Dull colours
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Elizadolots
New Member
Hi!
Is he maybe getting ready to shed?
I you are really concerned, you might want to fill out the https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ form...that will help people understand the situation.
Is he maybe getting ready to shed?
I you are really concerned, you might want to fill out the https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ form...that will help people understand the situation.
Lala0
Member
Your Chameleon - Panther chameleon, male, 5.5 months, been in my care a month
Handling - every other day for 30 secs
Feeding - crickets, 7 a day, using fruit and veg
Supplements - Supplementing with exo terra calcium w/o d3 daily, with d3 every other week and multivitamin every other week
Watering - using exo terra monsoon mister. Drinks well
Fecal Description - Solid with white urinate
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen, 40x40x79 cm
Lighting - Heat bulb with dome and 5.0 uv bulb with reflector fixture
Temperature baking spot is 90f ambient is 73
Humidity - 30s
Plants - Ficus
Location - UK
Handling - every other day for 30 secs
Feeding - crickets, 7 a day, using fruit and veg
Supplements - Supplementing with exo terra calcium w/o d3 daily, with d3 every other week and multivitamin every other week
Watering - using exo terra monsoon mister. Drinks well
Fecal Description - Solid with white urinate
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen, 40x40x79 cm
Lighting - Heat bulb with dome and 5.0 uv bulb with reflector fixture
Temperature baking spot is 90f ambient is 73
Humidity - 30s
Plants - Ficus
Location - UK
carol5208
Chameleon Enthusiast
very rarely during the day and every night when he sleeps. If you look at my photo album he is mostly green with red or dark maroon bars. Those are his fired up colors. He is a nice lime green pretty much all the time. He was a dull grey/brown for quite awhile and then all of the sudden he was green one day!
Mobproctor
New Member
Romeo is a blue bar and a red bar?
Lala0
Member
Yes he looks great, even when not fired up. But the pics of him not fired up are still very bright in comparison. I will post a pic of him in the morning
JordanD
New Member
He looks a lot like mine when He is in His cage but when I handle Him He shows lime Greens, Reds, Yellow, sky Blue I don't get it either although I upgraded My UVB Tube to Arcadia T5 12% D3+ with reflector He is showing more colour's in His cage now, Maybe He's just soaking up UVB, He looks like a nice healthy Chameleon though.
Lala0
Member
Is this worth doing? I already have the Arcadia reflector but I'm using a 5% bulb.
Benton1576
New Member
He looks great for 5.5 months old! Just give him another 6 months and compare him to that pic, you'll see a huge difference! They take a while to get their colours through, usually around a year, developing their adult colours at around 18 months. Be patient, he will be a good looking boy.
JordanD
New Member
It's not a must but a lot of people recommend it here in the UK But Your Chameleon looks fine and is only young as Benton says He has a lot of time to develop.
houseofchameleons
New Member
in my experience I have had 2 really dull colored veileds & one was about a year or so old & we went away & had a sitter come in & he got really upset & his colors popped & they have been very bright ever since the same thing happened again but it didn't take over a year for the 2nd one maybe 8 mos so be patient
justjumpit621
New Member
He is very good looking for only 5.5 months, patience and he will pop for you eventually. Oh and your not giving the vitamins and d3 at the same time right? Because they kind of cancel each other out when you do that, or so i've heard.
Lala0
Member
I have been giving the multivitamin and calcium with d3 together so that's good info, I will do them on separate days now.
He can be colourful, and it's not that he isn't, he just doesn't show it.. The only time he decided to colour up I took a pic as it was such an occasion lol
