Help?!

[Irishboy85]

So our veiled has been great since we got her. We've had her over a year now and the past week or so she has been climbing the side of her screen cage up to the top corner where her heat bulb is. She keeps slipping and falling. Anyone know why she would be doing this??

 

[Theveiled]

Could you post a picture of her? What supplements do you use?

 

[Theveiled]

Do you have a laying bin set up for her yet?

 

[Remkon]

It could be many reasons but for the best answer it's recommended you fill out the 'how to ask for help' form.

- What's your lighting and supplementing like? How old is the UVB light?
- Did she maybe lose some nails from climbing the screen in the past that may have caused her to lose grip now?

 

[Peachypink]

Best thing to do is fill out the how to ask for help form that is under the health clinic. Copy and paste it here with your answers. Otherwise there is not much to go on to be able to offer much help. There can be many reasons for behavior but we need to be able to see the big picture. Pictures help too.

One thing I will ask, has she laid a clutch before and do you have a lay bin set up for her in her enclosure and available to her?

 

[Irishboy85]

She has laid multiple clutch's and she usually hangs at the bottom of the cage when she's ready to lay....I did put her laying bin in just in case....we use repti calcium without d3 everyday on her food and use calcium with d3 once a month and a repti Vite once a month. Not sure what lights she has my husband got them. But her basking light is new

 

[Irishboy85]

This is her cage...hard to get a pic of her she keeps hiding

 

[Irishboy85]

Best photo of her I can get....temp at basking spot stays around 85

 

[Remkon]

She has laid multiple clutch's and she usually hangs at the bottom of the cage when she's ready to lay....I did put her laying bin in just in case....we use repti calcium without d3 everyday on her food and use calcium with d3 once a month and a repti Vite once a month. Not sure what lights she has my husband got them. But her basking light is new

Age of the baskinglight doesn't matter, it's the UVB light that will degrade over time and will need to be replaced every 6 months to a year (Depending on the type and brand of the lamp).

 

[Irishboy85]

The uvb isn't more then 6 months old I don't believe but we can get a new one if we need.

 

[Irishboy85]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - female veiled a year and a half old
• Handling - never
• Feeding - she gets 10 medium crickets a day
• Supplements - calcium without d3 everyday, calicum with d3 once a month, reptivite once a month
• Watering - she has a dripper and we mist multiple times a day for 30 seconds or more
• Fecal Description - small brown
• History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - screen cage
• Lighting -
• Temperature - 85 at basking, 70 middle low, use a digital thermo up top and a basic thermo/humidity in the middle
• Humidity - around 70-80%
• Plants - fake
• Placement - is near high traffic...top of the cage is about 7ft high
• Location - massachusetts

Current Problem - climbing on cage into the top corner near lights

 

[Peachypink]

Is the vine the only solid climbing surface she has other than the plants? I would add some horizontal branches at varying heights for her. She really needs more pathways and places to walk. You can attach them with thumbtacks from the outside of the screen.

Also, I would try and trade out some of her fake plats for real ones. Veilds like to eat plants and having real ones in there gives her the opportunity to munch plus it really helps with the humidity. Water drops stay on live longer than on the fake.

Definitely check the age of your UVB.

Also, add a 3-5 minute misting in there somewhere. You didn't say what her rates look like. A longer misting session will give her opportunity to clean out her eyes.

 

[Irishboy85]

Its hard to see but she does have vines going across they are just behind the leaves....

 

[Irishboy85]

Also the plant is actually a 4ft tree so that provides her with lots of branches to walk on, is there any chance she's trying yo get closer to the lights because she is cold?

 

[Peachypink]

Its hard to see but she does have vines going across they are just behind the leaves....

I would still add a few more. Lots and lots of pathways.

 

[Irishboy85]

And we do not have a mist machine I hand mist with a spray bottle so spraying 3-5 mins is not to do able

 

[Irishboy85]

Some better pics of her

 

[Joseph 1233]

Basking spot shoukd be high 80 low 90s for veiled that age she may want to find a warmer place

 

[Theveiled]

Basking spot shoukd be high 80 low 90s for veiled that age she may want to find a warmer place

Actually for a female, it should be 85 to help with reducing egg production