orange gel clumps at bottom of cage

[gabeb3]

My chameleon's cage has orange globs of some sort of gel substance. It is not the gel chunks that come with the crickets. does anyone know what this is from?

 

[carol5208]

can you take a picture of it????

 

[ChameleonRave]

I'm guessing its urate, orange/yellow coloring is indicating your chameleon is dehydrated and needs more water, could you post a picture so we can see what it is?

 

[carol5208]

I'm guessing its urate, orange/yellow coloring is indicating your chameleon is dehydrated and needs more water, could you post a picture so we can see what it is?

I was thinking that but did not want to speculate without seeing a pic.

 

[gabeb3]

orang globs

Thanks for the replies! So I have scooped the blobs out and took a pic. They remind me of the gel substance to feed the crickets but I am sure I did not drop in any pieces this big and I haven't noticed them until today. Is it possible that a small piece has fallen in and become saturated w water and grown? Thank you for your time!

 

[gabeb3]

hopefully this is a better pic.

 

[Ekaj13]

I wonder if the cricket could ingest enough of the gel that it would remain intact and pass through the chameleon...

 

[ChameleonRave]

is your chameleon a male or female? it could possibly be either a urate, or it could be a sperm plug, I'm not so sure though. they do look like the yellowish orange gel for crickets.