Camithecham
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Female jackson's chameleon, not exactly sure how old she is, probably 7-8 months old maybe a year, possibly gravid (was housed with a male at the reptile store, is quite rotund) not sure if she really is gravid but was told it was a good possibility
Handling - not often, twice a week maybe three times a week at most, only for a couple minutes
Feeding - 5-10 dubia roaches a day(based on her appetite), usually around 11am, lights come on at 9
Supplements - calcium without d3 every feeding, reptivite with d3 twice a month (every 2 weeks)
Watering - mist the cage with a spray bottle a couple times a day, dripper system
Fecal Description - feces look good, moist but not runny, not dry, but her urates are a half white half yellow-orange
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen, reptibreeze 16x16x30
Lighting - zoo med daylight blue 100w bulb and reptisun 10.0 uvb bulb
Temperature - lowest 65 highest 80
Humidity - varies from 30%-50%
Plants - all fake leaves, some fake vines some real branches (wood/driftwood)
Placement - low traffic area, on a table 3.5ft off the ground
Current Problem - She rarely drinks (maybe 2-4 days a week MAX)and when she does it's only from a syringe and a lot of water at one time, from the first day i got her she would drink off the leaves and had no problem getting her own water but she's become dependent on me to hand water her and I'm very scared she will never be able to get her own water again and may become dehydrated and potentially ill, at the moment her eyes are not sunken and she appears healthy but her urates don't reflect that. I slightly changed her cage to add more leaves and branches/vines for her to climb on and ended up moving the leaves she normally drank off of to a new location, could this have had any effect? From what i can personally see, it is more difficult to see the water on the leaves in their new location but I'm not sure... I thought about moving the leaves back but I don't want to change her environment too much and stress her out... Sorry this is so long, any advice? I want my baby (and potentially her babies ^-^) to be healthy
Handling - not often, twice a week maybe three times a week at most, only for a couple minutes
Feeding - 5-10 dubia roaches a day(based on her appetite), usually around 11am, lights come on at 9
Supplements - calcium without d3 every feeding, reptivite with d3 twice a month (every 2 weeks)
Watering - mist the cage with a spray bottle a couple times a day, dripper system
Fecal Description - feces look good, moist but not runny, not dry, but her urates are a half white half yellow-orange
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen, reptibreeze 16x16x30
Lighting - zoo med daylight blue 100w bulb and reptisun 10.0 uvb bulb
Temperature - lowest 65 highest 80
Humidity - varies from 30%-50%
Plants - all fake leaves, some fake vines some real branches (wood/driftwood)
Placement - low traffic area, on a table 3.5ft off the ground
Current Problem - She rarely drinks (maybe 2-4 days a week MAX)and when she does it's only from a syringe and a lot of water at one time, from the first day i got her she would drink off the leaves and had no problem getting her own water but she's become dependent on me to hand water her and I'm very scared she will never be able to get her own water again and may become dehydrated and potentially ill, at the moment her eyes are not sunken and she appears healthy but her urates don't reflect that. I slightly changed her cage to add more leaves and branches/vines for her to climb on and ended up moving the leaves she normally drank off of to a new location, could this have had any effect? From what i can personally see, it is more difficult to see the water on the leaves in their new location but I'm not sure... I thought about moving the leaves back but I don't want to change her environment too much and stress her out... Sorry this is so long, any advice? I want my baby (and potentially her babies ^-^) to be healthy
