is it ok if he takes naps durring the day and what do these spots mean?

[LILSTAROFLOVE]

now i just got her and i just got timers they other day could it be that her sleep schudle is off or not used to her home yet or is some thing wrong?
and when i mist her cage and i try to feed or go over to the came to check on her she allways have ether green or black freckle spots all over what dose that mean?
and i heard its ok to miss her it just cant be sprayed right at her?

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Sleeping during the day is never a good thing, Chams should only sleep at night and awake in the day. would help if you filled in the questionnaire called "how to ask for help" in the health section of the forum and post it here

 

[LILSTAROFLOVE]

I have her in the basment her light are on but most of the time the others are off do yOu think I should move her were there's day light and mabe she won't think it's night time ?

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

I'd move her and see how she goes but if she's still sleeping during the day, it can be a sign of illness.

 

[fluxlizard]

If the chameleon is spotted like that all the time, it is stressed.
Naps are not a good thing and could also be related to stress.
You need to figure out the cause of the stress - can this lizard see other animals from where it is, or it's reflection in a mirror, or television, or ?

 

[Hoj]

like other have said, sleeping during the day it not a good thing. but i do think being the basment may have something todo with it.
my one veiled using ques from the natual sun to decide when he sleeps.
if i have all the curatins closed he will stay asleep even with hid cage lights on. but as soon as the sun pokes through hes up...
its really different from all my others

 

[Canny Chams]

if hes taking naps in the middle of the day, it could mean bad things about his health, resperatory infection, organ faliure, etc. Bring her to a vet. fill this form out for us so we can help you

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[LILSTAROFLOVE]

my chameleon info

my chameleon info
speies: i think shes ether a graceful or Senegal
sex: female
age: not sure
how long i had it under my care : almost a week
handling: hardly at all im trying to let her get used to her home
feed:ive been feeding her chrickets so far she at four scents i had her
but the otehr food ive been trying is milie worms,roman lettis.apples,straw berrys
supplements:repti calcium aand top head chrickets feed
watering:ive usly put water in the dripper and mist the plants when the light frist
comes on and usly one or two more times that day?
fecal:my boyfriend think it was brown and white with clear stuff on the out side of it
looked kinda like bird poop and it happen twice so far scent we had her
history:she tends to get green or black or yellow spot when i try to feet or mist the cage
i just moved her from the basment to the window of my bed room hoping that may help the nap
time in the day time and it is pretty quite there and dark at the night time and im hardly in my
room and any other animal expt i have two geckcos on a nother wall that i coverd the one side in
card bord so there no chance of her seeing them ,
cage: my change is a crate i would like to make a sreen one but right now i have a crate that came
with her the dimesions is 25 inchs high and 2oin long and foot wide or so
lightne is a day light that uva and uvb not sure what what the brand is
but the one we have they both go on at the same time and when we turn them off one gose off 30mins later
on at 6am and go off at 8pm
temperature: is 80s during the day and 70s a night at the basking spot
humidity: im not really sure :/
plantsn the walls they are fake on the floor they are real and they are a money tree,banboo,
rubber plant and i thinka draucal plant.
placement: is was in my baskement at the bar but no it is place in my bed room with no air vents yes a fan but its not on
and no one is ever in my room expt me and im usly not even in it and now its four feet
from the grownd by my bed room window.
my location: i live in pa in the woods and farm land and by some hills and the mountin in my veiw

 

[UrbanChameleon]

I thought I would give you a little tip. Keep ALL of the lights in the room on. My Chameleon will think it's night if I don't leave my room light on during the day. He will get sleepy even though his cage lights are on. If that doesn't seem to fix the issue, I would take your Cham to the vet. I'm sure the more experienced forum members can help you with this. But turn the room light on or off when his cage lights go on or off. Especially if there are no windows where he/she is located. Good luck!

 

[LILSTAROFLOVE]

thanks yah thats just what i did in the basment we allways had the lights off expt hers so i moved her to my bed room right next to the window so hopfuly it helps

 

[LILSTAROFLOVE]

upate it seams like moving her from the basment to the bed room in front of a window is working now she is up all day that i seen thanks for your guys help

 

[UrbanChameleon]

upate it seams like moving her from the basment to the bed room in front of a window is working now she is up all day that i seen thanks for your guys help

No problem. I'm glad it worked out well for you both. Sometimes the answer can be very simple.

 

[Elizadolots]

YAY....I really think we need pictures. I mean...we're invested, you know? Pictures would make us all go squeeeeeee

 

[DekuScrub]

OH GOD

one of these again.

look she seems to be a graceful.

ive never kept these so i dont know what such a pattern would mean. it dosnt look like an "im sick" pattern it looks more like an im gravid. but i dont know for sure as ive never kept senegls or gracefuls. but she looks like a graceful to me. she might be prego. give her an egg laying bin.

in my experience putting a bucket with sand in fails, it needs to take up the entire bottom of her enclosure.

good luck. and seriously husbandry varies from species to species so if you dont know what you have thats a big issue. be on top of the game and know what you have. youy wont run into BS like this.

 

[Canny Chams]

she is definately a senegal.

 

[DanSB]

100% a Senegal and the pattern indicates "Low Stress" meaning it is moderately irritated by something. Every time I accidentally bump the cage or a door gets opened and a cool breeze goes through the room mine will display like this until the breeze goes away or the cage stops rocking.

 

[Trace]

she is definately a senegal.

100% a Senegal and the pattern indicates "Low Stress" meaning it is moderately irritated by something. Every time I accidentally bump the cage or a door gets opened and a cool breeze goes through the room mine will display like this until the breeze goes away or the cage stops rocking.

Once again, it is NOT a Senegal Chameleon! It is a Graceful Chameleon. Please don't confuse the issue and the owner.

 

[DanSB]

Once again, it is NOT a Senegal Chameleon! It is a Graceful Chameleon. Please don't confuse the issue and the owner.

how can you tell? I don't doubt you're correct as I have never actually seen a Graceful in person but I am very curious how to tell them apart.

 

[UrbanChameleon]

Looks like a Graceful to me too. I'm about 99.9% sure about this.

 

[Elizadolots]

One the best experts on chameleons, Chris Anderson (whom we are fortunate to have as a board member) has identified it as a Graceful. Most of us think that means the question has been answered and doesn't need to be debated any more.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/what-kind-chameleon-do-you-think-i-have-78372/index2.html#post737861

There is absolutely no question that your chameleon is a Graceful Chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis). Anyone who has any knowledge of identifying chameleons would never mix a Senegal Chameleon (Chamaeleo senegalensis) with either a Graceful Chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis) or Flap-necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis). The distinguishing characteristics between the C. senegalensis and these other two species are unmistakable. C. senegalensis has no occipital lobes and C. dilepis has larger occipital lobes and a more convex casque than C. gracilis.