cityman212
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Panther Ambilobe Male 7 months old
How long has it been in your care? 2 Months
Handling - Usually Once a day to let roam on plants in the sunlight for a short time.
Feeding - crickets large and small, superworms, I have Driscoid Roaches but he wont eat. Crickets are gut loaded with a dry mix and water gel w/ calcium also fruits and vegatables.
Supplements - for first 1.5 months I was dusting w/ Rep-Cal Herptivite and Zoo Med Repti Calcium with D3 every 2-3 days. Then after reading about suppliments in the forum I realized this was too much so I have set a new schedual of Repti Calcium Without D3 daily and Herptivite and Calcium With D3 every two weeks. However, since the switch his eating habits have continued to decline so the new schedual really has been implemented other than the daily dusting of calcium without D3.
Watering - Thorough Misting of cage, cham and plants 6 to 8 times a day. Also Dripper 12 hours a day with droplets landing on plant material.
Fecal Description - large compacted brown stool and white urate.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? no
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. After about 1 month of owning he seemed to decline in activity and sleep a lot. The breeder noticed some mucas one day in his mouth and feared a URI. We imediatly took him to a Reptile Vet. The vet examined and found no evidence of a URI. Although I feel that he did have a slight infection coming on that may have not fully developed. The vet did not prescribe any medication. he never developed a URI fully but seemed to sleep a lot so we tried Reptaid, he improved rather well after a 10 day treatment and activity increase. However, slowly he has begun to sleep more and eating habit have now declined to none.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen, 48x24x24
Lighting - repti sun 5.0 uvb,uva day light on 7am to 7pm
Temperature - cage floor AM 70 Throughout the day 84 bottom 88 Mid 95max basking spot. Ambiant temp do not drop below 65 at night Ambiant during day this time of year 80
Lowest overnight temp 62-70
How do you measure these temps? every other day with a infrared thermometer
Humidity - What are your humidity levels?55-75 Higher in Plant areas.
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? live Potho Plants and Hoya's
What do you use to measure humidity? humidity gadge
Plants - Are you using live plants? Potho & Hoya
Placement - Where is your cage located? Screened covered portch. Screen covered w/ lattuce and Plants.
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 6 feet off floor
Location - Where are you geographically located? West coast central Florida
Also have exact same set-ups for 1 female panther Ambilobe 3 Months old, 1 male and 1 female Ousteletts both 5 months old. 4 cages total same setup. These have no issues and appear very healthy.
Your Chameleon - Panther Ambilobe Male 7 months old
How long has it been in your care? 2 Months
Handling - Usually Once a day to let roam on plants in the sunlight for a short time.
Feeding - crickets large and small, superworms, I have Driscoid Roaches but he wont eat. Crickets are gut loaded with a dry mix and water gel w/ calcium also fruits and vegatables.
Supplements - for first 1.5 months I was dusting w/ Rep-Cal Herptivite and Zoo Med Repti Calcium with D3 every 2-3 days. Then after reading about suppliments in the forum I realized this was too much so I have set a new schedual of Repti Calcium Without D3 daily and Herptivite and Calcium With D3 every two weeks. However, since the switch his eating habits have continued to decline so the new schedual really has been implemented other than the daily dusting of calcium without D3.
Watering - Thorough Misting of cage, cham and plants 6 to 8 times a day. Also Dripper 12 hours a day with droplets landing on plant material.
Fecal Description - large compacted brown stool and white urate.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? no
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. After about 1 month of owning he seemed to decline in activity and sleep a lot. The breeder noticed some mucas one day in his mouth and feared a URI. We imediatly took him to a Reptile Vet. The vet examined and found no evidence of a URI. Although I feel that he did have a slight infection coming on that may have not fully developed. The vet did not prescribe any medication. he never developed a URI fully but seemed to sleep a lot so we tried Reptaid, he improved rather well after a 10 day treatment and activity increase. However, slowly he has begun to sleep more and eating habit have now declined to none.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen, 48x24x24
Lighting - repti sun 5.0 uvb,uva day light on 7am to 7pm
Temperature - cage floor AM 70 Throughout the day 84 bottom 88 Mid 95max basking spot. Ambiant temp do not drop below 65 at night Ambiant during day this time of year 80
Lowest overnight temp 62-70
How do you measure these temps? every other day with a infrared thermometer
Humidity - What are your humidity levels?55-75 Higher in Plant areas.
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? live Potho Plants and Hoya's
What do you use to measure humidity? humidity gadge
Plants - Are you using live plants? Potho & Hoya
Placement - Where is your cage located? Screened covered portch. Screen covered w/ lattuce and Plants.
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 6 feet off floor
Location - Where are you geographically located? West coast central Florida
Also have exact same set-ups for 1 female panther Ambilobe 3 Months old, 1 male and 1 female Ousteletts both 5 months old. 4 cages total same setup. These have no issues and appear very healthy.
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