ChimericalChameleons
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Hello, I am new to the chameleonforums. I have questions about my panther as I cannot really figure what is going on with him and I plan to take him to a reptile vet but I just want to understand what is going on with the fella before I take him. First, a little background information about him... I had him since he was 3 months old and he is currently around 2 years old. I am loyal with the daily care routine... supplements, misting, feeding, and more. He currently lives in 6'x18"x3' screen enclosure filled with live plants. The panther is usually fairly active and bright blue but lately, he has been turning a little pale and naps few times during the day but not for a long periods of time however, his appetite is still voracious as usual which has me very puzzled. He hardly turns down a meal and he easily downed around 20-30 crickets yesterday and today. He still moves around but appears to be somewhat sluggish compared to before. He usually shoots up my arm whenever I open his enclosure to ride on my shoulders but he lost interest in leaving the enclosure. At first I thought that he might be going into a shed but I was concerned about the closed eyes which is never a good sign with chameleons. Also, there was one mistake I had made three weeks ago... I accidentally swapped his tropical uvb with a desert one but I switched back as soon as I had realized my mistake a couple of weeks later. Did the desert uvb hurt him? Have you seen a chameleon that acted different but still eats like well? Is there something else that I might have done wrong? Please advise and thank you.