Okay, so my Female Panther Nosy Be is about 9 months old now. About 14 days ago she went from eating about 10-12 crickets a day to eating only 3-5 a day. Today she has only eaten one. In the past week she had went from being pretty active, to laying around in about 1-2 spots in the enclosure and just staying there for hours on end. Her poop looks great and I see her drinking, and she is not sleeping during the day. But she just seems lethargic. I have also noticed she is getting really dark stripes down her body that will stay there for a few hours and then go away. Stress lines maybe? She was receptive about 2 months ago so I don't know if she may be becoming gravid or not. I have never had a gravid Cham so I just don't know about the behavior changes or anything. I do have a 12X12 laying been filled with play sand in there for her. Basically she was alot more active about 2 weeks ago and ate a lot more. Just want to catch a possible illness early on before it gets out of hand or just get some opinions on on if I may be freaking out about nothing. Perhaps she is just simply bored. I really have never offered her any other feeders in the past. I have also considered its just a metabolic thing i.e. She is eating less so she is just moving less. All input would be highly appreciated.
Here is my Chams info:
Your Chameleon - Nosy Be Panther Chameleon, Female, 9 months old, been in my care for 6 months.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Not at all.
Feeding - Feeding her in the morning with 10 - 3/4" crickets, currently gutloading with Organic Apples She only eats about 4-5 though.
Supplements - Dusting crickets with Repti Cal brand products. Cal -D3 every day, Doing Multivite and D3 twice a month rotating on Thursdays.
Watering - I use a dripper system plus I mist about 4 times a day for a few minutes. I do see her drink.
Fecal Description - Fecal looks is brown with white urate.
History - She has had zero health issues so far.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Cage is DYI screen enclosure 18X18X36T
Lighting - Using a 75watt Bask bulb and 5.0 Reptisun linear bulb for UVB. Lights are on 12 hour timer 8am - 8pm
Temperature - Bask temp is 88-90 and floor is 79. Lowest overnight temp is 72. Measured with Digital Thermometer. Temps are higher than usual due to the heat wave we are having.
Humidity - Ambient humidity is ranging from 40-50 Spiking at 85 during mistings. Use a digital hygrometer.
Plants - One large, live aboricola is in her enclosure.
Placement - Enclosure is located in far corner of my living room which is the lowest traffic spot of that room. She is near a window which I almost always keep covered by a curtain.
Location - I am located in Central Ohio, USA
Here is my Chams info:
Your Chameleon - Nosy Be Panther Chameleon, Female, 9 months old, been in my care for 6 months.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Not at all.
Feeding - Feeding her in the morning with 10 - 3/4" crickets, currently gutloading with Organic Apples She only eats about 4-5 though.
Supplements - Dusting crickets with Repti Cal brand products. Cal -D3 every day, Doing Multivite and D3 twice a month rotating on Thursdays.
Watering - I use a dripper system plus I mist about 4 times a day for a few minutes. I do see her drink.
Fecal Description - Fecal looks is brown with white urate.
History - She has had zero health issues so far.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Cage is DYI screen enclosure 18X18X36T
Lighting - Using a 75watt Bask bulb and 5.0 Reptisun linear bulb for UVB. Lights are on 12 hour timer 8am - 8pm
Temperature - Bask temp is 88-90 and floor is 79. Lowest overnight temp is 72. Measured with Digital Thermometer. Temps are higher than usual due to the heat wave we are having.
Humidity - Ambient humidity is ranging from 40-50 Spiking at 85 during mistings. Use a digital hygrometer.
Plants - One large, live aboricola is in her enclosure.
Placement - Enclosure is located in far corner of my living room which is the lowest traffic spot of that room. She is near a window which I almost always keep covered by a curtain.
Location - I am located in Central Ohio, USA
