he looks ok?

[misiek]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - one year old veiled Male
Handling - ones a week but he dont like it
Feeding - Crickets and superworms 6-8 crickets and 2-3 superworms a day he is good eater I gut load crickets with fresh vegetables and fruits + dry cat food for superworms onlyfresh vegetables
Supplements - dusting crickets and supers with Rep-Cal everyday and reptivite ones a week
Watering - mist king system 2min 4 times a day
chameleon drinking? he open his mouth when i spray him with spray bottle but dont drink from dripper or from misting
Fecal Description - white and dark brown
History - donn't know

Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 2x2x4
Lighting - Zoo Med ReptiSun 5.0 and 75W basking no night heat or light
Temperature - 70-75 cage 90-95 basking
Humidity - low i think 25-30% with humidifier 40-45%
Plants - Schefflera and golden pothos
Placement - a normal traffic i have two kids but they don't touch the cage
Location - chicago IL

hello all
ok long story short i get him on craiglist 3 weeks ago without know much about chams so i came home with him and i set up everything.
And i start looking online and found this AWSOME forum after reading and looking on your guys set ups i found my set up was not right 100W basking bulb temperature was over 105 F for 12 hours + 100W ceramics heater next to it for 24 hours (that what his owner told me to do) so i change it to 75W basking and get rid of 100W ceramics heater ,his cage was also a bit dirty with no drain and hard to clean so i made a easy clining now (you can see on pictures) the guy also give me some Medicine (Panacur Treatment 100mg) ,(Trimeth/sulfa 48mg) and some lubricant eye ointment ,so i gues the cham had health problems before
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i just want to make sure his ok and looks good cuz his eyes not look good to me like i sad before i dont see him drink only ones when i spray bottle him
Thanks all for great forum and hellp and sorry for my english


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[reptilover]

He doesnt look bad at all. The eyes are a tad sunken which can be a lack of water. Id recommened the mistking on for 5 minutes 3-4 times a day. Mine just hides from the mister the first 2 minutes. Then drinks. U were correct to drop thebheat and no heat at night. He definatly needs a tad more humidity. U can wrap three sides of the cage with plastic to help with this. It shoulf be 60 as a low stable humidity then jump near 80 during misting.
Id lay off the supers a bit. One a day maximum. There shell can be hard to digest and there fatty. If u can find silk worms and or hornworms they are fantastic!! And chams love em.
Drop the cat food gutload. Its alot of animal protein that chams dont need and can be more harmful than good.

 

[reptilover]

Also supplementing. I use repashy calcium plus which is good for every cricket every day.
If u don't go that route. A plain calcium with NO D3 Daily
A calcium WITH D3 2 times a month and a reptivite (multivit) 2 times a month (not the dame day as d3. I switched between d3 and multi every sunday)

 

[misiek]

Thanks reptilover for hellp i just set up misting 5 min 3 times a day ill find something to cover sides for better humidity maybe a sheet of 1/8 plexiglass do the job and is gonna look good to

 

[AngieL]

Here's a great care sheet for veiled chameleons https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/chameleonsinmyhouse/395-veiled-chameleon-care-sheet.html and welcome to the forums!

I think pancur is a treatment for parasites! If I was you I would take him to the vet (although he looks ok) and have him re checked and his stool tested. If he does have parasites you will need to take steps to get rid of them because long term infestation will have ill effects on him.