Tifanydalpont
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ive tried to leave him alone but its been a month now !!!hes still hiding
chammy hiding all day at the bottom of his plant
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AZJ0SH
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What do you mean he is hiding?
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Tifanydalpont
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he just stays there all day
if i go in hes cage he'll puff up and get bright...hes not basking
if i go in hes cage he'll puff up and get bright...hes not basking
Tifanydalpont
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Your Chameleon - veiled, male, 1 year 2 months, 1 year in my care
Handling - once a week, i do let him climb out his cage onto a 6 feet high tree next to cage 3 times a week only if he wants out... i do have to put him back in only when he's very calm when i do it
Feeding - right now silkworms, crickets,horned worms and supers.. 2 large silkies, 3 supers and 4 crickets...11 am... flukers commercail gut loader with carrots, kelp and with flukers calcium water cubes
Supplements - rep-cal calcium no phos and rep-cal with d3 no phos..rep-cal multivitamin .....6 day with cal, 1 day with d3 and next week same but with out d3 and with muilti
Watering - USUALLY spray cage until he walks up to spray bottle and very very lightly he licks nozzle..2 times a day mist
Fecal Description - large brown and large white... not tested for parasites
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 4feetx2feetx2feet
Lighting - repti glow 5.0, day light 60 watt...7am to 7pm
Temperature - cage floor 75 to basking spot100 ...Lowest overnight temp60 ...temp gadge
Humidity - humidity levels50-70 ...maintaining these levels live plant and misting... humidity gadge
Plants - 2 habicus plants i large one small
Placement - living room.. no fans, air vents... bottom of cage 3 1/2 feet off floor
Location - los angeles
Current Problem -
Handling - once a week, i do let him climb out his cage onto a 6 feet high tree next to cage 3 times a week only if he wants out... i do have to put him back in only when he's very calm when i do it
Feeding - right now silkworms, crickets,horned worms and supers.. 2 large silkies, 3 supers and 4 crickets...11 am... flukers commercail gut loader with carrots, kelp and with flukers calcium water cubes
Supplements - rep-cal calcium no phos and rep-cal with d3 no phos..rep-cal multivitamin .....6 day with cal, 1 day with d3 and next week same but with out d3 and with muilti
Watering - USUALLY spray cage until he walks up to spray bottle and very very lightly he licks nozzle..2 times a day mist
Fecal Description - large brown and large white... not tested for parasites
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 4feetx2feetx2feet
Lighting - repti glow 5.0, day light 60 watt...7am to 7pm
Temperature - cage floor 75 to basking spot100 ...Lowest overnight temp60 ...temp gadge
Humidity - humidity levels50-70 ...maintaining these levels live plant and misting... humidity gadge
Plants - 2 habicus plants i large one small
Placement - living room.. no fans, air vents... bottom of cage 3 1/2 feet off floor
Location - los angeles
Current Problem -
Tifanydalpont
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hes been hiding ever since and very dark....
about a month and 2 weeks ago he fell and was very angry at me while he was picked up with a towel to be put back in hes cage..he used to sleep at the top of his cage and id check on him a hour after his light turned on to make sure his getting his uvb... but now his sleep at the base of his plant and staying there....i thought he'd forget about the day he fell and now i cant evn get close to his cage he puffs up and turns very bright....ive been leaving him alone but his not back to his old self with me..he used to see me and run up to the door so i could give him water or food or to let him out to explore!... he just hides from me ive tryed to hand feed him again to have him trust me but he just looks at me instead of the silkworms,super,horned,butter,or even wax worms!!!! i havent seen him eat lately i've had to sqush cricket with hes vit and min and drop them in his mouth to feed him
about a month and 2 weeks ago he fell and was very angry at me while he was picked up with a towel to be put back in hes cage..he used to sleep at the top of his cage and id check on him a hour after his light turned on to make sure his getting his uvb... but now his sleep at the base of his plant and staying there....i thought he'd forget about the day he fell and now i cant evn get close to his cage he puffs up and turns very bright....ive been leaving him alone but his not back to his old self with me..he used to see me and run up to the door so i could give him water or food or to let him out to explore!... he just hides from me ive tryed to hand feed him again to have him trust me but he just looks at me instead of the silkworms,super,horned,butter,or even wax worms!!!! i havent seen him eat lately i've had to sqush cricket with hes vit and min and drop them in his mouth to feed him
Tifanydalpont
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cage 80
basking 100
basking 100
AZJ0SH
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That seems a little high for his basking spot, have you tried using a lower watt bulb?
Tifanydalpont
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no
but if it was to high he used to chill on a branch lower....
but if it was to high he used to chill on a branch lower....
Chamifornia
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That basking spot is way too high. Get it down to around 88
If hes not eating its probably a good time to take him to the vet
If hes not eating its probably a good time to take him to the vet
Tifanydalpont
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ok any other input
Tifanydalpont
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he fell of the table about 3 1/2 feet... it was 7 weeks ago and after all hes leggs were ok and no bruising a week after i checked he basking and its 90 dergees cage 80
allencg101
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Take him to the vet though he may be ok looking u never know about the insides ie guts and what not. On the other hand you gotta love veileds gruges that they can hold. My male oustalat is like that he still hasent gotten over the fact i put him in a box to bring him home lol god bless there little additudes
Tifanydalpont
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how long has he held a grugde..i broke him off it before...but its harder now maybe cuz his older
Tifanydalpont
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please help!!!!!!!!!!!
has anyone been in this sit??
has anyone been in this sit??
Tifanydalpont
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i've had to force feed him now for 3 weeks his not eatting ... he just hides! i just got hima new bulb caught him basking for a while...thats a good thing i left him alone for a while came back out to check and he was hiding again!! i've had to smush up gut loaded cricket with him vit and drop them into his mouth so far so good..just orders silks and horned
callme12gage
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One of my Chams did the same thing. I can tell you it's too hot. The cage was running a little high..90s during the hottest part of the day. I changed some things and and lowered the temps and all is good now. Zoomed makes a 25w basking bulb that might be an option too..
