Kenfoong
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Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - he loss his appetite once he had pinworm parasite, undergo treatment for 2 weeks, and tested negative, but his appetite still doesn't come back, this morning, i saw his fell down from branches, so i try to handle to make sure he is alright, and he jump again, he look so pale to me. and since he doesn't eat, so i have to force him to have some calcium syrup which giving by my vet, he look like he didn't swallow it and a bit is coming out from his nose, went to vet right away, vet said he is weak, not sure it's because he didn't eat cause him low in energy or he is very ill inside, vet gave me some med to give him energy. but at night when he sleep, he fell from branch again. now i put one branch on the bottom of his enclosure and make him sleep there, to prevent he from falling down again, but i am so worry about him, and he look dying to me, what can i do? anyone can help me? i still having hope on him
- Your Chameleon - Male Veiled Chameleon, is 6 months old, had him for 2 months.
- Handling - 3-4 times a week.
- Feeding - I feed cricket and mealworm at first, but then change to dubia after a month 7-8 cricket/mealworm per day, but he losing his appetite and only eat like 1-2 per day. i gut load all my feeder by blending apple, orange, collard green, oat, sweet potato, carrot and made it into jelly form.
- Supplements - Zoomed calcium without D3, every feeding, Zoomed calcium with D3 twice a month, Multivitamin with D3 twice a month
- Watering - auto misting system, twice a day for 60s, and also water dripping for 12 hrs, only saw him drink water once.
- Fecal Description - brown color, and white with bit of cream on urate. tested with positive pinworm, had go through the deworm treatment and show negative now.
- History - been shedding well twice, everything look healthy, only start to look strange once having parasite
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - full mesh on top and front bottom for air vent, other is full glass, 24"x18"x24" exactly same design with Exoterra Medium Tall.
- Lighting - Exoterra reptiglo 5.0 uvb tube, 25W incandescent light bulb for basking on for 12hrs a day and off 12hrs
- Temperature - basking temperature is around 85F, and ambient temp is around 79F, measuring using laser termometer
- Humidity - 80 after the misting, and goes down to 50 after a few hours before another misting session
- Plants - i using bioactive setup for my enclosure, 80% real plant with mix 20% of fake plant, but moved him to a temporary enclosure when undergo deworm treatment while i want to disinfect the main enclosure, he still in his temporary enclosure now with all fake plant
- Placement - home office with ceiling fan on for 24hrs, basically i am the only one who will go inside the room. around 1meter away from floor
- Location - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Current Problem - he loss his appetite once he had pinworm parasite, undergo treatment for 2 weeks, and tested negative, but his appetite still doesn't come back, this morning, i saw his fell down from branches, so i try to handle to make sure he is alright, and he jump again, he look so pale to me. and since he doesn't eat, so i have to force him to have some calcium syrup which giving by my vet, he look like he didn't swallow it and a bit is coming out from his nose, went to vet right away, vet said he is weak, not sure it's because he didn't eat cause him low in energy or he is very ill inside, vet gave me some med to give him energy. but at night when he sleep, he fell from branch again. now i put one branch on the bottom of his enclosure and make him sleep there, to prevent he from falling down again, but i am so worry about him, and he look dying to me, what can i do? anyone can help me? i still having hope on him