs every hour for 120 seconds, no
◦ Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? droppings are normal when he goes- looks like the photos in the recent post on this topic. Yes he was just tested again this week.
◦ History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. Been on the site for 2 years researching before my purchase and should have everything set up correctly. Otherwise all summer long he was normal acting and growing.
Cage Info:
◦ Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? wood in 3 sides, top and front screen, dims are 5ft tall X 2 feet wide X 2 feet deep
◦ Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? lightyourreptiles fixture with 1-D3 6%, 3-6500K, set of led blue lights
◦ Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? bottom at 70, middle at 78, top at 84(daytime), 65 in the middle(overnight) measuring by digital temp and humidity gauge along with a temp gun.
◦ Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? 50-70% creating by auto mister and humidifier set at 60%, digital as listed above
◦ Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? yes live plants don’t remember the name of them but one taller plant, one husibus, one pathos.
◦ Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? Cage is located in a spare bedroom that is now a reptile room placed on an interior wall, no fans no vents or no high traffic area, cage height is 5 feet from the floor
◦ Location - Where are you geographically located? WI
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
current problem is he is not eating. It doesn’t seem to matter what I put in the cage for feeders he doesn’t touch it. Has been going on for about 3 weeks. Starting hand feeding for the past week. Seems much better as I now can get a stool sample from him about 2 times a week. We have been to the vet and no issues are found so far. I don’t know what else to do at this point. He still moves all around the cage going from top to bottom. Has strong legs and jaw. I think eyes look good, he moves them around looking all over. Skin still has color and no burns, vet said he is in very good shape, tongue does work, tried mealworms a couple weeks back and he did eat them at that point and had no problems. He is one that doesn’t like anyone. As long as the screen door is closed he is fine to move about but once the doors open he hides. I normal try to stay out of sight so he would eat. Tried covering the cage again for 2 weeks and its not working.
