I have a 6 month old male veiled chameleon who I've had for almost two months. At first he was eating and drinking totally fine. He'd go right to where I dripped water and drink almost everyday. Lately, he has had one eye closed (but not tightly) and it is kind of worrying me. I think he may have something in it. As a result, I've been misting my chameleon (with heated distilled water) 4-5 times a day when I did 2-3 before. Since something is bothering his eye, he has been hiding from the mistings. He will usually go hide underneath a branch where the water does not drip. So, I can't tell if it is bothering him or what. I just don't want him to get dehydrated. What do you guys think? I'd really appreciate some advice!
Here is the information on my tank and habits that everyone asks for...
I have a male veiled chameleon who is a little less than a year old. I’ve had him for almost 2 months.
• I don’t handle my chameleon every day, but try to. He seems to come to my mom and I (we take care of him)
• I am feeding my chameleons strictly pin heads crickets right now. He eats about 5 a day. Some days less, some days more. I gut load them with the yellow flukers (water and nutrients) and also fresh greens like lettuce, carrots, and sometimes peppers.
• I dust my crickets with calcium MINUS PHOSPHORUS right before I put them into his cage. I do cup feed, but the crickets get out sometimes and he hunts them. I prefer that a couple do because I like him being active.
• I water atleast twice a day with heated distilled water (Lukewarm). I mist for a minute or so and then drip in the same place. I almost always see him open his mouth and swallow but I don’t always see him drink. I, however, don’t think that dehydration is an issue because he is meaty and his eyes are not sunken.
• His fecal material is normal. It is solid and brown with the last bit yellow and almost always a white tipped end.
• My cage is a 16x16x20in screened cage. I have 10in tall glass piece on three sides to hold in humidity and heat.
• I have both UVB and UVA bulbs. I use a repti-sun 5.0 bulb and a 35 watt UVA. They are both repti sun brand (tropical). I lalso use a low watt moonlight.
• My cage is 80 degrees in his basking spot and 70 at the lowest spot in his tank. I measur e this with an actualthermometer in there and I also have a laser temperature measurer (which is really nice and expensive. My dad got it from an air conditioning tech guy). My humidity is always above 50 if not 60. I have a bottom of “mulchy-ish material” I bought from the pet store for reptiles that holds a lot of humidity and heat.
• Since I’ve only had a chameleon for about 2 months, I haven’t bought any live plants yet. I use all fake.
• My cage is in my room about 2 feet of the ground (at the bottom) so about 3.5 feet at the top. There isn’t too much traffic. We keep the door shut and I never run my fan. Would running a fan be ok?
• I live in southeaster michigan about 5 minutes from toledo. It is winter here and very gloomy, so I don’t know if that wuold make a difference in his acting.
Here is the information on my tank and habits that everyone asks for...
I have a male veiled chameleon who is a little less than a year old. I’ve had him for almost 2 months.
• I don’t handle my chameleon every day, but try to. He seems to come to my mom and I (we take care of him)
• I am feeding my chameleons strictly pin heads crickets right now. He eats about 5 a day. Some days less, some days more. I gut load them with the yellow flukers (water and nutrients) and also fresh greens like lettuce, carrots, and sometimes peppers.
• I dust my crickets with calcium MINUS PHOSPHORUS right before I put them into his cage. I do cup feed, but the crickets get out sometimes and he hunts them. I prefer that a couple do because I like him being active.
• I water atleast twice a day with heated distilled water (Lukewarm). I mist for a minute or so and then drip in the same place. I almost always see him open his mouth and swallow but I don’t always see him drink. I, however, don’t think that dehydration is an issue because he is meaty and his eyes are not sunken.
• His fecal material is normal. It is solid and brown with the last bit yellow and almost always a white tipped end.
• My cage is a 16x16x20in screened cage. I have 10in tall glass piece on three sides to hold in humidity and heat.
• I have both UVB and UVA bulbs. I use a repti-sun 5.0 bulb and a 35 watt UVA. They are both repti sun brand (tropical). I lalso use a low watt moonlight.
• My cage is 80 degrees in his basking spot and 70 at the lowest spot in his tank. I measur e this with an actualthermometer in there and I also have a laser temperature measurer (which is really nice and expensive. My dad got it from an air conditioning tech guy). My humidity is always above 50 if not 60. I have a bottom of “mulchy-ish material” I bought from the pet store for reptiles that holds a lot of humidity and heat.
• Since I’ve only had a chameleon for about 2 months, I haven’t bought any live plants yet. I use all fake.
• My cage is in my room about 2 feet of the ground (at the bottom) so about 3.5 feet at the top. There isn’t too much traffic. We keep the door shut and I never run my fan. Would running a fan be ok?
• I live in southeaster michigan about 5 minutes from toledo. It is winter here and very gloomy, so I don’t know if that wuold make a difference in his acting.
