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Here is some recommended information to include when asking for help in the health clinic forum. By providing this information you will receive more accurate and beneficial responses. It might not be necessary to answer all these questions, but the more you provide the better. Please remember that even the most knowledgeable person can only guess at what your problem may be. Only an experienced reptile veterinarian who can directly examine your animal can give a true diagnosis of your chameleon's health.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
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?
Location - Where are you geographically located?
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
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Please Note:
The more details you provide the better and more accurate help you will receive.
Photos can be very helpful.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male, young Veiled Chameleon, I’ve had him for just under 2 weeks now.
Handling - haven’t handled him yet, still getting used to hands and people.
Feeding - Crickets, wax worms (once in a while) black soldier flys, small horn worms. Crickets and flies everyday with calcium. Usually once in morning and once in afternoon. I gut load with sweet potato, apple, and greens. About 7-10 bugs total each day.
Supplements - calcium without D3 everyday, calcium with D3 twice a month. Multi vitamin twice a month.
Watering - mist by hand once before lights and once after they’re off. Both for 1-2 minutes. Use the little dripper throughout the day. (He also has a shower curtain wrapped around sides to trap humidity)
Fecal Description - Urates are a healthy white with a small amount of orange sometimes. The fecal matter is typical brown. He goes everyday as of right now. Hasn’t been parasite tested before.
History - he was kept at a local pet store (not a chain pet store), enclosure was a little small, and didn’t seem to have proper lighting or foliage coverage, but he is still young so it hasn’t seemed to harm him. They didn’t tell us his age, or many details. He was also alone in his enclosure.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - the bigger reptibreeze with the screening. No glass. (for now, working on a bigger one at the moment.)
Lighting - T5 linear for UVB, and 75W daylight white for basking/heat. lights off at 10:40pm lights on at 8:30/9am.
Temperature - basking is 80-85, lower areas are 65-75 depending on spot.
Humidity - I use a digital hydrometer as well as thermometer. Day levels for humidity are 50-60%, night is usually 70-80%
Plants - one fake plant that I’m replacing with a real ASAP. He also has 5 real plants and lots of sticks.
Location - United States- Michigan
*If there’s any other MI chameleon owners let me know what vet you use. I’m looking for one in case I ever need to take him in.
I also want to add- he’s really settled in this week and has been way brighter throughout the days, but is still dark more than I’d like. Is this concerning or is it normal? Is there anything I can do to make him more comfortable?
I’m 100% open to changing things if needed. Want to make sure I give him what he needs. Thanks!
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