Chameleon starting to breifly "nap" during the day...

[alyssapetrocco]

lately, my cameleon has started to close his eyes a little bit during the day... I know that is a bad sign but dont know what the problem is. I would be happy to fill out a care form but dont know where i can find that link could someone help me out?

 

[laurie]

Here it is,

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
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?
Location - Where are you geographically located?

Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.


Pictures are helpful

 

[Miss Lily]

As Laurie has already said - please fill in the info - it'll help us to help you. What style of bulb is your UV? Compact (spiral) or linear (tube)? When my Lily started closing her eyes in the day I whisked her to the vets the next morning, but she died less than a week later, so if you have any real concerns I would book a vets visit.

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Yes, book a vet appt asap. We can help but when they start sleeping during the day that is a very serious sign of something wrong. Be sure to have all your husbandry info written down and bring it with you. Ex: cage size and type, all supplements you use and how often they are given, and the type of bulbs you use and the kind of feeders u give him. Also what you feed your feeders. Bring all that info with you too the vets office it will help him/her to narrow down the possible cause of the problem.

 

[alyssapetrocco]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?- Male ambanja panther chameleon. About 2 months

Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? 1-2 a week

Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? Silk worms, horn worms, crickets, and superworms.
What amount? about 3 a day
What is the schedule? none
How are you gut-loading your feeders? Crickets- a cricket food+ cricket water. Hormworms- horn worm food. And silk worms- silk worm chow.

Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? rotate between calcium with d3, herpetite or what ever that is, and miner all calcium without d3

Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? Mist king
How often and how long to you mist? Scheduel- 8-15min, 11-5min, 2-5mins, 5-5min
Do you see your chameleon drinking? no
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Urate is almost alwase all white. maby once or twice i have seen the smallest tad of yellow.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? no

History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. Nothin i can think of, if you have any specific questions just ask

Cage Info: Screen enclosure 30x30x48in

Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) Screen
What are the dimensions? 30inx30inx48in

Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? zoo med 5.0 uvb.(not the coil, the tube) And 75 what basking light

What is your daily lighting schedule? 7:30-7:30

Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? 70-95
Lowest overnight temp? 69
How do you measure these temps? multiple thermometers

Humidity - What are your humidity levels? about 70 during and a little after misting. And about 40-60 the rest of the time.
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? mister.
What do you use to measure humidity? Humitity gage

Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Two large umbrella plants.

Placement - Where is your cage located? Up stairs in my room.
Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? NO
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? the top is at about 5 ft. Also, with my cage, three of the sides are inclosed and he cannot see anything out of those sides, and the front, and open side, has fake vines hanging so he cannot se very much.

Location - Where are you geographically located? colorado

Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. A few things.
1. just lately i have seen my chameleon (jackson) close his eyes very breifly during the day. When i aproch his cage, he opens his eyes again. He doesnt do this to much.
2. I have noticed a dark brown spot on his lip and am concered about this being mouth rot.

 

[Texas Panther Man]

He needs a vet visit asap. If he has any type of infection whether its mouth rot or uri etc.. He will need to be put on a schedule of antibiotics to combat the infection.

 

[kinyonga]

Also...you said you are alternating between a powder with D3, herptivite and one without D3...most people use the phos.-free calcium at most feedings and the D3 and vitamin powder only twice a month each. You may also have to give it a little prEformed vitamin A once in a while...but it builds up in the system so you need to be very careful with it.