minion fell when the lights shut off

[dom1959]

ok i am just gonna ask...

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - veiled male in my care 8 weeks(probably 12-16 weeks old)

Handling - every other day or so depending on him being receptive

Feeding 8 crix 6 phoenix worms and 2 dubia daily?using my fresh veg and fruit mix for gutload?
Supplements - reptivite with d3 2 times a month, cal with d3 2 times a monmth and plain cal every day

Watering - dripper for drinking he drinks well(white chalky urates) mist 2-3 times a day for 2 minutes?
Fecal Description - dark brown moist feces. have not done fecal test yet.
History - he has seemed healthy and active.

Cage Info:
Cage Type -24x24x48 reptibreeze
Lighting - basking lamp (basking temp 82-84) uvb cfl 5.0
Temperature - daytime range 74-84.overnight 70 measured by digital thermometers
Humidity - humidity range 40 -70 2 hygrometers in cage
Plants - ficus ben. and hibiscus
Placement - low traffic area of living room top of cage 7 ft?
Location - arizona

Current Problem - right when timer shut off lights i heard an odd sound, minion had fallen from basking spot to cage floor, i let him climb on my hand, his grip seemed normal if not stronger. could he just have been "startled by lights out? i put him back on his vine and he seems ok right now...

 

[dom1959]

he is holding on to the vine for dear life right now, i feel traumatized.

 

[nightanole]

Yup he probably just death dropped. He should be fine for 4ft and under drops. yea he got scared. Carpet chams do it all the time. If you see them, and they think you saw them, they drop right to the floor and scatter. Its really quite fun when you have alot of cages lined up

 

[dom1959]

took a good look at him this morning, seems ok. he ate a couple phoenix worms. sheesh scared the bejeebies out of me.

 

[dom1959]

good urates and feces this a.m.
hopefully "I" can recover from "his" fall.

 

[squeekz1992]

Good luck, as soon ad you recover he will do some other crazy thing to scare you ha ha. That seems to be how they get their jollies

 

[dom1959]

just checked during lunch, he does seem fine ate a couple phoenix worms.
i feel somewhat better.