RyanBRZ
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Thanks JoXie, that's exactly what I had in mind, except using a glass tank instead. With a towel on the bottom or something.
Panther male, slightly sluggish, sometimes misses branch with rear legs
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JoXie411
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Yea just make sure the bottom is soft just Incase, also keeping the box dark help with stress a little.
JoXie411
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I used an old diaper box for Larry during the move. Just add the stick and you all good
AnamCara
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He might a little bit. I dont think it cant be undone though. My girl did pretty awesome at the vet she climbed everywhere and explored. Had some stress colors at the end but she didnt seem to hold a grudge on me.
RyanBRZ
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Yeah, that's what I am hearing from others in this thread. He is my first cham so I don't really know what to expect, he looked healthy to me but what do I know. My guess it's from the superworms he has been eating. His entire diet/supplements are getting an overhaul. Interested to see what his bloodwork results show.
I heard the same about BSFL's but not sure how accurate that is anymore. I'm trying to switch back to dubia's.
Here's a sleeping shot and a just woke up shot:
RyanBRZ
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Yeah, I actually planned on doing that once I got him but he wanted nothing to do with me once I let him out into his cage. I wish I would have weighed him in his container and did the math to exclude container weight.
I'm going to start keeping an eye on his weight.
He doesn't always look fat though:
GoodKarma19
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As previously mentioned, they don't really visibly store fat in their abdomen/torso like mammals. The tip off that he's obese is his casque. You can also see how heavy his legs are.
Did you watch that necropsy video Brody posted? It shows all of the fat pads, and how a chameleon stores fat/how they affect organs.
AnamCara
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He is so pretty! Their body can change size like inflate and deflate, my understanding is thru carry fat in their tail casque (maybe just reaf something conflicting to that...) and arms. He has cute chubby little arms. Def a bit big. My bet used a toilet paper roll to get the cham on a scale thought it worked pretty well!
JoXie411
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Yea it’s hard to get them to stay still but a box on to of the scale works you can zero it out and place the chameleon inside
It’s the casque you want to look at, as you can see his looks like he is a giant butt on top. I will attach a photo of a chameleon that’s not overweight so you can see what we are talking about
AnamCara
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That video was what I was confused anoit after reading the last post in this thread:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/panther-casque.89240/
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JoXie411
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The green lines indicate how far out the casque should be if the weight is at the right levels, the red lines show when they are considered overweight
AnamCara
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Hi thanks for reading through that stroke I had writing the above comment. It now makes sense and thanks for this graphic!
Brodybreaux25
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@RyanBRZ He needs a vet if he’s sleeping in the daytime!
JoXie411
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Us witch’s need to stick together
hes just showing how he looks when he sleeps he’s not saying he’s sleeping during the day and he has scheduled an appointment like he stated above
