alaskachick
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Chameleon Info:
• Veiled cham, female, 4 months old. Has been in my care for ~ 3 months.
• Handling - 1-2 times a week
• Feeding - 5-6 crickets once a day. 1-3 Mealworms or wax worms every other day. Crickets are fed "Fluker's Orange Cube complete cricket diet"
• Supplements - Zilla Calcium Supplement food spray on crickets/worms every 2-3 days (no D3). Multivitamin once a month (just started this a month ago).
• Watering - mist the cage manually 2-3 times a day for ~10 seconds; redneck drip system (3/4 c of water in a paper cup with a hole in the bottom)
• Fecal Description - Usually dark, but last week she pooped what appeared to be a whole wax worm!
• In the last few weeks, she has started walking around like an old lady with Parkinson's.
Cage Info:
• Reptibreeze mesh cage 18x18x36 (just moved from a glass cage into the Repibreeze a few days ago).
• Lighting - 5.0 UVB coil bulb and a 75 watt household bulb for basking. 12 hrs on/12 hrs off
• Temperature - cage floor is 72 degrees; basking is 80-85. Overnight temp 65 degrees. (digital thermometer)
• Humidity - I need to purchase a new hygrometer for the Reptibreeze (since my other one has a suction cup)
• Plants - Just bought a pothos and ficus for the new cage
• Placement - Low traffic area in the corner of a bedroom. cage is sitting on a 2-3 ft high night stand
• Location - Alaska
Several issues/questions from a newbie
1. I think our cham has MBD. She has recently started being shaky when she walks and appears to have 2 elbows. It sounds like she needs to get calcium drops directly by mouth (3 drops daily per the bottle for Ca deficiency). I cannot get our cham to open her mouth to instill the drops. Any suggestions?
2. I have not supplemented with any Vit D3. She gets zero natural sunlight - only the UVB bulb. It sounds like I should be using Calcium/D3 powder a couple of times a month
3. If I feed our crickets "Fluker's Orange Cube complete cricket diet", do I still need to use calcium spray/powder with every feeding? The guy at PetSmart said "no", so we haven't been using the calcium spray very often.
4. This Reptibreeze cage is new for us. Should I have taller branches/vines that are closer to the UVB and heat bulb?
Thanks you very much for your time and expertise!!
• Veiled cham, female, 4 months old. Has been in my care for ~ 3 months.
• Handling - 1-2 times a week
• Feeding - 5-6 crickets once a day. 1-3 Mealworms or wax worms every other day. Crickets are fed "Fluker's Orange Cube complete cricket diet"
• Supplements - Zilla Calcium Supplement food spray on crickets/worms every 2-3 days (no D3). Multivitamin once a month (just started this a month ago).
• Watering - mist the cage manually 2-3 times a day for ~10 seconds; redneck drip system (3/4 c of water in a paper cup with a hole in the bottom)
• Fecal Description - Usually dark, but last week she pooped what appeared to be a whole wax worm!
• In the last few weeks, she has started walking around like an old lady with Parkinson's.
Cage Info:
• Reptibreeze mesh cage 18x18x36 (just moved from a glass cage into the Repibreeze a few days ago).
• Lighting - 5.0 UVB coil bulb and a 75 watt household bulb for basking. 12 hrs on/12 hrs off
• Temperature - cage floor is 72 degrees; basking is 80-85. Overnight temp 65 degrees. (digital thermometer)
• Humidity - I need to purchase a new hygrometer for the Reptibreeze (since my other one has a suction cup)
• Plants - Just bought a pothos and ficus for the new cage
• Placement - Low traffic area in the corner of a bedroom. cage is sitting on a 2-3 ft high night stand
• Location - Alaska
Several issues/questions from a newbie
1. I think our cham has MBD. She has recently started being shaky when she walks and appears to have 2 elbows. It sounds like she needs to get calcium drops directly by mouth (3 drops daily per the bottle for Ca deficiency). I cannot get our cham to open her mouth to instill the drops. Any suggestions?
2. I have not supplemented with any Vit D3. She gets zero natural sunlight - only the UVB bulb. It sounds like I should be using Calcium/D3 powder a couple of times a month
3. If I feed our crickets "Fluker's Orange Cube complete cricket diet", do I still need to use calcium spray/powder with every feeding? The guy at PetSmart said "no", so we haven't been using the calcium spray very often.
4. This Reptibreeze cage is new for us. Should I have taller branches/vines that are closer to the UVB and heat bulb?
Thanks you very much for your time and expertise!!