Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
veiled chameleon, male, about 4 mo. I believe. Got him June 15th this year
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Haven't yet
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Crickets about 12 sm-med a day, around 6 in the morning and 6 in the afternoon. I gutload with zilla dry gutload, flukers orange cubes, cricket quencher with calcium. I tried mealworms and waxworks but he had no interest
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
I dust every feeding with zoo med repti calcium without d3 and every 2 weeks with rep cal herptive multi vitamins with beta carotene.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
I have a monsoon mister is set for every 3 hours for 60 sec. Also started a dripper. I have seen him drink a couple of times.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
Daily fecal brownish to blackish with white. Soft mostly
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Was doing great. Nice green
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
16x16x36 repti breeze screen enclosure.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
100 watt halogen sun spot. Zoo med reptisun 5.0 uvb 18" fluorescent. I was using a 60 watt but didn't keep temperature.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Around 84 -91 in basking spot. Around 70-72 on floor. At night it's around 65-70. I have a digital zoo med thermometer with probe at basking spot. Analog humidity gauge and a digital thermometer on floor.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Around 70-80 most of the time but has got down to 50. Mister and live plants. Analog gauge.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Pontho and fake ones
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
On a table in a spare room. In front of a large picture window. It's about 6ft from the floor
Location - Where are you geographically located?
United States. Vermont northern
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
Last Thursday he finished shedding and had shedding around left eye. He kept rubbing it on the vines to get it off. The next day I noticed he had that eye closed a lot. Then Saturday he kept rubbing it on the vine. On Sunday he had both eyes closed. He would open them and then close them up. Monday he still kept them closed and keeps rubbing them. Monday afternoon he hardly opened them at all. I called a vet Monday and he told me to put noes portion on his eyes for a couple days. There are no vets near me at all that treat reptiles. Today he has eaten a few crickets but not like normal. I increased the temperature and tried the warm mistings. His eye doesn't look dis colored or sunken. He moves them around under his eye lids and opens them for a quick second then closes them back up. Really need some assistance. I have also turned his uvb off because he sits inches away from it.
veiled chameleon, male, about 4 mo. I believe. Got him June 15th this year
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Haven't yet
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Crickets about 12 sm-med a day, around 6 in the morning and 6 in the afternoon. I gutload with zilla dry gutload, flukers orange cubes, cricket quencher with calcium. I tried mealworms and waxworks but he had no interest
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
I dust every feeding with zoo med repti calcium without d3 and every 2 weeks with rep cal herptive multi vitamins with beta carotene.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
I have a monsoon mister is set for every 3 hours for 60 sec. Also started a dripper. I have seen him drink a couple of times.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
Daily fecal brownish to blackish with white. Soft mostly
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Was doing great. Nice green
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
16x16x36 repti breeze screen enclosure.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
100 watt halogen sun spot. Zoo med reptisun 5.0 uvb 18" fluorescent. I was using a 60 watt but didn't keep temperature.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Around 84 -91 in basking spot. Around 70-72 on floor. At night it's around 65-70. I have a digital zoo med thermometer with probe at basking spot. Analog humidity gauge and a digital thermometer on floor.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Around 70-80 most of the time but has got down to 50. Mister and live plants. Analog gauge.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Pontho and fake ones
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
On a table in a spare room. In front of a large picture window. It's about 6ft from the floor
Location - Where are you geographically located?
United States. Vermont northern
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
Last Thursday he finished shedding and had shedding around left eye. He kept rubbing it on the vines to get it off. The next day I noticed he had that eye closed a lot. Then Saturday he kept rubbing it on the vine. On Sunday he had both eyes closed. He would open them and then close them up. Monday he still kept them closed and keeps rubbing them. Monday afternoon he hardly opened them at all. I called a vet Monday and he told me to put noes portion on his eyes for a couple days. There are no vets near me at all that treat reptiles. Today he has eaten a few crickets but not like normal. I increased the temperature and tried the warm mistings. His eye doesn't look dis colored or sunken. He moves them around under his eye lids and opens them for a quick second then closes them back up. Really need some assistance. I have also turned his uvb off because he sits inches away from it.
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