Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - 8 month old nosy be male has been in my care 3 months
Handling - never
Feeding - silkworms,horn worms, butter worms, reptiworms, crickets, mealworms(occasionally), dubias. All gut loaded with bug burger and fresh fruits and veggies
Supplements - all rep-cal. Calcium every feeding, with d3 every other saturday and multivitamin the opposite saturdays
Watering - Mist king 5 cycles a day. 3 cycles for 5 minutes the others 2 for 2 minutes and a dripper. I rarely see him drink but he always had nice urates.
Fecal Description - brown with white urates.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 4 1/2' x 2' x 2' all screen custom built
Lighting - reptisun 5.0, 6500k plant bulb and and 60w basking bulb
Temperature - 85-88 degrees F for his basking spot and room temperature for lower portions of the cage 65-70
Lowest overnight temp my house never goes below 65
Humidity - His humidity is kind of all over the place goes from 80% immediately after mistings to 20% in between. I measure with a temperature/humidity meter
Plants - 3 Pothos, ficus, umbrella plant, hibiscus
Placement - about 4 ft off the floor near a window. He's in a room designated for him with barely any traffic.
Location - New York
Current Problem - He stays very very dark, sometimes on the verge of black. I just can't understand why. Ive owned chameleons before and have never had this problem. He eats quite a lot and everyday; like I said above I never really witness him drink but he always has very nice white urates. A little bit about him, he has been in my care for a little over 3 months. He is a very shy chameleon he gets scared and runs away when I go in his cage at all, but that is when I see the best colors out of him. When his mister goes on or when I go in the cage he usually will run away but at that time he will turn the most vibrant shades of blue I ever see him. Also, he is a dirt eater. Ive seen him eat dirt on more than one occasion. As you can see in the picture, I recently put a plant light on the side of his cage to try and lighten up the lower portions of his cage being that without it, it is very dark down there. I wanted to see if that might be the problem. I feel like Ive tried everything and in a color sense he just doesn't seem happy. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Ill post the best pics I can get but like I said when I go in his cage he usually runs away and seems to get happy lol. I can't figure this little guy out. Ive honestly come to the conclusion he just doesn't like being in a cage. Any suggestions would be great guys. Thanks.
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this is the best picture I can get of him, you can get a sense of his coloration but this is actually decent coloring for him, he is usually a lot darker
Your Chameleon - 8 month old nosy be male has been in my care 3 months
Handling - never
Feeding - silkworms,horn worms, butter worms, reptiworms, crickets, mealworms(occasionally), dubias. All gut loaded with bug burger and fresh fruits and veggies
Supplements - all rep-cal. Calcium every feeding, with d3 every other saturday and multivitamin the opposite saturdays
Watering - Mist king 5 cycles a day. 3 cycles for 5 minutes the others 2 for 2 minutes and a dripper. I rarely see him drink but he always had nice urates.
Fecal Description - brown with white urates.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 4 1/2' x 2' x 2' all screen custom built
Lighting - reptisun 5.0, 6500k plant bulb and and 60w basking bulb
Temperature - 85-88 degrees F for his basking spot and room temperature for lower portions of the cage 65-70
Lowest overnight temp my house never goes below 65
Humidity - His humidity is kind of all over the place goes from 80% immediately after mistings to 20% in between. I measure with a temperature/humidity meter
Plants - 3 Pothos, ficus, umbrella plant, hibiscus
Placement - about 4 ft off the floor near a window. He's in a room designated for him with barely any traffic.
Location - New York
Current Problem - He stays very very dark, sometimes on the verge of black. I just can't understand why. Ive owned chameleons before and have never had this problem. He eats quite a lot and everyday; like I said above I never really witness him drink but he always has very nice white urates. A little bit about him, he has been in my care for a little over 3 months. He is a very shy chameleon he gets scared and runs away when I go in his cage at all, but that is when I see the best colors out of him. When his mister goes on or when I go in the cage he usually will run away but at that time he will turn the most vibrant shades of blue I ever see him. Also, he is a dirt eater. Ive seen him eat dirt on more than one occasion. As you can see in the picture, I recently put a plant light on the side of his cage to try and lighten up the lower portions of his cage being that without it, it is very dark down there. I wanted to see if that might be the problem. I feel like Ive tried everything and in a color sense he just doesn't seem happy. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Ill post the best pics I can get but like I said when I go in his cage he usually runs away and seems to get happy lol. I can't figure this little guy out. Ive honestly come to the conclusion he just doesn't like being in a cage. Any suggestions would be great guys. Thanks.
this is the best picture I can get of him, you can get a sense of his coloration but this is actually decent coloring for him, he is usually a lot darker
