cham yawning?????

[dmaizer]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Ambanja panther, male, 7-8months. How long has it been in your care? about 2 months
Handling - never,unless cleaning
Feeding - crixs hornworms, silkies, i feed him about 6 crixs everyday
Supplements - cal without d3 5 times a week, cal with d3 twice a month, and mult-vit also twice a month
Watering - misting,for about 2 minutes, i see him drink
Fecal Description - one solid piece, and very white urate


Cage Info:
Cage Type - 2''x2''x4'' from LLLreptile
Lighting - a 40 watt house bulb, and repti-glo 5.0
Temperature - around the basking 80-85
Humidity - 40-50%
Plants -real plants and vines....etc
Location - Where are you geographically located? Chicago, IL

Current Problem - i have never seen him yawn before, he also did at the basking spot, i measured his temp, with temp gun it said 81?????.
he usually hunts his food, but today he doesn't even care that ther is food in his cage.

 

[Chase]

How often do you switch the feeders?

 

[dmaizer]

How often do you switch the feeders?

as often as i can, but i run out of silkies, hornworms faster then crixs. i go to an all animal expo every two weeks and pick up feeders.

 

[dmaizer]

>>>BUMP<<<<<<< anyone?????????

 

[reptoman]

Mine will behave that way just before a shed. He gets a little less active and the yawning is stretching his skin in anticipation of shedding. When was his last shed?

 

[dmaizer]

Mine will behave that way just before a shed. He gets a little less active and the yawning is stretching his skin in anticipation of shedding. When was his last shed?

31 days ago, he did become less active about a day ago. i hope he does shed

 

[reptoman]

Yeah, sounds like it is about time for him to shed if its been 31 days. How old is he? When i got my amilobe pair at 6 months of age, they both shed about every 2 weeks for the first couple of months, and now at a year and a half, they go more than a month between sheds

 

[dmaizer]

Yeah, sounds like it is about time for him to shed if its been 31 days. How old is he? When i got my amilobe pair at 6 months of age, they both shed about every 2 weeks for the first couple of months, and now at a year and a half, they go more than a month between sheds

hes about 7 months.

 

[reptoman]

I would make sure you keep the cage well misted for the next couple of days to help him shed. The only time my male seems to like the mist falling on him is when he is in the middle of a shed. You might try putting him in the shower for a while. If you have a large plant, you can place it in the shower and aim the shower head at the wall to get indirect flow onto the plant. If you do this, make sure the water is room temp or slightly above. Dont want to scald you cham.

 

[dmaizer]

I would make sure you keep the cage well misted for the next couple of days to help him shed. The only time my male seems to like the mist falling on him is when he is in the middle of a shed. You might try putting him in the shower for a while. If you have a large plant, you can place it in the shower and aim the shower head at the wall to get indirect flow onto the plant. If you do this, make sure the water is room temp or slightly above. Dont want to scald you cham.

thanks, will do