No no no never pull off there shedding. And no nighttime bulb unless your house is getting below the mid 50’s. He/she is definitely dehydrated if the urtates are orange. You need to work on figuring out how to provide him/her with a proper water system. Here is the basic care sheet take a look at it
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/. Also fill out this form and more help will come.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
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?
Chameleon: veiled chameleon(his name is Maverick), male, 2 years old I think, I have had him for 12 days
Handling: I have picked him up or taken him out of the cage because he really doesn’t like it and hisses at me every time I try to take him out. He will tolerate me rubbing his belly, but doesn’t like that either and puffs up real big when i touch him. I spend a lot of time with him and frequently open his cage and touch him to get him used to me.
Feeding: I feed him 5 or 6 five week old crickets every other day, and I feed the crickets Fluker’s Orange Cube Complete Cricket Diet. Before I got him, he was mostly eating mealworms and i did feed him a hornworm two days after I got him. He is a pretty big lizard and I wonder if I should be feeding him more. He always eats the food I give him and is always willing to eat.
Supplements: I dust his crickets with Repti Calcium by Zoo Med without D3 10 minutes before I give them to him.
Watering: I hand mist the plants until they look drenched every time I see they are dry, however, I am at school for 6 and a half hours, five days a week, so I do it as often as I can when I’m home. I have only seen him drink from the water running off the side of the cage once, and yesterday, I sprayed his mouth with the mister and he was drinking then, but that’s it. His urate is orange and I’m worried about dehydration. I have been thinking about an automatic mister but my mom said she just can’t afford it.
Fecal Description: He poos a couple hours after eating and sometimes poops the day after eating. His poop is soft with liquid around it, and it is a greyish brownish color. I am not sure if he has ever been tested for parasites.
History: My dad got him from a drug addict who kept reptiles and said that Maverick was a rescue from Miami, FL, but I am not so sure about that.
Cage: My cage is a screened cage and is 31 inches in height and 16 in length and width.
Lighting: I don’t know what type of lamp I have, but it’s two ceramic lamps and they are in a dome shape , and I know they are by Zoo Med. He has a 60w Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb by Zoo Med, and a 5.0 UVB 13w Tropical Mini Compact Fluorescent Bulb by Zoo Med until about 8pm, then I shut them off, and I turn them on whenever I wake up.
Temperature: I don’t know what the temperature is in his cage, because I got my thermometer broken, but it is usually 70-95 degrees fahrenheit outside and I keep him on my back porch(which is covered), so his cage might be between 80 and 95 degrees during the day and it is probably 65-80 at night.
Humidity: I don’t really have anything to create a fixed humidity level, but it is usually 30-80 percent outside and it is between 40 and 80 in his cage and I use a little dial to measure humidity.
Plants: I don’t have any live plants because my cage is only about 3 feet tall, and I bought a golden pothos plant but I thought it would grow too tall, and I couldn’t find a decent soil with no pearlite or fertilizers, so the plant is just sitting in my room. I do have plastic plant hanging from the top of the cage, and a branch I found outside(I scraped the moss of and lest it outside for two days before I put it in the cage).
Placement: I keep Maverick on my covered back patio because I live in Florida and it is mostly humid, and I was having trouble keeping the humidity under control when he was in my room. His cage is 59 inches off the ground.
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