CarlTheChameleon
New Member
Our veiled chameleon is only a few months and seems to be missing his food more regularly. We are looking after him and it may be that we aren't treating him in the same conditions as we should as the problem didn't occur when we first looked after him. He does get his intake of food but 2/3 times he misses even when the cricket is perfectly still. We're looking after it for a couple months and wanted to check he was in the right conditions. He was originally eating size 4 locusts but we have recently been feeding him crickets. His tank is sprayed at least 4 times a day to make a humid atmosphere. We have a dripping container and spray bottle he'll drink directly from usually once a day. He has a 60 watt bulb and 5.0 UVB we keep on all day and turn off at night. We let him out to exercise at least once every three days. The crickets are fed with a bit of lettuce or carrot. We coat one cricket a week in Nutrobal to give him the nutrients he needs. He did go through a mishap when he was very young when one of the shop assistants said nothing about him needing uv light and it did seem to affect one of his legs slightly (but he copes just fine now). We are just wanting to know while it's still not a major issue so it hopefully doesn't become permanent. (we are going to the vets as a precaution) I would like to know of everything that might have caused this so i can help him a.s.a.p.!
These are some pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95744779@N06/8738376256/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95744779@N06/8738377460/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95744779@N06/8737259405/
These are some pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95744779@N06/8738376256/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95744779@N06/8738377460/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95744779@N06/8737259405/