EChip
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Hello,
Earlier this month I created a post about how my male panther chameleon was refusing to poo. After nearly two weeks, he finally went. It was very big (as expected), but the most noticible thing was that the urate was orange. In the past they have been white, but this was a long and orange urate. This had confirmed my thinking of that he was dehydrated, as I have never seen him drink from the leaves that I mist. I also have a dripper and he used to drink from that when I first got him, but I dont see him drink from that any more. The only way I ever see him drink is that when I am spraying his enclosure, I will direct the nozzle towards his mouth and he will open his mouth and let the water be sprayed in until he doesnt want anymore. I offer this to him every time I spray his enclosure (which is around 5-6 times a day),but there's days where he will outright refuse to drink. I've tried upping the dripper to drip at a faster rate as well as spraying more often, but so far nothing. Around 4 days after the last poo, I saw a small poo on the floor but this time there was no urate. I checked around his enclosure but couldn't see it. I dont really know how else to hydrate him, I heard that silkworms are good but I cant seem to find anywhere that sells them in the uk. His eyes aren't sunken in either. Would waxworms be a good alternative? Are there any other ideas for giving him water? Should I be taking him to the vet?
10 month old Male Panther Chameleon
Cage: Reptibreeze XL (61X61X122 CM) Mesh Cage
100w Arcadia D3 UV Basking Lamp
80w Ceramic Heater
Basking Temp: 28-29C
Ambient Temp: 23-24C
Humidity: 50-60%
Feed: 3-4 4th instar crickets every day
Crickets are gutloaded with cabbage, carrots, lettuce etc
Crickets dusted with vitamin supplement 3-4 times every week
Fake plants inside enclosure
Newspaper and paper roll for substrate (he doesn't go to the floor of his enclosure
Earlier this month I created a post about how my male panther chameleon was refusing to poo. After nearly two weeks, he finally went. It was very big (as expected), but the most noticible thing was that the urate was orange. In the past they have been white, but this was a long and orange urate. This had confirmed my thinking of that he was dehydrated, as I have never seen him drink from the leaves that I mist. I also have a dripper and he used to drink from that when I first got him, but I dont see him drink from that any more. The only way I ever see him drink is that when I am spraying his enclosure, I will direct the nozzle towards his mouth and he will open his mouth and let the water be sprayed in until he doesnt want anymore. I offer this to him every time I spray his enclosure (which is around 5-6 times a day),but there's days where he will outright refuse to drink. I've tried upping the dripper to drip at a faster rate as well as spraying more often, but so far nothing. Around 4 days after the last poo, I saw a small poo on the floor but this time there was no urate. I checked around his enclosure but couldn't see it. I dont really know how else to hydrate him, I heard that silkworms are good but I cant seem to find anywhere that sells them in the uk. His eyes aren't sunken in either. Would waxworms be a good alternative? Are there any other ideas for giving him water? Should I be taking him to the vet?
10 month old Male Panther Chameleon
Cage: Reptibreeze XL (61X61X122 CM) Mesh Cage
100w Arcadia D3 UV Basking Lamp
80w Ceramic Heater
Basking Temp: 28-29C
Ambient Temp: 23-24C
Humidity: 50-60%
Feed: 3-4 4th instar crickets every day
Crickets are gutloaded with cabbage, carrots, lettuce etc
Crickets dusted with vitamin supplement 3-4 times every week
Fake plants inside enclosure
Newspaper and paper roll for substrate (he doesn't go to the floor of his enclosure
