Help! Male Jackson Sick?

[JunioR]

Hey I have a male jackson chameleon that has not eaten over a week when I got him about a month ago he ate fine. He ate crickets about 4-5 a day. But now he does not eat them. I tried wax worm, roaches but he does not even try. He just stares at them as they pass by same with the crickets. He is fully green, and active, he looks hydrated to me. I do a heavy misting twice a day as well as I have the Monsoon running so every 4 hours it does a 20 second mist down. By the way I gave him a shower just wanted to make sure he was hydrated. His a young adult chameleon. So has anyone had a similar experience or any advice on what can be the problem? I need help my friends. Thanks. Also time to time when I enter his cage he puffs up his chin and sometimes opens his mouth at me. Is this aggression? Here are some pictures let me know if he looks dehydrated or sick to you guys.



Enclosure: 18x18x36 All Mesh

Lighting: Have a 50 watt Zoo Med Basking Light UVA, Repti Glow 5.0 UVB
The temperature stays around 70F-80F, Basking spot stays at 85F, and at night temperature drops to about 60F. Humidity stays about 70+

Supplements: I use store bought gutloaded crickets feed them cubes by FLUKERS, I use D3 Calcium, Mutivitamins with Beta Carotene for dusting

Plants:His enclosure is covered in fake, live plants as well as vines and sandblasted branches. Live plants includes foliage and umbrella tree.

 

[Carlton]

Hey I have a male jackson chameleon that has not eaten over a week when I got him about a month ago he ate fine. He ate crickets about 4-5 a day. But now he does not eat them. I tried wax worm, roaches but he does not even try. He just stares at them as they pass by same with the crickets. He is fully green, and active, he looks hydrated to me. I do a heavy misting twice a day as well as I have the Monsoon running so every 4 hours it does a 20 second mist down. By the way I gave him a shower just wanted to make sure he was hydrated. His a young adult chameleon. So has anyone had a similar experience or any advice on what can be the problem? I need help my friends. Thanks. Also time to time when I enter his cage he puffs up his chin and sometimes opens his mouth at me. Is this aggression? Here are some pictures let me know if he looks dehydrated or sick to you guys.



Enclosure: 18x18x36 All Mesh

Lighting: Have a 50 watt Zoo Med Basking Light UVA, Repti Glow 5.0 UVB
The temperature stays around 70F-80F, Basking spot stays at 85F, and at night temperature drops to about 60F. Humidity stays about 70+

Supplements: I use store bought gutloaded crickets feed them cubes by FLUKERS, I use D3 Calcium, Mutivitamins with Beta Carotene for dusting

Plants:His enclosure is covered in fake, live plants as well as vines and sandblasted branches. Live plants includes foliage and umbrella tree.

How often do you dust with each of the supplements? You need a plain calcium without D3 for daily use, then once a week use the calcium with D3, and only use the multivitamin dust once every 4-5 weeks. You can definitely over do it. Montane chams such as jackson's are sensitive to supplements so use sparingly and improve your gutload. I always offer fresh fruit (such as oranges), dark leafy veggies such as kale (not spinach or broccoli), leaf lettuces (not iceberg), squashes, etc, bee pollen, whole cereal grains. The commercial gutloads aren't all that good. A couple offered by forum sponsors are much better. Gutloads can also affect the taste of the feeder.

How old is your cham? If close to an adult, try feeding every other day.

Yes, he is showing some territorial or defensive behavior when he puffs up and gapes. It could be he's distracted and stressed by something he can see from his cage. Other animals? Heavy vibrational noise? A lot of house activity? His cage foliage isn't all that dense. I suspect he wants more visual cover and is feeling too exposed to view. If you have trouble finding him in the cage that's about right.

 

[BeBoSON]

Hey,

How old is you Jackson?
How does his fecal look?

Those are signs of aggression. Just leave him be. If you want to try and handle him, try getting him out of the cage using a wooden dowel. Then placing him on your hand.

As far as buying gutloaded crickets, stores say "Gutloaded" but what that really means is that they feed them potatoes. You'll have to gutload your own crickets the night before you feed them off.

 

[JunioR]

Thanks friends and his a young adult not sure of age and yea I do the dusting as recomemnded. So how does he look to you guys? Does he look streesed dehydrated? & he is away from any noise and his in my room that has little activity going on kus am always at work.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

He looks terrific to me. Do you think he is not eating because you don't see him eat? Or because you count the feeders and none of them are disappearing?

I ask because he may be eating without your knowledge. The best way to tell if they are eating is not by whether or not they are pooping. That will tell the story. Has he had a fresh poop?

 

[lindawaz]

His poo should be black/brown with a white part on the end. if it is like that he is hydrated.

If the white part is yellow-orange he is de hydrated