bimac6
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Cage Info:
Cage Type - 28x28x48 all mesh
Lighting - reptisun UVB tube and 65 watt heat lamp
Temperature - i'm not currently measuring the temperatures, but the basking is around 90, and the rest of the cage is 80 probably, a little higher than room temperature since the humidity makes it a little more stuffy.
Humidity - i spray him around 3 to 4 times a day for a period of 1 to 2 minutes, and he has live plants that i let the water dripper drip into, and those hold moisture
Plants - Are you using live plants? he has a large schleffaria plant, and a small pothos plant, which i've removed for the past few days because it's not getting enough lighting, so i have it out in the sun.
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? it's in my room, where it's always been, it's about 4 feet high, compared to my 8 foot high room, and the fan isn't above him.
Location - Florida
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled, I bought him December of 2008, being about 4 to 5 months old.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Not a lot lately, but he's very used to being handled, never has stressed him out, and if he doesn't want out, then I leave him be, like it's always been.
Feeding - He eats large crickets, I buy 50-60 weekly, and the cricket cage is inside of his cage, he goes down when he's hungry, but he's great with not over eating or becoming overweight. he probably eats once a day, or every other day, but he eats a lot in that time period. 60 lasts a week. I gutload the crickets with tomatoes and cucumbers, I use calcium without d3 every other day, and with d3 monthly.
Supplements - above, and let me go check the names-- I have Reptocal with d3, Reptivite with d3, and Zoomed's Repticalcium without d3.
Watering - I've explained these throughout the list, but I have a dripping system that drips into his schleffaria, into a tub, that i empty out the excess water, I mist for 2 minute intervals, and I see him drinking.
Fecal Description - Yesterday when I emptied the tub, (he poops in there too) it's perfectly white, nothing weird about it, although it was watery but, i'm pretty sure that's because it landed in the water.
History - I've realized lately he found out where the water drips to, the bottom of the tub, so he goes down in there sometimes and drinks it. Mind you, this is where he poops and where all the water that goes through the soil is drained to. I've only seen him do this twice, and both times are pretty recent.
Current Problem - Yesterday and today I've noticed his eyes closed during the day, not for the whole day, he still does his daily walk around routines, but I find him just looking lethargic, his eyes are sunken in, and he's stressed colors, when I've found him in the tub at the bottom I immediately take him out and put him in the sink and let the water drip on him, so maybe it will clean out his system. but yesterday night, while he was sleeping, (the branch was swaying because his weight is greater than the branch he chose to sleep on) i noticed he was kind of on a loose branch, so i readjusted him so he wouldn't fall, I walked away and I'm assuming when I readjusted him it startled him and he wanted to find a new area to sleep, but when I came back into my room, he was hanging from his tail off of his vine, sleeping. Like he lost traction and slipped and caught himself. Every time I think of him being sick I begin crying. I've done everything that I can think of. I'm pretty sure it's because of the water at the bottom of the tub. And now I'm making sure that he can't get to it. (I've put in a mesh top of a terrarium, so he can't reach it, and I empty it every time I let the water drip now, instead of at the end of the day) Also I've noticed his colors are half bright and normal, and half stressed and dark looking. Can anyone explain this? Right now he seems fine, he climbed all the way up the blinds in the window and he's sleeping now, but it is night time.
i'm scheduling a vet in the next week, but I'd like to hear some responses in the mean time because i'm so nervous. Thank you guys
-Sara
Cage Type - 28x28x48 all mesh
Lighting - reptisun UVB tube and 65 watt heat lamp
Temperature - i'm not currently measuring the temperatures, but the basking is around 90, and the rest of the cage is 80 probably, a little higher than room temperature since the humidity makes it a little more stuffy.
Humidity - i spray him around 3 to 4 times a day for a period of 1 to 2 minutes, and he has live plants that i let the water dripper drip into, and those hold moisture
Plants - Are you using live plants? he has a large schleffaria plant, and a small pothos plant, which i've removed for the past few days because it's not getting enough lighting, so i have it out in the sun.
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? it's in my room, where it's always been, it's about 4 feet high, compared to my 8 foot high room, and the fan isn't above him.
Location - Florida
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled, I bought him December of 2008, being about 4 to 5 months old.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Not a lot lately, but he's very used to being handled, never has stressed him out, and if he doesn't want out, then I leave him be, like it's always been.
Feeding - He eats large crickets, I buy 50-60 weekly, and the cricket cage is inside of his cage, he goes down when he's hungry, but he's great with not over eating or becoming overweight. he probably eats once a day, or every other day, but he eats a lot in that time period. 60 lasts a week. I gutload the crickets with tomatoes and cucumbers, I use calcium without d3 every other day, and with d3 monthly.
Supplements - above, and let me go check the names-- I have Reptocal with d3, Reptivite with d3, and Zoomed's Repticalcium without d3.
Watering - I've explained these throughout the list, but I have a dripping system that drips into his schleffaria, into a tub, that i empty out the excess water, I mist for 2 minute intervals, and I see him drinking.
Fecal Description - Yesterday when I emptied the tub, (he poops in there too) it's perfectly white, nothing weird about it, although it was watery but, i'm pretty sure that's because it landed in the water.
History - I've realized lately he found out where the water drips to, the bottom of the tub, so he goes down in there sometimes and drinks it. Mind you, this is where he poops and where all the water that goes through the soil is drained to. I've only seen him do this twice, and both times are pretty recent.
Current Problem - Yesterday and today I've noticed his eyes closed during the day, not for the whole day, he still does his daily walk around routines, but I find him just looking lethargic, his eyes are sunken in, and he's stressed colors, when I've found him in the tub at the bottom I immediately take him out and put him in the sink and let the water drip on him, so maybe it will clean out his system. but yesterday night, while he was sleeping, (the branch was swaying because his weight is greater than the branch he chose to sleep on) i noticed he was kind of on a loose branch, so i readjusted him so he wouldn't fall, I walked away and I'm assuming when I readjusted him it startled him and he wanted to find a new area to sleep, but when I came back into my room, he was hanging from his tail off of his vine, sleeping. Like he lost traction and slipped and caught himself. Every time I think of him being sick I begin crying. I've done everything that I can think of. I'm pretty sure it's because of the water at the bottom of the tub. And now I'm making sure that he can't get to it. (I've put in a mesh top of a terrarium, so he can't reach it, and I empty it every time I let the water drip now, instead of at the end of the day) Also I've noticed his colors are half bright and normal, and half stressed and dark looking. Can anyone explain this? Right now he seems fine, he climbed all the way up the blinds in the window and he's sleeping now, but it is night time.
i'm scheduling a vet in the next week, but I'd like to hear some responses in the mean time because i'm so nervous. Thank you guys
-Sara
