Robyn.lux
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Chameleon Info:
◦ Your Chameleon - Masoala panther chameleon, 6 months old, had him around 6 weeks.
◦ Handling - next to never, unless he willingly crawls onto me.
◦ Feeding - Guloaded feeders; Dubia and locusts (he refuses crickets) cup feed dubia and free feed locusts. Gut loaded with a superload (brand escapes me I'm currently out), dandelion leaves, fruit veggies etc.
Calci worms.
He gets fed everyday at 9.30 anything left gets removed before lights out.
5 locusts, 5 dubia and 5 calci worms.
◦ Supplements - Exo terra, calcium w/o d3 every day. With d3 every other week. Vitamin without d3 every other week when it's not d3.
◦ Watering - I hand mist, twice daily, morning for around 2 minutes and evening for a minute. Dripper all morning. He is shy so I leave him alone in a morning, I assume he drinks then.
◦ Fecal Description - White chalky/clear urate, solid but slick blackish brown poop. He has been tested for parasite but I plan to have another done. He poops around 3 times a week.
◦ History - No previous though last time he was due to shed, he did go really dark in colour, he was stressed when I first got him but once he got settled he's been fine.
Cage Info:
◦ Cage Type - Exo terra, glass, 90x45x90, bioactive bottom.
◦ Lighting - exo terra t8 30w UVB, exo terra ceramic 150w for basking.
◦ Temperature - 85-89f basking. 75-64f for ambient. Night never drops below 60f. X3 temp probs in viv at various levels.
◦ Humidity - Once misted, 80% humidity which drops to around 60% once dried out. Never goes below 60%. Two exo terra hygrometers, one bottom, one mid level. Live plants and naturalistic bottom along with dripper to keep maintained. I am also home all day so throw an extra misting session if needed.
◦ Plants - 3 pothos plants.
◦ Placement - Cage in my living room, low traffic as I live alone and rarely have guests, around 3ft off of the floor (not ssuper high but I approach the viv on my knees). Near no windows, vents, fans etc.
◦ Location - East coast England.
Current Problem - He was throwing a lot of dark colours last week and seemed stressed but he perked up over the weekend. He's not been eating properly for a few days. I woke him up today and his colouring was dark. I did the usual morning misting and set the dripper. I went away and came back around 45 minutes later to feed. He still hadn't moved. I put his dubia and calci worms in a cup and released a few locusts into his vivarium. It got to around 11.30 and he still hadn't moved. Since he looked stressed I put his night time viv covers over in case I was stressing him.
He moved around a fair bit in the afternoon but he never once went to his basking spot. He curled up in his sleeping spot around 2 hours earlier than he normally would and stayed there until lights off.
I am getting him to a specialist vet on Tuesday, it was the soonest they could see him. I also phoned a local vet but they have no experience with chams or any reptile so I don't want to take him. He doesn't look dehydrated. He could be due a shed but I'm not that's what could be causing this. Can anyone spot anything in my husbandry that could be an issue? He's usually active, hunting etc. Any advise would be appreciated. I don't have photos as I didn't want to stress him more with sticking my phone in his face. Other than his dark colours and general lethargy he looks fine, his skin looks a little wrinkly though.
Sorry for the length of the post. I just wanted to be thorough.
◦ Your Chameleon - Masoala panther chameleon, 6 months old, had him around 6 weeks.
◦ Handling - next to never, unless he willingly crawls onto me.
◦ Feeding - Guloaded feeders; Dubia and locusts (he refuses crickets) cup feed dubia and free feed locusts. Gut loaded with a superload (brand escapes me I'm currently out), dandelion leaves, fruit veggies etc.
Calci worms.
He gets fed everyday at 9.30 anything left gets removed before lights out.
5 locusts, 5 dubia and 5 calci worms.
◦ Supplements - Exo terra, calcium w/o d3 every day. With d3 every other week. Vitamin without d3 every other week when it's not d3.
◦ Watering - I hand mist, twice daily, morning for around 2 minutes and evening for a minute. Dripper all morning. He is shy so I leave him alone in a morning, I assume he drinks then.
◦ Fecal Description - White chalky/clear urate, solid but slick blackish brown poop. He has been tested for parasite but I plan to have another done. He poops around 3 times a week.
◦ History - No previous though last time he was due to shed, he did go really dark in colour, he was stressed when I first got him but once he got settled he's been fine.
Cage Info:
◦ Cage Type - Exo terra, glass, 90x45x90, bioactive bottom.
◦ Lighting - exo terra t8 30w UVB, exo terra ceramic 150w for basking.
◦ Temperature - 85-89f basking. 75-64f for ambient. Night never drops below 60f. X3 temp probs in viv at various levels.
◦ Humidity - Once misted, 80% humidity which drops to around 60% once dried out. Never goes below 60%. Two exo terra hygrometers, one bottom, one mid level. Live plants and naturalistic bottom along with dripper to keep maintained. I am also home all day so throw an extra misting session if needed.
◦ Plants - 3 pothos plants.
◦ Placement - Cage in my living room, low traffic as I live alone and rarely have guests, around 3ft off of the floor (not ssuper high but I approach the viv on my knees). Near no windows, vents, fans etc.
◦ Location - East coast England.
Current Problem - He was throwing a lot of dark colours last week and seemed stressed but he perked up over the weekend. He's not been eating properly for a few days. I woke him up today and his colouring was dark. I did the usual morning misting and set the dripper. I went away and came back around 45 minutes later to feed. He still hadn't moved. I put his dubia and calci worms in a cup and released a few locusts into his vivarium. It got to around 11.30 and he still hadn't moved. Since he looked stressed I put his night time viv covers over in case I was stressing him.
He moved around a fair bit in the afternoon but he never once went to his basking spot. He curled up in his sleeping spot around 2 hours earlier than he normally would and stayed there until lights off.
I am getting him to a specialist vet on Tuesday, it was the soonest they could see him. I also phoned a local vet but they have no experience with chams or any reptile so I don't want to take him. He doesn't look dehydrated. He could be due a shed but I'm not that's what could be causing this. Can anyone spot anything in my husbandry that could be an issue? He's usually active, hunting etc. Any advise would be appreciated. I don't have photos as I didn't want to stress him more with sticking my phone in his face. Other than his dark colours and general lethargy he looks fine, his skin looks a little wrinkly though.
Sorry for the length of the post. I just wanted to be thorough.