Orange poop?

[joeandsoph]

Tilly did a poop today and as normal there was the white bit, then it went orange instead of brown? Is this simply just dehydration? She does get plenty of water and has always had perfect poop but all of a sudden this?

 

[pssh]

Post a picture. Is the urate orange or the actual poop part?

 

[joeandsoph]

The actual poop part!? This has never happened before.

 

[pssh]

I'm on my phone so it's kind of hard to tell, but it looks like it's one long dehydrated urate. I don't see any poop. But again, I'm on my phone.

 

[Lizardlover]

Thats a urate.....

It means your chameleon is dehydrated.

 

[joeandsoph]

I thought as much. We never see her drinking but her urate has always been perfect so never thought there was any problem. Extra spraying the next few days then. Is their any other way to get her hydrated other thank spraying?

 

[Lizardlover]

Some people put there chameleons in the shower for about 15-45 minutes, depending on how severe the dehydration is.

 

[pssh]

A dripper.

 

[joeandsoph]

I mean other than spraying / a dripper. I wondered if there was anything else. Think we'll try the shower attempt (dreading it already lol).

 

[joeandsoph]

Just one more thing...with the shower. Do we let the water run around her or what? How does this actually help if she doesn't drink it. And also...how warm?

 

[pssh]

Luke warm, have the actual shower water hit the wall and let the spray bounce onto the plant it's in.

 

[Miss Lily]

I gave Lily a shower to hydrtae her when she was poorly. I got one of those Spraymist (pump up pressure) misters, put it on the side of the bath and aimed it to fall on Lily whilst she sat in a plant.

 

[Lizardlover]

Just one more thing...with the shower. Do we let the water run around her or what? How does this actually help if she doesn't drink it. And also...how warm?

The point is for her to drink it, that is why you do it for so long to give plenty of drinking oppourtunity. I would do it a tad warm, but some people do prefer to do room temp/lukewarm

 

[joeandsoph]

Well we'll sure give it a go but I honestly don't think she'll drink it :-( she never ever drinks in front of us and we have never once seen her drink :-(

 

[Lizardlover]

well you dont have to watch her

with the warm water and the long period of time the water is falling on her she will probably drink.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I mean other than spraying / a dripper. I wondered if there was anything else. Think we'll try the shower attempt (dreading it already lol).

Yes - by providing better hydrated prey. Gutload the prey with fruit and high water content veg. And offer bugs that naturally have a high water content - hornworms, silkworms, caggabe loppers

 

[Miss Lily]

Hornworms are not available in the UK and Silkworms are not very readily available either. It's a pain as my two love silkies! Cabbage loppers sound interesting - never seen those advertised anywhere either. Do you order these or catch them from outside?

 

[joeandsoph]

I know, haven't been able to get silk worms or phoenix worms (are they the same). My supplier is rubbish so I'm mail ordering now, got first delivery today. Going to try the shower tomorrow.

What's a good high water veg to gutload

 

[Lizardlover]

phoenix worms aren't too juicy, they are just maggots, high in calcium, but I dont recommend them, stick with silkworms and hornworms.

 

[joeandsoph]

Been trying to get silkworms LizardLover but it is proving impossible it the stupid country. I'm emigrating lol