poop

[meganm85]

is this normal poop...it looks HUGE!! his urate looks yellow but i have seen he has been drinking.....

 

[pssh]

Poop part looks fine, urates do not. They are mostly orange.

Mist for longer periods of time and make the dripper go on for longer.

 

[meganm85]

Poop part looks fine, urates do not. They are mostly orange.

Mist for longer periods of time and make the dripper go on for longer.

i just put him in his new set up the other day and set up a dripper yesterday..when i did that he went to town.....i also spray 3-4 times a day....but i have seen him drinking a lot...but i'll try that...i just cant believe how huge it is...lol...i was worried because i hadn't seen him eat for 2 days but then this morning he ate...i need to set up a feeding cup for him i guess...so i know he is eating properly...

 

[pssh]

I'm sure he'll appreciate that cup more if it was a tub! they can have some pretty impressive sized poops...

 

[meganm85]

I'm sure he'll appreciate that cup more if it was a tub! they can have some pretty impressive sized poops...

what kind of tub?....i use a big juice container with the top cut off.....

 

[pssh]

My guy likes a gallon sized milk jug cut in half, but I'm sure some would argue that might even be too small. I like to free range when I can watch him.

 

[ZippiesPal]

How often...

... does a six month old Ambilobe Panther Chameleon poop?

Assuming that all husbandry conditions are perfectly met, and the chameleon is healthy.

 

[ZippiesPal]

well ???

Well??

Zippy has left a turd yesterday. I guess Ill let you know when the next one arrives.

 

[meganm85]

mine poops almost everyday or 2....i just put him in his new enclosure and its been awhile but he left a dozy today...lol

 

[panthercham]

i just put him in his new set up the other day and set up a dripper yesterday..when i did that he went to town.....i also spray 3-4 times a day....but i have seen him drinking a lot...but i'll try that...i just cant believe how huge it is...lol...i was worried because i hadn't seen him eat for 2 days but then this morning he ate...i need to set up a feeding cup for him i guess...so i know he is eating properly...

Is that the first poop like that since being in his new cage? It could be his new set up....you said you only started the dripper yesterday 'and he went to town'...sounds like he was thirsty. So it could be a delayed/lag effect of him getting thirsty.

See what the next one looks like and as pssh said mist a bit longer especially if he is drinking. Sometimes if I have the odd looking dehydrated poop I mist until he stops drinking and has had enough.

BTW...he is blooming into a stunning cham

... does a six month old Ambilobe Panther Chameleon poop?

Assuming that all husbandry conditions are perfectly met, and the chameleon is healthy.

That depends on the quantity that he has eaten. Mine seemed to go off his food if he was shedding, went through a few hunger strikes and started to slow down just a bit on his appetite/became picky so he was not consistent on the loo. When at that age if he had silk or horn worms he tended to poop more often as the was more hydrated. Also mine free ranged so it was hard to tell as he was a closet pooper and I would find the odd random poop in the most of oddest of places...like on top of his dripper But overeall mine were still pooping daily or every second day at this stage as they were still being fed every morning. I did not gradually scale back their feedings until just under 1 year of age.

 

[meganm85]

thats what i thought...from going into a new enclosure he probably got backed up...lol....i see him drinking and i finally seen him eat today....i was worried bout that...im going to try and rig something up so i know for sure he is eating like pssh said......