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Samuel L.
Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon – Jackson’s Chameleon, Male, 11-12 months, and we have had him for 3 days.
• Handling – We have been handling him a couple times a day (he readily crawls to our hand). He really enjoys going downstairs in our indoor nursery and walking across the edges of the potted plants. He turns a beautiful yellow and bright green.
Once the weather is nicer he will go out daily.
• Feeding – Medium crickets, 5-7 once a day, and gut-loading with Collards, apples, oranges and romaine. I hope to start feeding some sort of worm soon if that is possible.
• Supplements – ZooMed Calcium without D3, 3 times weekly and with D3 twice a month, Rep-Cal Herptivite once about every 2 months and Zoo-Med Reptivite once every 6 months.
• Watering – Currently we are using a drip system. I poked a hole in the bottom of a cup and it drips every several seconds onto his plastic vine plant and is collected in a dish at the bottom that is emptied a couple times a day. We have been misting about 4 times a day with warm water for about 2 minutes straight. We do watch him drink and it is one of the coolest things! I also ran the shower for him today. I put him on a stick and let him get misted with warm water for about 30 minutes. He just sat there with his eyes closed and didn’t move. He seemed to enjoy it.
• Fecal Description – I am fairly certain he has defecated once.
It was light orange in color. We just bought him a couple days ago and he heartily drank when we first brought him home. I did not see any feces in his cage just the urates which was not very solid. I do not believe he has been tested for parasites.
• History – I have no previous information on him but noticed yesterday that he is missing 2 toes on his right rear foot (the side that usually has 3 toes).
It does not seem to hinder his gate and climbing abilities too badly. I can try to check into his husbandry because the pet shop said they know the breeder well. Below is a link to the pet shop’s webpage.
https://www.facebook.com/JurassicPetsInc
Cage Info:
• Cage Type – ReptiBreeze Screen, 16”x16”x20” for the time being. We are building him a bigger one (24”x24”x36”) also screen.
• Lighting – Zilla Slimline Tropical Fixture with a 25 UVB T8 fluorescent bulb, ZooMed Daylight blue reptile bulb 60w, and ExoTerra Intense Basking Spot 50w. We have him on a 10am to 10pm schedule with those lights during the day and nothing at night.
• Temperature – 73°-85° from the cage floor to basking spot. 63° Lowest overnight temp. We bought an AcuRite Indoor Humidity Monitor & Thermometer Model 00325 from Walmart and magnetized it to the inside near his basking spot.
• Humidity – We are doing our best currently to keep his cage humid. It has been ranging from 30%-66% from misting. My humidifier should be in tomorrow and I am creating a ‘fogging’ system for him, which I will run for a half hour every 4 hours (or adjust as needed for humidity levels). We bought an AcuRite Indoor Humidity Monitor & Thermometer Model 00325 from Walmart and magnetized it to the inside near his basking spot.
• Plants – We are going to put a hibiscus in there once it has developed from seed more. The branches we currently have put in are from out back yard and were scrubbed with Dawn dish soap.
• Placement – The cage is in my bedroom. It is ‘near’ a ceiling fan but not in a high traffic area. The top of the cage is about 5’ off of the floor.
• Location – Broomfield, CO
Current Problem – We are first time owners and want to make sure we are doing all we can to help Samuel L. live a long healthy life. I have seen one ‘poop’ so far and the urates color was light. I am not really sure what sort of water/humidity he was getting before we bought him at the expo but we would really love any general tips and helpful changes we could make for him.
Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon – Jackson’s Chameleon, Male, 11-12 months, and we have had him for 3 days.
• Handling – We have been handling him a couple times a day (he readily crawls to our hand). He really enjoys going downstairs in our indoor nursery and walking across the edges of the potted plants. He turns a beautiful yellow and bright green.
Once the weather is nicer he will go out daily.
• Feeding – Medium crickets, 5-7 once a day, and gut-loading with Collards, apples, oranges and romaine. I hope to start feeding some sort of worm soon if that is possible.
• Supplements – ZooMed Calcium without D3, 3 times weekly and with D3 twice a month, Rep-Cal Herptivite once about every 2 months and Zoo-Med Reptivite once every 6 months.
• Watering – Currently we are using a drip system. I poked a hole in the bottom of a cup and it drips every several seconds onto his plastic vine plant and is collected in a dish at the bottom that is emptied a couple times a day. We have been misting about 4 times a day with warm water for about 2 minutes straight. We do watch him drink and it is one of the coolest things! I also ran the shower for him today. I put him on a stick and let him get misted with warm water for about 30 minutes. He just sat there with his eyes closed and didn’t move. He seemed to enjoy it.
• Fecal Description – I am fairly certain he has defecated once.
It was light orange in color. We just bought him a couple days ago and he heartily drank when we first brought him home. I did not see any feces in his cage just the urates which was not very solid. I do not believe he has been tested for parasites.
• History – I have no previous information on him but noticed yesterday that he is missing 2 toes on his right rear foot (the side that usually has 3 toes).
It does not seem to hinder his gate and climbing abilities too badly. I can try to check into his husbandry because the pet shop said they know the breeder well. Below is a link to the pet shop’s webpage.
https://www.facebook.com/JurassicPetsInc
Cage Info:
• Cage Type – ReptiBreeze Screen, 16”x16”x20” for the time being. We are building him a bigger one (24”x24”x36”) also screen.
• Lighting – Zilla Slimline Tropical Fixture with a 25 UVB T8 fluorescent bulb, ZooMed Daylight blue reptile bulb 60w, and ExoTerra Intense Basking Spot 50w. We have him on a 10am to 10pm schedule with those lights during the day and nothing at night.
• Temperature – 73°-85° from the cage floor to basking spot. 63° Lowest overnight temp. We bought an AcuRite Indoor Humidity Monitor & Thermometer Model 00325 from Walmart and magnetized it to the inside near his basking spot.
• Humidity – We are doing our best currently to keep his cage humid. It has been ranging from 30%-66% from misting. My humidifier should be in tomorrow and I am creating a ‘fogging’ system for him, which I will run for a half hour every 4 hours (or adjust as needed for humidity levels). We bought an AcuRite Indoor Humidity Monitor & Thermometer Model 00325 from Walmart and magnetized it to the inside near his basking spot.
• Plants – We are going to put a hibiscus in there once it has developed from seed more. The branches we currently have put in are from out back yard and were scrubbed with Dawn dish soap.
• Placement – The cage is in my bedroom. It is ‘near’ a ceiling fan but not in a high traffic area. The top of the cage is about 5’ off of the floor.
• Location – Broomfield, CO
Current Problem – We are first time owners and want to make sure we are doing all we can to help Samuel L. live a long healthy life. I have seen one ‘poop’ so far and the urates color was light. I am not really sure what sort of water/humidity he was getting before we bought him at the expo but we would really love any general tips and helpful changes we could make for him
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