Hello.
Here is the questionnaire and some photos. I am probably worrying too much but you never know.
thanks for any and all help and advise.
Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - As I am new I am concerned about dehydration and the fact he hasn’t really moved the past couple of days. Well since I placed him back in his cage. He moved to this spot after I placed him back in - changed to colour in photo and stayed their till bed time. Then he went to his sleep spot earlier than usual. He was lighter then but in morning was quite dark. He climbed back to same spot and has not moved in 5 hours other than to be a leaf in wind when I mist. This spot is under UVB.
I have not seen him drink, I am misting the cage but with lights and how dry things are here humidity level on gauge seems to drop so fast and now I have puddles of water on stand because there is so much misting. I know my cage design could be better and that is plan for when he moves to bigger cage.
Here is the questionnaire and some photos. I am probably worrying too much but you never know.
thanks for any and all help and advise.
Chameleon Info:
- Your Chameleon - A week ago (Sept 23rd, 2021) we got a male Panther. I do not know exactly how old he is but I assume he is no more than 6-7 months old.
- Handling - Benny has been handled twice. When we first blacked the box he was shipped in and yesterday to place him back in his cage after he climbed out and on top and was heading for lights. I held out my hand flat palm in front and gently brushed his tail.
- Feeding - I feed him med to largish crickets. He has also had a couple butter worms. For crickets he has been eating anywhere between 8-12 crickets. Has had two days where he has not really wanted to eat. One was about 3-4 days ago and now today. Crickets are gut loaded with carrots, calcium crickets food and greens from salads. To gut load move feeders for day to another critter cage with variety of stuff. Have food in main critter cage as well.
- Supplements - Brand is exo terra. Multivitamin once per month, calcium & d3 twice per month and calcium every other day.
- Watering - Hand mist a few times a day based on humidity gauge. Have a fogger at night that runs all night on a low setting. I have covered the cage the past two nights till all lights are out so as not yo disturb sleep. This causes higher humidity. I saw him drinking quite a bit the first 3-4 days. But have not seen him drinking much the last couple of days.
- Fecal Description - Stools have been moist but solid. Saw one cricket leg in one on one day so adjusted basking spot. His urate was pearly white and now for the past couple of days starts white and at end is somewhat orange making me think he is not drinking enough. He was bred in captivity by an experienced breeder so no testing of parasites.
- History - Nothing I can point out.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - I have a 16x16x24 Reptibreeze Screen cage. I have one side and back covered and other side half covered. Trying to get humidity right without having puddles everywhere.
- Lighting - Basking - Zoo Med 8.5” Clamp with 75w bulb top front half/corner. UVB - ZooMed Reptisun LED UVB 14” hood along top back. Daylight - Arcadia 13w Jungle Dawn LED in Exo Terra Compact hood. Top right and hood partially sitting on other hood.
- Temperature - 68.5 deg bottom to 85 deg basking spot. There are basking spots kind of under other lights too and these range in temps of 75-82. Lowest overnight temps is 21 deg C/ 69.8 F. All temps are measure by manual gauge for quick checks and Inkbird plus temp gun.
- Humidity - I have been trying to keep humidity at 50-60 during day. Measured by Exo Terra manual hygometer. Placement of meter might be bad as is close to basking spot. At night I shoot to get as high as I can as I live in a dry climate. The last two nights when I cover cage with fogger on low I got to 90. When not covered I have fogger on medium. During day it is manual misting and I must when meter shows levels below 50. This is keeping bottom cage quite wet. Have one manual gauge and need to set up a digital meter with probe closer to where Benny sleeping.
- Plants - I am using both at moment while I wait for live plants to grow. I have a Neon Pothos in a 6” pot and a 3” Umbrella Plant.
- Placement - cage is in corner of living room. Which was only place we could put it. No vents or fans nearby. Living Room has traffic but not really close to cage consistently. Lighter traffic when kids in school. Top of cage is just over 5 feet from floor.
- Location - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Current Problem - As I am new I am concerned about dehydration and the fact he hasn’t really moved the past couple of days. Well since I placed him back in his cage. He moved to this spot after I placed him back in - changed to colour in photo and stayed their till bed time. Then he went to his sleep spot earlier than usual. He was lighter then but in morning was quite dark. He climbed back to same spot and has not moved in 5 hours other than to be a leaf in wind when I mist. This spot is under UVB.
I have not seen him drink, I am misting the cage but with lights and how dry things are here humidity level on gauge seems to drop so fast and now I have puddles of water on stand because there is so much misting. I know my cage design could be better and that is plan for when he moves to bigger cage.
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