Chameleon Info:
- Your Chameleon - Yemen veiled chameleon, female, been in our care for a little under 6 months, (problems started about last week) and is around 1-2 years old. has laid eggs Does she have a lay bin? Is best to keep one in her enclosure permanently
- Handling - Is not held often, does not like being touched, and only has let us pick her up recently, about 3 weeks ago.
- Feeding - We are feeding her around 15 crickets every 2-3 days. they are dusted with calcium and some vitamin I can't remember, she gets the occasional leafy green. she has been eating this way her whole life and it hasn't changed, until now. When she stopped eating entirely You are over-feeding. She should be getting 3-4 crickets or equivalent feeders every other day. What kind of leafy green is she getting? Some can bind calcium. What are you gut-loading your feeders with? She should be getting calcium without vitamin D dusted on every feeding. Then one feeding every other week a feeding dusted with calcium with bit D. One feeding every other week, dust with a multivitamin.
- Watering - we have a sprayer that sprays water into a spot in her cage every 1 hour, for about 20 seconds. recently we have not seen her drink, or eat. You don’t need to water so frequently. Ideally mist for about 2 minutes in the morning and in the evening.
- Fecal Description - she has no dropping, as she has nothing to drop for lack of a better word. We are not sure if she has been tested for parasites, and we cant test her because we are on full shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s always best to have a fecal done to test for parasites.
the biggest problem is we don't know how to get her to eat.
Cage Info: cant be the problem nothing has changed since the start of the symptoms.
Problems can build up over time.
- Cage Type - screened in on all sides then a sandpit surrounded by non-see through the plastic. Why a sand pit? Is it inside or outside the enclosure? How big is the enclosure?
- Lighting - 1 blue light, 1 heat light, 1 other light I don't know. 7-7 Get rid of the blue light. It serves no purpose and colored lights can be bad for cham eyes. What about uvb? She should have a linear(long) uvb light, preferably a T5 ho with a 5% uvb bulb. This is essential!
- Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Live plants are best. Veileds eat their plants and can eat an artificial leaf and become impacted, which can be life threatening. Pothos is my favorite plant to use.
- Placement - the cage is in a common area, although she can't see anyone unless they are right up next to her. because of a barricade.
What are your temperatures? What are your humidity levels? It’s very important to know these and keep them in proper ranges. When did she lay her eggs last? Can you post more pics of her from different angles as well as a full pic of her enclosure?
