dolezalbob
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - We have a 5 month old male Ambanja. Gustave has been in our care for about a month, maybe two.
Handling - Not really at all. He is still doing the rotate around his branch routine and doesn't want much to do with my fiance or myself.
Feeding - He eats mostly medium sized crickets. We're dusting them with non-D3 calcium almost daily and other vitamins once a month. He also will eat meal worms occasionally. Crickets are gut loaded with a mixture of carrots, sweet potatoes, bug burger, and collared greens. He eats about 10 per day.
Supplements - The wife is sleeping and Ill get the brand of supplements tomorrow when I can get in the bedroom to read what they are if necessary.
Watering - We have a mister and a dripper. We also spray 2-4 times a day for 15-20 seconds which gets his plant pretty saturated.
Fecal Description - He hasn't been tested for parasites yet but his feces seem healthy. Standard brown turds and white urate.
History - Nothing we know of. Beyond not using his tongue effectively, he seems really healthy. He's doubled in size since we got him, shed a couple of times already, eats daily, is developing nice color, is consistent with how active he is, etc....
Cage Info:
Cage Type -Cage was build by myself and a picture is attached below. It's all screen, 20" deep 24" wide and 42" tall.
Lighting - We have automatic lighting that turns on at about 645 am and turns off at about 745 pm. 75W Exoterra heat lamp and an 18" UV lamp approximately 2" above the top of his enclosure.
Temperature - His temps are about 90 degF at his basking spots and 70 degF at the bottom of his enclosure. The low overnight temp never drops below 65 degF. Temps are measured with a standard gauge.
Humidity - His humidity varies. We try to keep it as high as possible but in the northeast USA it ranges from 85% on a good day to 30% on a bad day when I get home. The spray gets it back up but when we're at work it will drop. We use the same standard temp/humidity gauge; however, since we went 100% real plants the humidity has improved.
Plants - All of our chams have scheffleras in their enclosures.
Placement - His enclosure is in the living room so there's a fair amount of traffic; also, there's a heat vent in the floor close to his cage but we keep it covered to limit the air flow. His enclosure is elevated so the top is as close as it can get to the ceiling considering room for his lights.
Location - Willow Grove, PA (Philadelphia suburbs)
Current Problem:
Gustave is of the latest, and possibly last, of the Grimbold line and seems healthy. Our concern is how he uses his tongue. He's eaten since the day we got him and cup feeds without any issues. He has slowly been getting more comfortable with us and now will let us watch him eat. Now that we can watch him, I can see he doesn't project his tongue much at all to catch his food. When he gets food out of his cup, he shoots it maybe an inch and when his food is elsewhere, he's not very accurate and doesn't seem to shoot it much further, if any and needs to really sneak up on his prey. We have two other panthers and have been lucky that they are both healthy as a spigot. So my question is, should we be concerned and/or what kind of advice does the chameleon community have?
*The picture of Gustave is about 3 weeks old and he's developed some really nice blue and red which I'll upload soon
Many thanks and Merry Christmas!!
Your Chameleon - We have a 5 month old male Ambanja. Gustave has been in our care for about a month, maybe two.
Handling - Not really at all. He is still doing the rotate around his branch routine and doesn't want much to do with my fiance or myself.
Feeding - He eats mostly medium sized crickets. We're dusting them with non-D3 calcium almost daily and other vitamins once a month. He also will eat meal worms occasionally. Crickets are gut loaded with a mixture of carrots, sweet potatoes, bug burger, and collared greens. He eats about 10 per day.
Supplements - The wife is sleeping and Ill get the brand of supplements tomorrow when I can get in the bedroom to read what they are if necessary.
Watering - We have a mister and a dripper. We also spray 2-4 times a day for 15-20 seconds which gets his plant pretty saturated.
Fecal Description - He hasn't been tested for parasites yet but his feces seem healthy. Standard brown turds and white urate.
History - Nothing we know of. Beyond not using his tongue effectively, he seems really healthy. He's doubled in size since we got him, shed a couple of times already, eats daily, is developing nice color, is consistent with how active he is, etc....
Cage Info:
Cage Type -Cage was build by myself and a picture is attached below. It's all screen, 20" deep 24" wide and 42" tall.
Lighting - We have automatic lighting that turns on at about 645 am and turns off at about 745 pm. 75W Exoterra heat lamp and an 18" UV lamp approximately 2" above the top of his enclosure.
Temperature - His temps are about 90 degF at his basking spots and 70 degF at the bottom of his enclosure. The low overnight temp never drops below 65 degF. Temps are measured with a standard gauge.
Humidity - His humidity varies. We try to keep it as high as possible but in the northeast USA it ranges from 85% on a good day to 30% on a bad day when I get home. The spray gets it back up but when we're at work it will drop. We use the same standard temp/humidity gauge; however, since we went 100% real plants the humidity has improved.
Plants - All of our chams have scheffleras in their enclosures.
Placement - His enclosure is in the living room so there's a fair amount of traffic; also, there's a heat vent in the floor close to his cage but we keep it covered to limit the air flow. His enclosure is elevated so the top is as close as it can get to the ceiling considering room for his lights.
Location - Willow Grove, PA (Philadelphia suburbs)
Current Problem:
Gustave is of the latest, and possibly last, of the Grimbold line and seems healthy. Our concern is how he uses his tongue. He's eaten since the day we got him and cup feeds without any issues. He has slowly been getting more comfortable with us and now will let us watch him eat. Now that we can watch him, I can see he doesn't project his tongue much at all to catch his food. When he gets food out of his cup, he shoots it maybe an inch and when his food is elsewhere, he's not very accurate and doesn't seem to shoot it much further, if any and needs to really sneak up on his prey. We have two other panthers and have been lucky that they are both healthy as a spigot. So my question is, should we be concerned and/or what kind of advice does the chameleon community have?
*The picture of Gustave is about 3 weeks old and he's developed some really nice blue and red which I'll upload soon
Many thanks and Merry Christmas!!
I'll see if the vet is open today or tomorrow to see him.
