Dgk5989
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Hello, i am a beginner owner of a year old veiled and I need some advice.
Your chameleon- Martin (15 month old Male veiled and owned him since march 2021)
Handling- I handle him about none to twice a day to try to give him natural sun
Feeding- feeding everyday - crickets, mealworms, superworms, BSFL, hornworms as a treat all gutloaded with carrots, collard greens, mustard greens, apples, turnip greens
Supplements- a local reptile shops supplements calcium w/o d3 every feeding
Calcium with d3/multi vitamin twice a month
Watering- we use a dripper and mistking that goes off 30 min before lights on for 4 min (4:15 am) and 30 min after lights off (4:30) 4 min and at 6pm9:45pm and 1am for 2 min
Fecal description- urates are white sometimes slightly yellow and brown poop is moist, I don’t really see him drink but we are trying to get him to drink more
Cage- 2x2x4 screen cage
Lighting- 50 wat heat bulb exo terra lights on at 5am off at 4pm
Reptisun 5.0 HO t5 linear bulb (we replace every 6 months) lights on 4:30 off at 4pm
Temperature- basking 85-90
Ambient 75-77 Lower part of cage around 73 all measured with temp gun so might or might not be accurate
Humidity- stays around 50-63% during day average is 54% and between 75-90% at night
Plants- we use live plants - pothos, draceana, JAPANESE ARALIA as center plant and mixture of real branches and bendy vines
Placement- he has spent his entire life in the living room. Is near ceiling fan but we never use it since it stresses him out and the vent near him is closed
Location- Sacramento, CA
Current problem- so I need some advice, I’ve seen him gape every so often in the basking area and I know that’s temperature regulation and a couple times in the cool areas but I get so over protective and think it’s a possible URI, so about a month ago I took him to the vet because I saw him point his nose up once and didn’t want to risk it, no other clear symptoms of uri (no bubbles, no wheezing or popping, no discharge, nor taking big gulps of air) but the people at the reptile shop and the vet said he looks healthy, they did a swab for bacteria from his saliva which didn’t have any and vet didn’t see the need for culture sensitive test. He was shedding at that time and he’s getting ready to shed again and gaping again. So I’m wanting to see if it’s related to shedding, also since we got him he has always sit on his branch a little weird (sits at a slight angle) and looks like his head is pointed slightly up but not really and wanting to know what you guys think and if I should go back to the vet or monitor him
Your chameleon- Martin (15 month old Male veiled and owned him since march 2021)
Handling- I handle him about none to twice a day to try to give him natural sun
Feeding- feeding everyday - crickets, mealworms, superworms, BSFL, hornworms as a treat all gutloaded with carrots, collard greens, mustard greens, apples, turnip greens
Supplements- a local reptile shops supplements calcium w/o d3 every feeding
Calcium with d3/multi vitamin twice a month
Watering- we use a dripper and mistking that goes off 30 min before lights on for 4 min (4:15 am) and 30 min after lights off (4:30) 4 min and at 6pm9:45pm and 1am for 2 min
Fecal description- urates are white sometimes slightly yellow and brown poop is moist, I don’t really see him drink but we are trying to get him to drink more
Cage- 2x2x4 screen cage
Lighting- 50 wat heat bulb exo terra lights on at 5am off at 4pm
Reptisun 5.0 HO t5 linear bulb (we replace every 6 months) lights on 4:30 off at 4pm
Temperature- basking 85-90
Ambient 75-77 Lower part of cage around 73 all measured with temp gun so might or might not be accurate
Humidity- stays around 50-63% during day average is 54% and between 75-90% at night
Plants- we use live plants - pothos, draceana, JAPANESE ARALIA as center plant and mixture of real branches and bendy vines
Placement- he has spent his entire life in the living room. Is near ceiling fan but we never use it since it stresses him out and the vent near him is closed
Location- Sacramento, CA
Current problem- so I need some advice, I’ve seen him gape every so often in the basking area and I know that’s temperature regulation and a couple times in the cool areas but I get so over protective and think it’s a possible URI, so about a month ago I took him to the vet because I saw him point his nose up once and didn’t want to risk it, no other clear symptoms of uri (no bubbles, no wheezing or popping, no discharge, nor taking big gulps of air) but the people at the reptile shop and the vet said he looks healthy, they did a swab for bacteria from his saliva which didn’t have any and vet didn’t see the need for culture sensitive test. He was shedding at that time and he’s getting ready to shed again and gaping again. So I’m wanting to see if it’s related to shedding, also since we got him he has always sit on his branch a little weird (sits at a slight angle) and looks like his head is pointed slightly up but not really and wanting to know what you guys think and if I should go back to the vet or monitor him
