please help me!!

chamilionare

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I need help with my cham! Caught him sleeping during the day for the first time!
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -juvenile vailed chameleon been in my care for about three months now
Handling - once a day for like a minute or two just trying to get him used to my hands
Feeding - about 7-9 crickets and butter worms gutloaded with fresh oranges, potatoes, and kale
Supplements - calcium every day, D3 on the 1st and 15th and multivitamins on the 28th
Watering - home made dripper and mist twice a day
Fecal Description -poo looks fine pee look a tad bit yellow but not orange

Cage Info:
Cage Type - home made 4ft screen cage divided in half
Lighting - reptiglo 5.0 cfl and regular house bulb for basking
Temperature - basking spot 82 ambient temp about 75 high 60 at night measured with a digital thermometer
Humidity - 40-50, mist twice a day measured with a digital humidity meter
Plants - live plants one pothos and two palmore palms
Placement -in the living room, not a high traffic area in my cage is four feet and is about two feet of the ground
Location - California
Current Problem - I caught him sleeping during the day. my guess is that his cage might not be completely dark at nigh, he has a 12 hour cycle
he also might be a tad bit dehydrated his pee isn't completely white. He is eating right! Hes always on his basking spot moves around to eat and drink this is the first time i ever catch him sleeping during the day, please help me!
 
Your husbandry seems to be ok. Could you post a picture? He could have a parasite, so I would get a fecal, check inside his mouth for stringy saliva or bubbles, and make sure it is very dark at night so that he can get to sleep. Make sure he knows where the dripper is too. And when you mist him, mist until he starts drinking then keep misting until he stops.
 
I put towels on the sides of the cage to make it dark but im worried that that will mess up the cages air flow. Im at school right now so ill post pic later! Thank you!
 
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