skyedog
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Let me start with the general information...
Cage type - 260 gallon reptarium
Lighting - On top - Exo Terra 150 watt sun glo light, reptisun 5.0 uvb light. Halfway down the reptarium there's another 100 watt exo terra sun glow. At night I try not to use heat lights as the ambient temp stays in the high 60s. I have the lights on a 12hr timed schedule.
Temperature - The general cage temp is 76-80 measured with a digital thermometer with a probe. The basking area is about 86 degrees. On occasion the bottom of the cage drops into the upper 60's during the day.
Humidity - Varies - average about 60% sometimes higher.
Plants - hanging pothos and a 5 foot palm - also 2 6ft vines that extend down the length of the cage in the back.
Cage is in my room upstairs. Little or no animal or human traffic except for me.
The chameleon is a Mellers - unknown sex and age. Had him several weeks now. Hes 13 inches long and 91g, which is up from 80 when I got him.
He's handled only for inspection and weighing.
Supplement is zoo med repticalcium with d3 1 or 2 times a week dusted on crickets.
I mist for about 15 - 20 minutes in the morning and evening with a pump sprayer like you see in garden center - not a spray bottle, and I have a dripper on the pothos slowly dripping all day. I'm going to install an automatic mister this weekend to replace a habba mist which I dont care for very much.
There's no fecal description... that's part of my question.
Had him to the vet a while ago. The vet is a very experienced one here in NJ. The cham was hanging is leg and not using it much. I got it to the vet and he said it was a kidney disease and put it on baytril .4ml two times a day. He did blood work and when that came back he said there was a liver problem and he had me put the cham on metronidazole benzoate .2ml every other day and lactulose .2ml 2 or 3 times a day. Plus to put weight on it since it wasn't eating he has me feeding it a mash of peach baby food, hi protien ensure, half a centrum and a banana 1-3cc twice a day. Is this a bit too harsh of a medication regimen a chameleon? To me it seems like a lot of meds to put into a cham every day but I'm sure I'm wrong. Will it eventually develop a resistance to the meds? He wants the cham on these meds for 2-3 weeks at least. The cham is using hig leg but still wont eat. When he did go to the bathroom it looked very runny like the color of the mash I'm feeding it. I tried calling him to see if I should stop the meds but hes on vacation now through next week. I just don't want to cause any damage to the cham by overmedicating.
I'm very sorry this is such a long post but I wanted to give as much info as possible.
Cage type - 260 gallon reptarium
Lighting - On top - Exo Terra 150 watt sun glo light, reptisun 5.0 uvb light. Halfway down the reptarium there's another 100 watt exo terra sun glow. At night I try not to use heat lights as the ambient temp stays in the high 60s. I have the lights on a 12hr timed schedule.
Temperature - The general cage temp is 76-80 measured with a digital thermometer with a probe. The basking area is about 86 degrees. On occasion the bottom of the cage drops into the upper 60's during the day.
Humidity - Varies - average about 60% sometimes higher.
Plants - hanging pothos and a 5 foot palm - also 2 6ft vines that extend down the length of the cage in the back.
Cage is in my room upstairs. Little or no animal or human traffic except for me.
The chameleon is a Mellers - unknown sex and age. Had him several weeks now. Hes 13 inches long and 91g, which is up from 80 when I got him.
He's handled only for inspection and weighing.
Supplement is zoo med repticalcium with d3 1 or 2 times a week dusted on crickets.
I mist for about 15 - 20 minutes in the morning and evening with a pump sprayer like you see in garden center - not a spray bottle, and I have a dripper on the pothos slowly dripping all day. I'm going to install an automatic mister this weekend to replace a habba mist which I dont care for very much.
There's no fecal description... that's part of my question.
Had him to the vet a while ago. The vet is a very experienced one here in NJ. The cham was hanging is leg and not using it much. I got it to the vet and he said it was a kidney disease and put it on baytril .4ml two times a day. He did blood work and when that came back he said there was a liver problem and he had me put the cham on metronidazole benzoate .2ml every other day and lactulose .2ml 2 or 3 times a day. Plus to put weight on it since it wasn't eating he has me feeding it a mash of peach baby food, hi protien ensure, half a centrum and a banana 1-3cc twice a day. Is this a bit too harsh of a medication regimen a chameleon? To me it seems like a lot of meds to put into a cham every day but I'm sure I'm wrong. Will it eventually develop a resistance to the meds? He wants the cham on these meds for 2-3 weeks at least. The cham is using hig leg but still wont eat. When he did go to the bathroom it looked very runny like the color of the mash I'm feeding it. I tried calling him to see if I should stop the meds but hes on vacation now through next week. I just don't want to cause any damage to the cham by overmedicating.
I'm very sorry this is such a long post but I wanted to give as much info as possible.
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