Pink urates and not eating much

[Maryanndahl]

Hi I hope am welcome here to this forum. I have a colorful panther chameleon sex unknown sorry. But anyway my chameleon poops once a week and the brown has bubbles look in it and pink/orange urates everytime my chameleon go poop.
I use reptisun 10 because of mesh
Cage 18"18"36"
Basking bulb exo terra green bulb bask temp 86-87, 77-78 for cool end
Mist three times daily
Feed superworm with calcium w/o d3 herpivite and with d3 once month
Not sure age 4 month when got chameleon few month ago.

Let me know what you think and I heard hornworms are great if any breeder has them. If you can send them for free let me know. Only three because reptile all I got.

 

[carol5208]

Hi and welcome to the forums! Post a pic and we can tell you what sex your panther is. If he is young, you cannot always go by coloring, so take a picture of the vent(poop area) from the side so we can tell. Orange urates usually are a sign of dehydration although there was some debate brought up over this a few days ago. I believe the consensus is, is does mean dehydration. How are you providing water? Dripper, mister? You have to feed something else than superworms. Supers are very high in fat content and should not be fed as a staple feeder. Something like crickets, silkworms or dubia roaches are a better choice. Not sure about the pink in the urate. A little orange on the end of the urate is ok, but ideally it should be white. No one is going to send you hornworms for free. If they are, please let me know cause I would like some! lol There are plenty of places to buy them like Mulberry farms, Great Lakes Hornworms or Coastal Silkworms. Are you only dusting with calcium with out d3 once a month?

 

[Maryanndahl]

thanks for the welcoming and found that hes a male. i notice when i was misting he pooped and something came out that was red/pinkish and looked like spores for the tip kind of likea penis lol. I mist and breed superworms as main staple feeder for him. because i can't afford to buy crickets and others. so i breed superworms because i heard there a staple for them. urates are pinkish orange to red and hard. it was worth a shot with the hornworms because no one has them by me and heard it drives chameleons bananas the green ones. I use calcium with D3 once a month same as herpivite. i use calcium without d3 repcal every feeding. thats all the supplements i use. the past few days hasn't eaten much and very lean. doesn't seem to be getting any better. his vent looked like it had blood on it. stools haven't been white for a few months now

 

[carol5208]

you really need to change up his feeders if supers are all you are giving. First of all they are very high in fat content and they have a hard exoskeleton which can be hard to digest if fed too many. You need to mix in some soft bodied feeders into his diet. I mean think of what we would feel like if all we ate was roughage in our diet. His urate should not be pink or red by any means, so that is cause for alarm. An orange tint, yes but not red or pink.