My chameleon: Jackson’s Chameleon, female, wasn’t told the age but my guess is an adolescent. It’s been in my care for a little over 2 weeks
Handling: I only handle 1-2x a week for 15 ish minutes each
Feeding: I’m feeding her crickets, I tried mealworms but she refused to eat them. I give her about 3-4 every day around noon. She won’t eat anymore than 4 a day so I try to avoid putting more in her cage than necessary. I am gutloadinf my feeders everyday. They have a calcium cube in their container that they eat off. This is not enough information. Calcium cubes, if they are store-bought, are not good gutload ingredients. High calcium greens such as collards, dandelion greens; high calcium/carotenoid veggies such as butternut squash, bell peppers, carrots; high calcium/high nutrition fruits such as papaya, apples, etc. should make up the majority of your gutload.
Supplements: I use repti calcium with and without D3 and reptivite vitamins with d3. So far I have only dusted my feeders with all of the supplements I have twice because she won’t eat the feeders that are dusted.
Watering: I have a dripping system that drips all day, I spray the cage for about 30 seconds twice a day, and I have a misting system. I see my chameleon drinking from the dripping system but she doesn’t like to drink directly from the water droplets off the plants. nightime humidity should approach 100%, daytime can drop into the 40’s no prob. Keep the dripper during the day, and most o lay during lights off to maintain proper humidity.
Fecal description: urine is white and kinda liquidy and stool is brown and seems compacted. I’m not sure if she has been tested for parasites at the pet store but hasn’t been tested under my care.
History: there is not much of a history seeing as I just got her two weeks ago and the pet store did not share any information with me reguarding her.
Cage info:
Cage type: mesh/screen. And is 3ftx18inx18in
Lighting: I use a 5.0 UVB Riptisun light by zoo med and a 60w daylight blue reptile bulb by zoo med. I have both lights turned on during the day and then turn them off at dark. On a timer?
Temperature: at the bottom of the cage it is 70-75 degrees and at the top of the cage it (basking) it is 75-80 degrees. The lowest overnight temperature is 65 degrees. I use a digital thermometer to measure these temperatures. Your daytime temps seem ok, but please don’t exceed 80. Nightime temps could be a lot lower: like less than 59.
Humidity: my humidity during the day is between 35-50% and during the night is 70-90%. I use a cool misting machine to maintain humidity. I use a hygrometer to measure humidity.
Plants: I have some fake vines but I have real tree branches in the cage and a dracaena plant as well. Live plants only would be very helpful. Some theories suggest that the co2 released by live plants at night help sleep.
Placement: my cage is located in my room on top of a desk by the window. It is not near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas I live in the country and we don’t use fans. The top of my cage is about 5.5 feet from the floor.
Location: I am in Southwest Michigan
Current problem: she has been not moving as much and laying on one branch near the top of the cage for the past 3 days. In my experience, female jax do this when they are gravid, but I’d need to know a lot more. How old is she, has she every beeen around a male? I’ve seen her drink water, she just recently poop/peed and it looked normal but she isn’t eating as much. where did you get her; is she wc or cb; has she been around a male; how much does she weigh?Maybe 1-2 crickets at the most. I’m concerned there might be something wrong with her like a sickness or dehydration. I will post some pictures tomorrow because she is sleeping now.
