christineacero
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - 2 female T. Sternfeldis. Been in my care for a little over 2 months.
Handling - 1 of my females never gets handled, as shes a bit shy. The other one often comes out, but not lately, as I'm pretty sure shes gravid and seems to have lost interest in visiting with me.
Feeding - 3/8" crickets, gutloaded with dry cricket food, and assorted fruits and veggies (carrots, orange, lettuce, spinach, potato). Feed small amounts multiple times a day. Both seem to have a very healthy appetite.
Supplements - Repashy Calcium Plus at every feeding.
Watering - Heavy mist 2 or 3 times a day. 2 drip cups 2x a day. I see one of my chams licking the water off the leaves, but the other one I haven't seen drink since I changed their enclosure this last sunday. I give her water from an eye dropper a few times a day but isn't drinking much (this is the gravid female).
Fecal Description - Not ever tested for parasites in my care. I'm not really sure how often they are supposed to defecate but they don't do it often. Urates are white with a little orange at the end. I have only seen one poop since sunday.
History - One of my females gave birth a little over 2 weeks ago.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 18x18x36 Repitbreeze screen enclosure. Solid backing to prevent spraying my kitchen wall.
Lighting - 12 on 12 off Reptisun 5.0 UVB
Temperature - Small basking light. I forget the brand but it is the lowest basking light you can buy. The rest of the enclosure is room temperature (around 20 degrees celcius).
Humidity - Not sure of the humidity levels. I have a reptifogger but had to move it to the baby enclosure to increase levels for them. Probably not as high as needed, but unfortunately I don't have the $ to buy another one.
Plants - 2 Ming Aralia trees, 1 pothos, 1 shefflera plant
Placement - far corner of my kitchen. Not a high traffic area. Top of cage stands about 6' off the floor.
Location - Ontario, Canada
Current Problem - A few things. I'm still concerned that my one gravid female may have an RI. There is no bubbling from the mouth, but she seems to shudder sometimes and I've heard her breath loudly sometimes when catching crickets. She also will look like shes yawning sometimes after I give her some water. Does her nostril look swollen?? She has been sitting in the same spot for the past few days and doesn't really venture from that spot (although this could be her gravid signs, because my other female did this for about 2 weeks before she had her babies). How often should they defecate? I'm not sure if this infrequent is normal. Also, how can I get her to drink like a normal cham and not rely on my eye dropper?
Here is my enclosure:
And here she is this morning. To me she looks normal, but maybe someone feels differently?
Your Chameleon - 2 female T. Sternfeldis. Been in my care for a little over 2 months.
Handling - 1 of my females never gets handled, as shes a bit shy. The other one often comes out, but not lately, as I'm pretty sure shes gravid and seems to have lost interest in visiting with me.
Feeding - 3/8" crickets, gutloaded with dry cricket food, and assorted fruits and veggies (carrots, orange, lettuce, spinach, potato). Feed small amounts multiple times a day. Both seem to have a very healthy appetite.
Supplements - Repashy Calcium Plus at every feeding.
Watering - Heavy mist 2 or 3 times a day. 2 drip cups 2x a day. I see one of my chams licking the water off the leaves, but the other one I haven't seen drink since I changed their enclosure this last sunday. I give her water from an eye dropper a few times a day but isn't drinking much (this is the gravid female).
Fecal Description - Not ever tested for parasites in my care. I'm not really sure how often they are supposed to defecate but they don't do it often. Urates are white with a little orange at the end. I have only seen one poop since sunday.
History - One of my females gave birth a little over 2 weeks ago.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 18x18x36 Repitbreeze screen enclosure. Solid backing to prevent spraying my kitchen wall.
Lighting - 12 on 12 off Reptisun 5.0 UVB
Temperature - Small basking light. I forget the brand but it is the lowest basking light you can buy. The rest of the enclosure is room temperature (around 20 degrees celcius).
Humidity - Not sure of the humidity levels. I have a reptifogger but had to move it to the baby enclosure to increase levels for them. Probably not as high as needed, but unfortunately I don't have the $ to buy another one.
Plants - 2 Ming Aralia trees, 1 pothos, 1 shefflera plant
Placement - far corner of my kitchen. Not a high traffic area. Top of cage stands about 6' off the floor.
Location - Ontario, Canada
Current Problem - A few things. I'm still concerned that my one gravid female may have an RI. There is no bubbling from the mouth, but she seems to shudder sometimes and I've heard her breath loudly sometimes when catching crickets. She also will look like shes yawning sometimes after I give her some water. Does her nostril look swollen?? She has been sitting in the same spot for the past few days and doesn't really venture from that spot (although this could be her gravid signs, because my other female did this for about 2 weeks before she had her babies). How often should they defecate? I'm not sure if this infrequent is normal. Also, how can I get her to drink like a normal cham and not rely on my eye dropper?
Here is my enclosure:
And here she is this morning. To me she looks normal, but maybe someone feels differently?
