Ariangilbert
New Member
Hello, I just got a juvinile jackson chameleon a couple of weeks ago. I'm new to owning a chameleon and it gets confusing at times. I ordered from a website and when he arrived, he arrived in a paper bag. He was extremely upset, very dehydrated, and overall just sick. Within a week he kind of calmed down and began adjusting to his new home. He's still really skittish and gets stressed extremely easily. I found a chameleon in hawaii a few months ago, she was always so happy and always ate immediately when I fed her. No problems with her. I didnt even have proper lighting or a cage because I was only keeping her for a week. She was actually really happy.
My chameleon now, on the other hand, is always so stressed and upset. The problems is, he won't eat, and when he does, it's not enough. When we first got him, he ate, but still not enough. It's been two weeks and we've only been able to get, at the most, three crickets a day in him. Today he ate one, yesterday he ate two. He's just not interested in the crickets.
He has the right amount of light, and humidity. He just seems really upset. He has a pretty stable sleep schedule. Usually sleeping from 9:30 PM (when it gets dark) to about 8 or 9 AM.
Everything about him seems ok other than the fact he gets stressed easily and he wont eat very much. Please help
My chameleon now, on the other hand, is always so stressed and upset. The problems is, he won't eat, and when he does, it's not enough. When we first got him, he ate, but still not enough. It's been two weeks and we've only been able to get, at the most, three crickets a day in him. Today he ate one, yesterday he ate two. He's just not interested in the crickets.
He has the right amount of light, and humidity. He just seems really upset. He has a pretty stable sleep schedule. Usually sleeping from 9:30 PM (when it gets dark) to about 8 or 9 AM.
Everything about him seems ok other than the fact he gets stressed easily and he wont eat very much. Please help