color after shedding question

gilbert

New Member
Chameleon Info:my chameleon is approximately 4.5 months old according to petsmart at least. She is a female veiled. I have had her 2.5 weeks. She is handled about once a day. Completely on her own accord.
she eats either 15 to 20 medium crickets or 10 large crickets. They are gutted with mostly kale right now. Have also used apples and carrots all organic. She also likes to eat kale. I hand feed some crickets and let a few loose in her cage for hunting. She gets her lights uvb and uva lights turned on at about 6:30 am. After 1/2 an hour she gets fed about 5 to 10 crickets depending on size. Then about 5 a few hours later. Hand feed kale after I get home.i dust crickets with calcium every day d3 2x a month and multivitamin 1 a month. She gets about 4 misting a day at least 2 minutes a session. The temps in her cage are about 82 basking and between 75 and 80 lower in the cage. Humidity is usually around 30%. It is harder to keep that up since I switched to mesh cage. She has real plants and 1 fake plant. She has rocks covering the dirt for the plants. No substrate. She poos usually 1x a day brown to black in color firm consistency. Urates are white. She drinks from branches and leaves.never tested for parasitescant remember all dimensions of cage but it is 30 inches tall. Lights go out at about 6:30 pm. Night temps about 70. We have a digital temp/humidity gage near basking spot in cage. I do want to get one that you can point and measure all over cage. My cage is in the living room in the corner. No fans and we closed the vent in living room for heat and air so it wouldnt blow on her. It is somewhat of a high traffic area on occassion but she doesnt seem upset by it as far as i can tell. We live in savannah geaorgia.

i am just concerned because she just finished shedding about a day ago and her color is brown mostly now. When shes wandering around it is more olive green and when hunting bright green to almost yellow. Just worried about the brown lol. I will attempt to take and upload pictures. I am bad at these thing and the last time i tried to take her pic she swelled up put her front feet by her face and started rocking. This is the only time she got like that. Really dont want to freak her out like that again lol.
 
question on color

Got couple of pics. She freaked out again over my phone I guess it's the size maybe she thinks it's another cham lol
 

Attachments

  • 20141119_103021.jpg
    20141119_103021.jpg
    248.9 KB · Views: 277
  • 20141119_103242.jpg
    20141119_103242.jpg
    251.1 KB · Views: 229
I replied to your other thread, don't start multiple threads about the same topic, it can get confusing for those of us following it.

most likel,y shes dark because she isn't close enough to her basking lights, and because there isn't enough foliage in her cage.

if you cant get plants/vines to go up higher in that cage, try getting a small table and put the plants you do have on it, within the cage, to raise it higher.

shes probably stressed and cold, thus the brown coloration.
 
Sorry I thought I was told to post in health clinic and answer the questions required for help. Thank you I will get her more foliage.
 
Sorry I thought I was told to post in health clinic and answer the questions required for help. Thank you I will get her more foliage.

well I said get the form, but you can just copy and paste it into the original thread.
 
It does look like the basking light is quite far away from her basking spot, see if you can add some branches to move her basking spot closer to the light.
If you notice that after adding more foliage she is still brown, maybe that's just her colour while basking.
Mine is always brown when basking, always, and he is quite healthy. When he is exploring the cage, out of the cage or sleeping, he is bright green though.
I must admit that he is getting brighter as he ages, but he is definitely not green.
I have attached a couple of pics for you to compare with yours (the pics are about a month old, he is slightly greener now when basking). Does she look like the pics I have attached? The first one is his normal colours while basking and the second one his normal colours sleeping.
While she is probably a bit cold as suggested, it might also be her normal basking colour, or both! Remember that they can turn darker while basking to absorb more light.
I am not expert however, but just wanted to let you know that mine has a similar colour and it's all good.
Definitely add more branches and raise the basking spot as Camimom suggested.
 

Attachments

  • IMG_6460.jpg
    IMG_6460.jpg
    102.8 KB · Views: 151
  • IMG_6455.jpg
    IMG_6455.jpg
    62.5 KB · Views: 155
Back
Top Bottom