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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Ganj, my yemen girly, was rescued about 3 weeks ago (friend had her in captivity for about one month, had soft bone from petsmarts complete lack of reptilian knowledge). I think she is 4-5 mo.s. Has compeletly gotten over the soft bone (havent had another xray but she can hang from one foot & tail while hunting, hasn't been on the ground since the second day in my care)
Handling - Twice a week at most, still worried about her stress levels from recent illness. But she loves the outdoor Uv rays (15 mins most due to extreme heat & dry weather here)
Feeding - About 10-15 crickets daily (depending on how interested she acts by time 2nd feeding come around), every other other day some mealworms. Working on getting her super worms and Dubias. Living in the desert makes finding live feed a little tough. & I hate the starving scary crickets from petsmart. Being young I still feed every day. I gutload crickets with a kale/seasame seed/egg yolk/tuna/sweet potatoe/apple diet.
Supplements - Reptivite with d3, reptoCal with d3, alternate between the two one feeding per week, looking today for the pure calcium drops i've heard talk of.. Both supplements have crazy high levels of vit a so i dont like using a lot.
Watering - I have a fogger, that also drips distilled water over a little vine into a bowl, refilling fogger with left over water, endless drip cycle. Mist about twice a day, morning showers I notice Ganj drinking off the corner off her mouth. mid-day mists for about 3 mins, i know she drinks off the leaves but ive only seen her do it maybe twice.
Fecal Description - I am positive previous owners did fecal check when first problems arose, none since in my care. Droppings seems to be less girth then my pinky, brownish grayish dark, but relatively all stuck together, slightly slimey but wouldnt go as far as too say runny, with urine, mainly white, still a little yellow. PS. When rescued she had nothing but a water dish for drinking.
History - Heh, didnt see this section, already included all history.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Glass screen combo, 32x28x13.
Lighting - ReptiGlo 10.0 but set 5 inches from top of screen cage, 60w basking blu bulb, also set far from cage. 8am-9pm
Temperature - Multiple thermometers will show the basking area to be 85-95 (on really hot days here its hard to keep her temps down, constantly moving bulb, buying lower wattage asap), hunting/drinking area 70-78. At night drops no lower than 70. No lights on at night.
Humidity - Hygrometers read that the Fogger I use keeps the cage around 50-70%, at night/early morning drops to 40-50%. Occasional misting, not a night of course.
Plants - Been using fake vines with tall branches ive collected that are ideal for her hand size. Gonna buy possibly hibiscus or pothos today, really need humidity uppers. No substrate currently, considering wet wash clothes cycled out often (sorry cant recall who mentioned that )
Placement - Cage is in my art room, least trafficked room in the house. Air vents closed off. Cage top is above my head. Couple of small windows provide extra light the room
Location - Smack dab in the middle of the freaking Sonoran Desert, why people raise & sell chameleons out here, I will never know. But I love a challenge.
Current Problem -Started last week, rubbing her eye a little one day with back foot. Next handling rubbed eye on my hand. Couple days later saw her rubbing on a branch. She had just finished her shed when placed in my care (2 weeks prior) had a couple tiny patches of shed on body still, thought maybe she was working it out. Looks like she got a little bigger since day one, so possible she shed more recently, I know veileds will head-shed too.
So, rinsed eye with morning showers to help her work it out. Doesn't seem to be helping.
Within the past couple day, eye looks swollen or saggy, almost. I guess kind of puffy. Definitely irritated, but she can still open it just fine, just looks sunk in when she looks at me. Haven't noticed any weird discharge, a couple mornings before showers I noticed a small bubble on irritated eye. Also, when she sleeps, she doesn't close it!!! Only the one eye, looks like she is still protecting with her inner lid, but the outer lid does not close.
Help? I've heard this might be a possible humidity issue?? Vitamin A shock???
Your Chameleon - Ganj, my yemen girly, was rescued about 3 weeks ago (friend had her in captivity for about one month, had soft bone from petsmarts complete lack of reptilian knowledge). I think she is 4-5 mo.s. Has compeletly gotten over the soft bone (havent had another xray but she can hang from one foot & tail while hunting, hasn't been on the ground since the second day in my care)
Handling - Twice a week at most, still worried about her stress levels from recent illness. But she loves the outdoor Uv rays (15 mins most due to extreme heat & dry weather here)
Feeding - About 10-15 crickets daily (depending on how interested she acts by time 2nd feeding come around), every other other day some mealworms. Working on getting her super worms and Dubias. Living in the desert makes finding live feed a little tough. & I hate the starving scary crickets from petsmart. Being young I still feed every day. I gutload crickets with a kale/seasame seed/egg yolk/tuna/sweet potatoe/apple diet.
Supplements - Reptivite with d3, reptoCal with d3, alternate between the two one feeding per week, looking today for the pure calcium drops i've heard talk of.. Both supplements have crazy high levels of vit a so i dont like using a lot.
Watering - I have a fogger, that also drips distilled water over a little vine into a bowl, refilling fogger with left over water, endless drip cycle. Mist about twice a day, morning showers I notice Ganj drinking off the corner off her mouth. mid-day mists for about 3 mins, i know she drinks off the leaves but ive only seen her do it maybe twice.
Fecal Description - I am positive previous owners did fecal check when first problems arose, none since in my care. Droppings seems to be less girth then my pinky, brownish grayish dark, but relatively all stuck together, slightly slimey but wouldnt go as far as too say runny, with urine, mainly white, still a little yellow. PS. When rescued she had nothing but a water dish for drinking.
History - Heh, didnt see this section, already included all history.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Glass screen combo, 32x28x13.
Lighting - ReptiGlo 10.0 but set 5 inches from top of screen cage, 60w basking blu bulb, also set far from cage. 8am-9pm
Temperature - Multiple thermometers will show the basking area to be 85-95 (on really hot days here its hard to keep her temps down, constantly moving bulb, buying lower wattage asap), hunting/drinking area 70-78. At night drops no lower than 70. No lights on at night.
Humidity - Hygrometers read that the Fogger I use keeps the cage around 50-70%, at night/early morning drops to 40-50%. Occasional misting, not a night of course.
Plants - Been using fake vines with tall branches ive collected that are ideal for her hand size. Gonna buy possibly hibiscus or pothos today, really need humidity uppers. No substrate currently, considering wet wash clothes cycled out often (sorry cant recall who mentioned that )
Placement - Cage is in my art room, least trafficked room in the house. Air vents closed off. Cage top is above my head. Couple of small windows provide extra light the room
Location - Smack dab in the middle of the freaking Sonoran Desert, why people raise & sell chameleons out here, I will never know. But I love a challenge.
Current Problem -Started last week, rubbing her eye a little one day with back foot. Next handling rubbed eye on my hand. Couple days later saw her rubbing on a branch. She had just finished her shed when placed in my care (2 weeks prior) had a couple tiny patches of shed on body still, thought maybe she was working it out. Looks like she got a little bigger since day one, so possible she shed more recently, I know veileds will head-shed too.
So, rinsed eye with morning showers to help her work it out. Doesn't seem to be helping.
Within the past couple day, eye looks swollen or saggy, almost. I guess kind of puffy. Definitely irritated, but she can still open it just fine, just looks sunk in when she looks at me. Haven't noticed any weird discharge, a couple mornings before showers I noticed a small bubble on irritated eye. Also, when she sleeps, she doesn't close it!!! Only the one eye, looks like she is still protecting with her inner lid, but the outer lid does not close.
Help? I've heard this might be a possible humidity issue?? Vitamin A shock???
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