Kinoki
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I've had Chronic, my male Nosy Mitsio Panther for 9months now. When I got him initially he refused to eat crickets for a month or two and only ate fruitflies and the occasional mealworm (stopped feeding these). This kind of stunted his growth a little I think.
Eventually I got him on a steady diet of crickets and silkworms, dusted with rapashy calcium Lo D. Lately I've been reading that the all in ones aren't the best, and I should take a day or two off to avoid too much D3.
So I am a little concerned because my guy is starting to really bulk up and grow and he's getting his green coloring. Though a lot of the time he's still very brown and recently I've noticed his lateral line which was at times bright white, is dark brown.
I've read that D3 toxicity can cause darkening and also that stressed chameleons will be dark. His basking spot hits 93 and his shadier areas hits 76 ish. His night time temps don't drop as much as I want, but it probably circles 75. I'm trying to feed him daily still too catch up on some of the starving times stunting his growth. Got 5.0 uvb bulb and linear t5 on his cage, which I'm going to upgrade to the 4 ft cage soon.
I don't know if anything is wrong, he's changing so dramatically I can't tell what's a bad sign or him just growing. Any tips or advice are welcome!
Eventually I got him on a steady diet of crickets and silkworms, dusted with rapashy calcium Lo D. Lately I've been reading that the all in ones aren't the best, and I should take a day or two off to avoid too much D3.
So I am a little concerned because my guy is starting to really bulk up and grow and he's getting his green coloring. Though a lot of the time he's still very brown and recently I've noticed his lateral line which was at times bright white, is dark brown.
I've read that D3 toxicity can cause darkening and also that stressed chameleons will be dark. His basking spot hits 93 and his shadier areas hits 76 ish. His night time temps don't drop as much as I want, but it probably circles 75. I'm trying to feed him daily still too catch up on some of the starving times stunting his growth. Got 5.0 uvb bulb and linear t5 on his cage, which I'm going to upgrade to the 4 ft cage soon.
I don't know if anything is wrong, he's changing so dramatically I can't tell what's a bad sign or him just growing. Any tips or advice are welcome!