She also 'de-wormed' him.
What? he had worms? how unusefull to deworm an animal without parasite test/confirmation.. this vet was a terrible vet.. (can you please make a call juste to make sur she don't give a medication called ivermectin or imovec? or something like that? (some bad vet use it and it can lead to terrible consequence)
She noted that the spots didn't look like burns or mites and may just be hard spots to shed. She said he looked healthy from what she was familiar with.
Not this is definitely a burn, I know because I try the exact same bulb but more far than you do (I set them at about 80cm far and I got a burn.. again this vet is terrible.. did she even suggest a bacterial of fungal testing to be sure the burn didn't get infected?
sorry about that she really thief your money
The basking is now a Sylvania halogen 60W spotlight.
ok here the issue
this is the exact cause of the burn, 60w for an halogen is intense! try to put your arm under at 8 inches ou try to put a ziplock bag under for 5 hours you gonna realize it will melt (I used this lamp with my hornworm at inches and they died.. my plastic container melt.. I use this lamp with a chameleon at 80cm.. and he catch a small burn similar to your
The vet had me raise it from 8 inches above the basking area to about 15 inches
finally.. she suggest something good..
some plastic reptile-safe plants
TBH with veiled no plastic is safe (if he chew of per accident it cal lead to bad consequences) your decision to keep it of not
I personally removed my plastic plant when my chameleon was at 1secund to swallow one
about 5 dusted super worms daily-
super worms are kind of mcdo, you can try to alternate with another feeder like silkworm?
The idea of roaches scared me- if they get out, I don’t want to the be the source of an infestation. (tips on these- or alternatives would be appreciated).
yeah
hmm if your getting good with roaches ID, you can ask for male (male alone can't really breed
) other than that, silkworm are good! you can also try to breed them its cool nice and cheap to breed your silkworm and its a super healthy food
Bugs are dusted daily with Rep-Cal Calcium w/Vit D.
Thats alooooooott of D3
you need to slow down on this! you can also try to provide some natural sunlight 1 time a week he will be more than happy. Try to cut your d3 to 1 time a week other than that you take a risk of kidney damages and gulag oedema
used to take a banana slice out of my hand once every couple w
Lot of debate around the fruit, banana got lot of sugars and potassium (to much for chameleon, if this one was mine I will have cut this)
It seems like your temps are off. What are you using to measure temps. With a 60watt bulb at 15 inches. It just does not add up that your getting a basking temp of 88-94 degrees.
not at all, with this bulb this reading seem acurate to me, this shoot heat really really far.. too strong and too far and to focal
...I’m just not buying the burn theory, it doesn’t add up for me. I’m thinking a bacterial infection from the constant damp conditions or something along those lines.
im buying it 100% but I agree : since this burn is old, some fungal or bacteria can be installed in here, should clean it with iodine solution of chlorexidine and apply silver cream daily
All right
good luck with him, sorry for this awful vet don't hesitate if you have more questions
Off with everyone’s fingers
plus the shape of the burn got the exact shape of the light focal flow
