Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon – I have a panther chameleon of unknown sex. It is about 6 months old though I have only had him about 4 months
• Handling – I handle my chameleon every day though the amount of time he is out rages from a couple of minutes to an hour. I of course wash my hands first.
• Feeding – he eats crickets all the time. He now is eating on a good day about 6 big crickets. We tried to give him vegetables though he didn’t eat them. I also give him calcium supplements a couple times a week and the crickets are fed with calcium enriched chameleon food.
• Watering – the chameleon has multiple waterfall waterfall. I have seen him drink out of it. I mist about twice a day and the humidity stays about 60%
• Fecal Description – the poop is a whiteish color at the beginning and turns brown. It is long thick and has bulges throughout (I would expect the bulges to be the crickets). I have not tested him for parasites
• History - He had a calcium deficiency because I wasn't told I needed to give him supplements but I have got him back to good health or at least I think he is. I had to hand feed him for about a month. Now he is climbing all around the tank and his tongue is not swollen. he is eating crickets on has own now which is great but he is having a hard time hitting them
Cage Info:
• Cage Type – the cage is fiberglass with the deminsions of about 4 ft by 1.5 ft by 2 ft
• Lighting – the lighting is fine. I have reptisun going into the tank with uva and b. It is a long thin light. I turn the light on when I get up and off about 1030 at night. I usually get up about 10am
• Temperature – temperature ranges from about 70 to 85 degrees all of the time. Nights don’t really drop because we don’t use the heater ever. To measure the temp I have a thermometer at the bottom of the tank.
• Humidity – humidity stays above 55 percent. With misting it gets to about 70 during the day. I measure this with a humidity gage which is connected to the thermometer.
• Plants – no live plants but plenty of things to climb on
• Placement – the tank is in the hall near the living room which is a high traffic area and the bottom of the tank is about 4 ft off the ground.
• Location – I live in Portland OR which is fairly humid region with winter temperatures averaging around 40. it’s much colder now summer temperatures average around 70
The problem:
This is the problem, when he goes to shoot a cricket he always misses when he shoots a distance and still sometimes misses from about 2 inches away. in addition he still holds his mouth open even though his tongue is not swollen and his jaw is solid. sometimes when he tries to shoot a cricket a long distance away his tongue goes limp and falls straight down to the ground instead of shooting toward the cricket.
• Your Chameleon – I have a panther chameleon of unknown sex. It is about 6 months old though I have only had him about 4 months
• Handling – I handle my chameleon every day though the amount of time he is out rages from a couple of minutes to an hour. I of course wash my hands first.
• Feeding – he eats crickets all the time. He now is eating on a good day about 6 big crickets. We tried to give him vegetables though he didn’t eat them. I also give him calcium supplements a couple times a week and the crickets are fed with calcium enriched chameleon food.
• Watering – the chameleon has multiple waterfall waterfall. I have seen him drink out of it. I mist about twice a day and the humidity stays about 60%
• Fecal Description – the poop is a whiteish color at the beginning and turns brown. It is long thick and has bulges throughout (I would expect the bulges to be the crickets). I have not tested him for parasites
• History - He had a calcium deficiency because I wasn't told I needed to give him supplements but I have got him back to good health or at least I think he is. I had to hand feed him for about a month. Now he is climbing all around the tank and his tongue is not swollen. he is eating crickets on has own now which is great but he is having a hard time hitting them
Cage Info:
• Cage Type – the cage is fiberglass with the deminsions of about 4 ft by 1.5 ft by 2 ft
• Lighting – the lighting is fine. I have reptisun going into the tank with uva and b. It is a long thin light. I turn the light on when I get up and off about 1030 at night. I usually get up about 10am
• Temperature – temperature ranges from about 70 to 85 degrees all of the time. Nights don’t really drop because we don’t use the heater ever. To measure the temp I have a thermometer at the bottom of the tank.
• Humidity – humidity stays above 55 percent. With misting it gets to about 70 during the day. I measure this with a humidity gage which is connected to the thermometer.
• Plants – no live plants but plenty of things to climb on
• Placement – the tank is in the hall near the living room which is a high traffic area and the bottom of the tank is about 4 ft off the ground.
• Location – I live in Portland OR which is fairly humid region with winter temperatures averaging around 40. it’s much colder now summer temperatures average around 70
The problem:
This is the problem, when he goes to shoot a cricket he always misses when he shoots a distance and still sometimes misses from about 2 inches away. in addition he still holds his mouth open even though his tongue is not swollen and his jaw is solid. sometimes when he tries to shoot a cricket a long distance away his tongue goes limp and falls straight down to the ground instead of shooting toward the cricket.
