Alright here you all go lol
Chameleon Info:
◦ Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Panther Chameleon-male-12 months old
◦ Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
1-2 times a week
◦ Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Main diet consists of Crickets, Super worms, Phoenix worms, bsfl flies, and wax worms for treats. All crickets and worms are dusted and gut loaded with “cricket crack”
◦ Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Rep-cal calcium without D3 daily, Rep-cal multi vitamins given every 2 weeks, and zoo med calcium with D3 given every 2 weeks. (I have recently been looking into another type of multi vitamins as I’ve heard they’ve got better ones on the market)
◦ Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
I have a Mistking system hooked up to both my Chameleon cages that goes off every other hour for 45 seconds. I also periodically hand mist throughout the day. Blizzard loves to drink and will typically drink right after a misting. He likes to drink the droplets off the front of the cage.
◦ Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
His fecal has always looked good. All in one moist solid chunk. His urates typically begin with the slightest yellow and go into a good full white.
◦ History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Nothing I believe that would affect his eye site. About 4 months ago we had an accident, a large gust of wind came and blew his window perch off the window and he fell to the floor. Durning the process he cut his foot very deeply. We took him to the vet and she was able to glue his foot back together and gave us a strong topical antibiotic. I’m happy to say his foot is back to 100% function.
Cage Info:
◦ Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?)
He’s in a Large reptibreeze screen cage with plastic shower curtain taped to 3 sides to help maintain humidity. I’m planning to up his cage to an XL like my other chams in the next coming weeks.
◦ Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
60watt basking bulb in the summer and 100watt basking bulb in the winter. Reptisun T5 linear UV. 12 hours on 12 hours off.
◦ Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Highest basking spot reaches right under 90 mid day, and he has multiple lower level branches for gradience. I have a wired thermostat in his basking spot and a regular thermostat on the wall mid level of the cage.
◦ Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Humidity is never below 40 in the cages. It averages about 60 with spikes up to 85 when misted.
◦ Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
I recently ridded my live plants from my cage. They were to smelly and made cleaning the cage a hassle. I had a ton of umbrella plants. I have a boat load of plastic plants and vines in the cage for cover and water droplets to form on. Humidity hasn’t been an issue.
◦ Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Cages are located in our bedroom. Highest point of Blizzards cage is eye level with myself, I’m 5”7.
◦ Location - Where are you geographically located?
California
