Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon: Veiled chameleon - suspect she is a female (although had requested male and named her Cornelius) - have had her since she was very young - possibly only a few weeks old, purchased April 7, 2015 from a small, local, independent pet store - my estimate is that she is about 4-5 months old now (July 12th)
Handling: We have never handled her other than to move her a few times from enclosure to enclosure for cleaning and upgrading. She is skittish and avoids me when cage door is opened, etc. She particularly hates getting her picture taken and will turn dark and do the lunging motion when I use either my iPhone or big camera to take a picture. (Kind of amusing but unfortunate.)
Feeding: She eats about 7 medium-sized crickets each afternoon. Sometimes I will feed her a few more if she is searching around, seemingly hungry. I give the crickets pet store cricket food (some dry mix) and Zilla Gut Load Cricket Drink with calcium (green gel stuff).
Supplements: I dust the crickets with Rapashy Superfoods Chameleon Calcium Plus powder when I purchase them (once per week or so).
Watering: Misting plants fairly heavily 4-5 times per day, or when humidity drops to somewhere in the 50% range. I treat the water with Zoo Med ReptiSafe water conditioner.
Fecal Description: She poops once per day and it is usually two dark droppings with a smaller whitish-yellow dropping as well.
History: Nothing to note other than recent change in terrarium as she has gotten larger.
Cage Info:
Cage Type: Zilla Fresh Air Screen Habitat for Reptiles - 18 x 30 x 30 inches
Lighting: Reptisun 5.0 UVB light and a 125watt Feit Electric heat lamp (no luck with reptile brand heat lamps-went through 3 that burnt out quickly).
Temperature: Temps in cage range from 72 to 90 degrees in most heated spot, measured using National Geographic brand Digital Thermometer and Hygrometer. Temp drops no lower than 69 degrees at night.
Humidity: 55-70% - misting tank plants 4-5 times per day, measured using National Geographic brand Digital Thermometer and Hygrometer.
Plants: One real hibiscus plant and a few fake vines, one large mopani wood branch, and a fake wood vine that curves around.
Placement: Cage is in a room that is about 1/3 under ground level in our house (bottom of window is basically at ground level). The cage is in front of the window and the top of the cage is about 5.5 feet from the floor in the room.
Location: Illinois, near Mississippi River
Current Problem: She has a strange growth on one side of her head (her right side) - on her lips (mostly bottom lip). It's like skin that never peeled when the rest of her peeled (she has peeled 3 times so far). The inside of her mouth looks totally fine when she eats and her behavior has not changed at all. There is no discharge or bleeding at all. She eats every day and climbs around the tank with seemingly normal energy levels. She only seems to get stressed when we get near her. I shared pictures of it with a veterinarian friend (new grad, little to no reptile experience though) and she was convinced it would go away on its own. A pet store employee told me to put Neosporin on it but I have not done that, as I was hesitant to even try it. It has been there for about a month now and not gotten worse or really any better.
Your Chameleon: Veiled chameleon - suspect she is a female (although had requested male and named her Cornelius) - have had her since she was very young - possibly only a few weeks old, purchased April 7, 2015 from a small, local, independent pet store - my estimate is that she is about 4-5 months old now (July 12th)
Handling: We have never handled her other than to move her a few times from enclosure to enclosure for cleaning and upgrading. She is skittish and avoids me when cage door is opened, etc. She particularly hates getting her picture taken and will turn dark and do the lunging motion when I use either my iPhone or big camera to take a picture. (Kind of amusing but unfortunate.)
Feeding: She eats about 7 medium-sized crickets each afternoon. Sometimes I will feed her a few more if she is searching around, seemingly hungry. I give the crickets pet store cricket food (some dry mix) and Zilla Gut Load Cricket Drink with calcium (green gel stuff).
Supplements: I dust the crickets with Rapashy Superfoods Chameleon Calcium Plus powder when I purchase them (once per week or so).
Watering: Misting plants fairly heavily 4-5 times per day, or when humidity drops to somewhere in the 50% range. I treat the water with Zoo Med ReptiSafe water conditioner.
Fecal Description: She poops once per day and it is usually two dark droppings with a smaller whitish-yellow dropping as well.
History: Nothing to note other than recent change in terrarium as she has gotten larger.
Cage Info:
Cage Type: Zilla Fresh Air Screen Habitat for Reptiles - 18 x 30 x 30 inches
Lighting: Reptisun 5.0 UVB light and a 125watt Feit Electric heat lamp (no luck with reptile brand heat lamps-went through 3 that burnt out quickly).
Temperature: Temps in cage range from 72 to 90 degrees in most heated spot, measured using National Geographic brand Digital Thermometer and Hygrometer. Temp drops no lower than 69 degrees at night.
Humidity: 55-70% - misting tank plants 4-5 times per day, measured using National Geographic brand Digital Thermometer and Hygrometer.
Plants: One real hibiscus plant and a few fake vines, one large mopani wood branch, and a fake wood vine that curves around.
Placement: Cage is in a room that is about 1/3 under ground level in our house (bottom of window is basically at ground level). The cage is in front of the window and the top of the cage is about 5.5 feet from the floor in the room.
Location: Illinois, near Mississippi River
Current Problem: She has a strange growth on one side of her head (her right side) - on her lips (mostly bottom lip). It's like skin that never peeled when the rest of her peeled (she has peeled 3 times so far). The inside of her mouth looks totally fine when she eats and her behavior has not changed at all. There is no discharge or bleeding at all. She eats every day and climbs around the tank with seemingly normal energy levels. She only seems to get stressed when we get near her. I shared pictures of it with a veterinarian friend (new grad, little to no reptile experience though) and she was convinced it would go away on its own. A pet store employee told me to put Neosporin on it but I have not done that, as I was hesitant to even try it. It has been there for about a month now and not gotten worse or really any better.
