Chameleon Info: I added some suggestions for you after your description, hope this helps you
Your Chameleon - veiled, male, i believe hes about 8 months old I've had him 3 months i was told he was about 5 months old when we ordered him from pet store.
Handling - we get him out about every other day for about half an hour.
Feeding - Crickets and supper worms. About 7 crickets a day and meal worms once a week. Morning and evening. gut-loading crickets with flukers high calcium diet and and the green soft moist squares plus fresh fruit and veges.
You could use some more variety in feeders, adding maybe silkies, hornworms, dubia etc...
Supplements - We dust all his food each time with rep cal calcium with vit D 35 to 40% cal D3 400,000 iu/kg you should be using a phosphorous free calcium at every feeding one with vitamin d3 twice a month and a multi
vitamin once or twice a month
Watering - We have a water fall with a pump at the top of this cage. it is so that no droppings get in it. we mist with a water bottle twice a day. Yes we see him drink.
Waterfall is not a good idea it promotes bacteria
Fecal Description - His stool is brown formed and urine is white with a small amount of yellow. until yesterday it was runny soft. No He has not been tested for parasites?
History - Has always seemed healthy till the last 3 days today being the 3rd.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - We took an old dresser cut out the drawers and the back so that just the sides and top are left and used screen on front and back. It's 32" tall 24"wide and 14 inches deep. wood chip flooring wood branches and two live plants.
he could use a cage 48 inches high, now that he is approaching adulthood and remove the wood chips as they may be ingested by your chameleon and cause impaction
Lighting - 60 watt red heat bulb stays on 24 7. Then a white coil uvb bulb that stays on from between 8 and 12 hours a day.
red bulb is no good nor is having a light on all the time. A regular house bulb should do as long as your achieving the right temps. Lights should be on a 12 hr cycle, no lights on at night, if your temps drop below 60 at night you can use a ceramic heater
Temperature - is between 70 and 90 depending on location in en-closer.
Humidity - stays around 60% up to 70% have a dial for both temp and humidity.
Plants - one is an ivy the other is a palm type tree both are safe.
Placement- Cage is in the living room corner their are two ceiling fans that we run often. The top of the age is 48' from the ground.
I close off the fans that are right near the cage
Location - Southern Oklahoma
Current Problem - Not his self sleeping during the day not eating normally loose stool vomiting.
Thank You so much for your help. Will write tomorrow after vet visit.
Not all of us are the best spellers! Good luck with your guy and so glad you are getting him into the vet. Let us know how it goes.
