Jordan
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About two weeks ago my veiled male veiled went into a shed. All the skin came off in two days. He seemed fine for a couple days. I noticed he was dark and he began to shed again. Along the backbone has completely shed. Today one of his feet has completely shed. The skin is not loose but you can tell it is white tinted. I will get a picture when I can find what I did with my camera. I have tried to increase the mistings to see if it will help with no progress. I have also been getting him wet with each misting. Odd behavior is that he has been letting me get him wet. He normally hisses at me and takes off under folliage. I am a little confused with why he went into back to back sheds?
Species: Chamaeleo Calyptratus
Size: 16" length, ? weight
Age: 8-9 months
Cage: 100 Gallon reptarium (30"x16.5"x48")
Lighting: 100w incandescent dome reflector/8.0 Repti-glo
Humidity: 55% when dry, 80-90% after misting
Temperatures: 95*basking area, ambient 75-85*
Plants: Two schefferela abricola
Decor: real branches and some fake vines
Misting: Just been using a garden sprayer. Durations are about 5-8 minutes three times a day. Have picked it up to five now. That is the most I can do and still let it dry out between.
Dripper: runs for about 4 hours a day.
Diet: Mainly crickets, superworms, waxworms, and silkworms
Supplements: A day or two before the first shed I moved his calcium supplement to every other day. I also started using Rep-Cal. I give him vitamin supplements about every two weeks, Rep-cal also.
Behavior: Consistent with a shed. Walking around. Have seen him open his mouth a couple times. He normally hisses a little when he sheds and does it now.
Species: Chamaeleo Calyptratus
Size: 16" length, ? weight
Age: 8-9 months
Cage: 100 Gallon reptarium (30"x16.5"x48")
Lighting: 100w incandescent dome reflector/8.0 Repti-glo
Humidity: 55% when dry, 80-90% after misting
Temperatures: 95*basking area, ambient 75-85*
Plants: Two schefferela abricola
Decor: real branches and some fake vines
Misting: Just been using a garden sprayer. Durations are about 5-8 minutes three times a day. Have picked it up to five now. That is the most I can do and still let it dry out between.
Dripper: runs for about 4 hours a day.
Diet: Mainly crickets, superworms, waxworms, and silkworms
Supplements: A day or two before the first shed I moved his calcium supplement to every other day. I also started using Rep-Cal. I give him vitamin supplements about every two weeks, Rep-cal also.
Behavior: Consistent with a shed. Walking around. Have seen him open his mouth a couple times. He normally hisses a little when he sheds and does it now.
. Anyway, one suggestion is to stop (minimize) wetting the chameleon's skin until the shedding process is complete. I have seen my chameleons complete a shed much more quickly when they've been given more outside sunshine time and less misting during their sheds. If I see that the shed is excessively sticking then I'll usually ease-up on the misting and supply water more directly to the mouth. I have found that the older they are the slower the shed. When they are a few months old, the shed usually explodes off of them in a matter of a couple of hours. At 6 years old, it seems to take many days.
