Twitchet
Chameleon Enthusiast
Hi all, I have a xanth chameleon baby- ( also another xanth, panther, and soon a meru!! and 2 pygs )
when i first got him he looked like this
I wanted to return him as i thought the damage from stuck shed to his tail might of affected him, it turned out I couldnt ( wouldn't - if I'm honest) return him and hoped that his tail wasnt necrotic and hopefully would survive, well his tail was a bit of a mess- reason why he's called Crinkles, his tail improved day by day and he looked like this a few weeks ago
This is now - he weighs 3.4g , just a cute pic i had to share -Crinkles gone night nights - you can still see the scar area on his tail-
how cute is that??
He shed for the first time with me a couple of days ago- started one day and finished the following- He's well hydrated and the viv is sprayed and humid,everything else is fine-eating well, active etc, I misted the viv a little more that normal whilst he was shedding, the shed went well but the tail ( regardless of his problem) for example- the skin came off but some remained in loose rings on his tail- i was able to just slide them gently off but the skin was a bit leathery- watching how the dry skin flakes so easily off the panther I had a small feeling that the skin didnt fall off quite as easily as I would of liked- albeit a success in general. Maybe I'm just fussing over him too much.
I'm wondering whether the skin would of flaked off easily had he actually been kept a shade drier?? so the skin was papery and flaky rather than moister where it seemed a bit more leathery - or is he slightly a problem shedder which is why he had retained shed in the first place?
The question is ...General opinion seems to be increase humidity but is there anyone who keeps humidity either at normal levels or actually decreases humidity? I read that they thought a well hydrated animal was more important than increasing humidity but I guess it's a bit of both?
Just a thought-
To my amazement the scar area on his tail shed like a dream- that was the bit i was dreading- would he have problems or not but it was fine and he goes from strength to strength. .
when i first got him he looked like this
I wanted to return him as i thought the damage from stuck shed to his tail might of affected him, it turned out I couldnt ( wouldn't - if I'm honest) return him and hoped that his tail wasnt necrotic and hopefully would survive, well his tail was a bit of a mess- reason why he's called Crinkles, his tail improved day by day and he looked like this a few weeks ago
This is now - he weighs 3.4g , just a cute pic i had to share -Crinkles gone night nights - you can still see the scar area on his tail-
how cute is that??
He shed for the first time with me a couple of days ago- started one day and finished the following- He's well hydrated and the viv is sprayed and humid,everything else is fine-eating well, active etc, I misted the viv a little more that normal whilst he was shedding, the shed went well but the tail ( regardless of his problem) for example- the skin came off but some remained in loose rings on his tail- i was able to just slide them gently off but the skin was a bit leathery- watching how the dry skin flakes so easily off the panther I had a small feeling that the skin didnt fall off quite as easily as I would of liked- albeit a success in general. Maybe I'm just fussing over him too much.
I'm wondering whether the skin would of flaked off easily had he actually been kept a shade drier?? so the skin was papery and flaky rather than moister where it seemed a bit more leathery - or is he slightly a problem shedder which is why he had retained shed in the first place?
The question is ...General opinion seems to be increase humidity but is there anyone who keeps humidity either at normal levels or actually decreases humidity? I read that they thought a well hydrated animal was more important than increasing humidity but I guess it's a bit of both?
Just a thought-
To my amazement the scar area on his tail shed like a dream- that was the bit i was dreading- would he have problems or not but it was fine and he goes from strength to strength. .