Female panther chameleon

[brigham young]

Hi can anyone help my panther as stopped eating for the last 4 days I have give her Crickets/Silkworms/Waxworms/Mealworms and Cockroaches etc they all get dusted and gut loaded
all she does now is sit there here poop looks ok and she is not dehydrated I have here in a exo terra 90 x 45 x 90 viv the basking temp is 34 degrees Celsius I also have a monsoon rain system plus a fogger plus I have 3 10.0 uvb bulbs on the viv

 

[el chamino]

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[jamest0o0]

Did I read that right? Three, 10.0 uvb....?

 

[laurie]

Did I read that right? Three, 10.0 uvb....?

Yes you did and that sounds like too hot to me!

 

[Nursemaia]

Why so many UVB bulbs? That's excessive

 

[brigham young]

Hi thanks for the reply there Compact Fluorescent bulbs sat on top of the wire mesh top I was told by my reptile shop that I need the 3 bulbs because they loose about 40% of the uv because of the wire and the size of my viv

 

[#Chams4life]

How old is she?? Does she have a laying bin?? My guess is either she's ready to lay eggs (even if she wasn't with a male they still lay) or that she might have worms. Beautiful enclosure btw.

 

[brigham young]

she is about a 15 months old she does not look like she as got eggs inside her she is not very fat but I was wandering if it mite be the uv lights is it to much with the 3 on for 12 hours

 

[jamest0o0]

I would say so, get a tube uvb if you can. Not saying that is the problem or not, but it definitely would help.

 

[kinyonga]

I would make sure there's a proper place in her cage for her to dig to lay eggs. She looks fat enough but I'm not sure by her colors. Does she ever get very dark?

 

[brigham young]

I was thinking about tacking the Compact Fluorescent bulbs away and getting a 80 watt Mercury Vapour Lamp so it does the uv and heat but not sure about this move.

 

[brigham young]

I would make sure there's a proper place in her cage for her to dig to lay eggs. She looks fat enough but I'm not sure by her colors. Does she ever get very dark?

she gets dark some times but not all the time she is usually a peachy colour

 

[kinyonga]

I have always used a long linear tube Repti-sun 5.0 UVB light and a regular incandescent household bulb for basking.

 

[jamest0o0]

You absolutely don't want a MVB

 

[brigham young]

well she as still not eating but this was her this morning see first picture and the second picture was her this afternoon

 

[laurie]

well she as still not eating but this was her this morning see first picture and the second picture was her this afternoon

I agree, a laying bin, and soon! She is easily big enough for eggs, and that would explain the not eating. Most girls stop eating just before they lay eggs!

 

[brigham young]

Thanks for all your help with this matter laying bin now in see how it goes

 

[laurie]

Thanks for all your help with this matter laying bin now in see how it goes

Good job! Keep me posted.

 

[brigham young]

Hi all got up this morning to check my lady and she had little white marks on both sides of her is this a start of a shed