His poop

[pr3mo15]

Well today was the first time I have ever seen him take a poop infront of me...Im glad he did it right infront of me this time so I can see this...

Everytime i clean his poop out of his cage its perfectly normal except today...

Cage Info:

* Cage Type - screen/wood cage 22x24x36
* Lighting - UVB reptisun 5.0 and i believe a zoomed 60watt basking light
* Temperature - temp during day stays around 75, basking spot about 85, at night around 65 MAYBE 60
* Humidity - I always spray the cage atleast 3 times a day for about 3min durations, and have a dripper that i run when im gone
* Plants - the plants are ok i 4get what they are called though
* Placement - cage is in my room. barely any traffic. im usually never in there
* Location - southern california - near magic mt


Chameleon Info:

* Your Chameleon - 6month blue bar ambilobe panther cham
* Handling - I just recently started holding him to bring him in the sun every other day or so, he doesnt mind it to much.
* Feeding - I feed my cham crickets as a staple, waxworms sometimes, few supers here and there, yesterday I did buy him a few mealworms for a snack...
* Supplements - thats all fine.
* Watering - i always see my cham drinking quite frequently, i spray him atleast 3 times a day for about 3/4 mins each time
* Fecal Description - Look at pictures, its been fine till today.
* History - Nothing
* Current Problem - His poop.


Here are a few pictures, tell me what you think please!! sorry they arent the clearest. Camera Sucks

 

[dodolah]

can you post a pic of him and his eyes?
That orange urate usually means either he's dehydrated or having a kidney failure.
What supplements you are using? And, what the schedule looked like?
Either way, get your vet # handy.

have you ever had his fecal material checked by your vet? parasites? etc..

 

[pr3mo15]

God I hope its not a kidney failure...

I just took this pictures one minute ago of his eyes as you asked...


His supplements are zoomed repti calcium without d3 daily, zoomeds reptivite with d3 vitamins once a week, and T-rex calcium with d3 once every other week.

 

[laurie]

His eyes are fine and he looks ok to me. Maybe what you see is a result of the mealworms. His urate does say he might be starting to dehyrate. I would mist him extra and see if he will drink more. I never use mealworms but don't believe they are a good food source for chams. I doubt once would hurt him.

 

[dodolah]

His eyes are pretty good.

I see your supplementation have 2 sources of D3?
In this case, ease up the T-rex even more to once a month..
The calcium without D3 should be your major supplement.

In the mean time, boost his humidity and misting session to 5 minutes session.
Feed him high water content- feeder such as silkworm or hornworms.

And, see tomorrow if his urate is fine.
I don't like that extremely saturated orange urate.

If he still expel this urate in 3 day or so, best to call your vet to check his kidney.
Also, kept the poop for parasite check.

 

[pr3mo15]

Will do, Thanks everybody for your help! I hope hes ok!!

Will keep you guys updated next time he drops a deuce !

And i dont know if you guys saw it...But in the second picture there is a white stringy thing attached to the left on the paper towel...Is that ok??

 

[Sancho]

Sancho was like that before and it was cause of the supers too many supers cause he was addicted to them.

 

[pr3mo15]

Heres an update on his poop today...Looks good and normal to me...

Let me know what you guys think..

 

[dodolah]

aah .
So, keep boosting his misting for few days.

 

[laurie]

I think you should make sure he stays well watered and it looks like all will be fine, also change your supplement schedule as reccommend by Dodolah. You seem to have a healthy little one and you can relax.

 

[laurie]

aah .
So, keep boosting his misting for few days.

Our minds must be in the same place, every time one of us post to this the other is right there also. Great minds........

 

[KevinA]

Make sure the humidity isn't too low and the temps aren't too high when you take him outside for long periods of time.

Give him some extra drinking oportunities like people have said.