thiago1311
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care: Veiled Cham, Male, 1 year and half. 11 months with me.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?: Every Day I take him out of his cage.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?: Usually Mealworms, cochroach, crickets, fruits sometimes and silkworm in spring.
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?: Calcium every day and Calcium w/ D3 each 7 days.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?: With a spray, 5 minutes 2 time at day, he used to drink a lot.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?: There is not difference here, seems normal to me.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?: Glass, 100cmX60cmX80cm
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?: Exoterra heat emitter 100w, exoterra uvb 5.0 (tubular). 12 h a day. (but he has also been an average 2-3 hours a day outside, with solar light - but now is winter here and not so warm - he is much more quiet nowadays)
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?: 28ºC Day and 16ºC-18ºC night. There is no basking spot in his cage, never haved one.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?: No measure: spray 5 minutes twice a day all cage
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? :Just 2 ficus
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? : In the living room, near the floor, far fromthe window but with direct light half of the day.
Location - Where are you geographically located?: Lisbon, Portugal
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
The chameleon has difficulties to eat. He seemed to have no apetite, from last 2 weeks, just eating some 2-3 mealworms each 2/3 days. In the last 5 days he did'nt want to eat anything until today. Today I gave him fresh crickets, and he ate one, but I noticed that he has difficulties to eat, with his tongue. the problem seems that he cannot take the tongue completetly out to eat. He tried twice, before he could finnaly take it partially out to eat a cricket (not all tongue outside, just 2 cm out his mouth). He seems to have apetite, he was looking to several other crickets, salivating) but he does not seem able to take the tongue out to eat. Probably the problem is with his tongue.
One relevant fact is that some days ago I have put a bee inside his cage for him to eat. Would it be possible that he tried to eat the bee and that she could have hurted his tongue? or could it be any other thing (that episode with the bee was just 2-3 days ago).
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care: Veiled Cham, Male, 1 year and half. 11 months with me.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?: Every Day I take him out of his cage.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?: Usually Mealworms, cochroach, crickets, fruits sometimes and silkworm in spring.
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?: Calcium every day and Calcium w/ D3 each 7 days.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?: With a spray, 5 minutes 2 time at day, he used to drink a lot.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?: There is not difference here, seems normal to me.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?: Glass, 100cmX60cmX80cm
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?: Exoterra heat emitter 100w, exoterra uvb 5.0 (tubular). 12 h a day. (but he has also been an average 2-3 hours a day outside, with solar light - but now is winter here and not so warm - he is much more quiet nowadays)
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?: 28ºC Day and 16ºC-18ºC night. There is no basking spot in his cage, never haved one.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?: No measure: spray 5 minutes twice a day all cage
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? :Just 2 ficus
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? : In the living room, near the floor, far fromthe window but with direct light half of the day.
Location - Where are you geographically located?: Lisbon, Portugal
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
The chameleon has difficulties to eat. He seemed to have no apetite, from last 2 weeks, just eating some 2-3 mealworms each 2/3 days. In the last 5 days he did'nt want to eat anything until today. Today I gave him fresh crickets, and he ate one, but I noticed that he has difficulties to eat, with his tongue. the problem seems that he cannot take the tongue completetly out to eat. He tried twice, before he could finnaly take it partially out to eat a cricket (not all tongue outside, just 2 cm out his mouth). He seems to have apetite, he was looking to several other crickets, salivating) but he does not seem able to take the tongue out to eat. Probably the problem is with his tongue.
One relevant fact is that some days ago I have put a bee inside his cage for him to eat. Would it be possible that he tried to eat the bee and that she could have hurted his tongue? or could it be any other thing (that episode with the bee was just 2-3 days ago).
