Cham on bottom of cage

[lgcrawford03]

Hey guys! Husbandry first:

• Cham INFO: Female panther chameleon, had her for about 2 weeks and honestly have no clue on her age
  • Handling: Once every couple of days I handle her for about 5 minutes and then back into enclosure.
  • Location: Western NC
• Feeding/Supplements:
  • Feeding: 2-3 super worms every other day (she has NOT been eating well) she has only pooped 2 times since being in my care
  • Feeders: super worms with occasional cricket or dubia but have been removed since they weren’t eaten
  • Supplements: All feeders are dusted with repti-calcium NO D3 and have done one feeding dusted with rep-cal herptivite and plan to dust one feeding with calcium with D3 (vitamins and D3 2x per month)
• Cage Info:
  • 18" x 18" x 24”- glass enclosure with screen panels
    • Temps and Humidity: 82 F and 50% humidity during day
  • UVB light 12 hours per day and basking bulb and spot
  • No lights at night time
  • Adding dripper tomorrow
  • Misting 2x daily
  • Adding lay bin ASAP
  • No substrate
  • Currently a money tree, croton, and ficus

Anything I forgot?? But my sweet girl stays up in the trees during the day, but slept on a vine touching the ground last night and is now sitting on the bare glass bottom of the tank. I am worried about her!! She has mostly been acting normal but hasn’t eaten in a few days. Help!

 

[AnamCara]

She could be trying to dig her lay her eggs. Get that laybin in as soon as possible.

 

[MissSkittles]

I see the pics from you previous post….do you have any more?

 

[MissSkittles]

Also pics of your entire enclosure, including lights please.

 

[lgcrawford03]

 

[lgcrawford03]

 

[lgcrawford03]

Also pics of your entire enclosure, including lights please.

added some!

 

[lgcrawford03]

She could be trying to dig her lay her eggs. Get that laybin in as soon as possible.

I’ll get that put in tomorrow! Thank you!

 

[Carloscruz]

does she sleep doing the day

 

[lgcrawford03]

does she sleep doing the day

No. She’s generally active during the day

 

[Carloscruz]

was it day time when she was sleeping?

 

[lgcrawford03]

was it day time when she was sleeping?

No. That was from last night when lights went out.

 

[lgcrawford03]

She’s sleeping on the floor now, since I turned her UVB off

 

[kinyonga]

You need to get a long linear tube UVB light ...either a reptisun 5.0 or an Arcadia 6% are most often recommended.

 

[Carloscruz]

Ok thanks I thought she was sleeping in the day and if she sleeping in the day that would be bad.

 

[lgcrawford03]

You need to get a long linear tube UVB light ...either a reptisun 5.0 or an Arcadia 6% are most often recommended.

On it ASAP! Thank you

 

[kinyonga]

Did you answer the questions in the how to ask for help thread near the top of the health forum yet? It might help.

 

[lgcrawford03]

Did you answer the questions in the how to ask for help thread near the top of the health forum yet? It might help.

I added almost all the answers to those questions here. Let me know if there’s something else that would be helpful to know!

 

[kinyonga]

Oops...sorry about that. Too much flipping from on thread to the other for me I guess!

 

[lgcrawford03]

Oops...sorry about that. Too much flipping from on thread to the other for me I guess!

It’s okay friend! I appreciate the help sooo much!