Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female Veiled, 12 months old, been in my care for 9 months
Handling - When cleaning the cage or when allowed onto her plant (4ish times weekly depending upon condition of cleaning needed)
Feeding - Gut-loaded crickets, hornworms, occasional superworms or waxworms
Supplements - D3 and multi-vitamin supplements every other feeding (depending upon the supplementation being used). More calcium dusting being used due to recent laying of her eggs
Watering - Misted 3+ times per day with occasional warm shower misting. Drip system filled once daily as well with approx. 200 mL water.
Fecal Description - Brown and white solid, while I don't know exactly how much per day, I scoop the cage out almost daily of new cham turds. Cham was tested negative for any parasites about 8 months ago
History - Cham has recently laid 41 eggs (2 weeks ago). She just had about a 3 hour car ride to my parents home and back for Christmas (stress maybe?)
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen cage, 2 ft long, 4 ft high, 2 ft wide
Lighting - UVB bulb and basking bulb, left on 12 hrs during the day and off at night
Temperature - Temp under the basking light is 90 degrees F. Coolest point of cage is 72 degrees F. Gets to a minimum of 68 degrees F at night
Humidity - Humidity is approx 75-80%. Kept record of by combined thermometer/humidity gauge within the enclosure. Mist numerous times per day as well as a drip system/warm showers as needed
Plants - Umbrella plant when she is not in her enclosure, typical fake plants when in the enclosure
Placement - Cage is in my bedroom in a quiet corner, no air vents nearby and out of sight of the male chameleon
Location - Good Ol' cold, wet, Indiana
I have read that stress can cause her eye to shut, as well as small particles. I am wondering if a dusted cricket might have popped onto her eye? Very healthy, neither eye (good or bad eye) is swollen, and does not appear to be in any pain when the eye is lightly touched. No change in appetite, no change in drinking, no change in amount of fecal matter/color of fecal matter. Appears to be nearing a shedding phase
