Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon, Male, I've had him for approx. 4 years
* Handling - I don't usually take him out of his enclosure or touch him, only if I'm cleaning his cage out (every month)
* Feeding - Crickets, and every 2-3 weeks 1-3 silkworms, normally I will give him at least 12~13 crickets a day. I'll give him a few in the morning, some more when I get home from school, and will feed him using a cup at night before he goes to sleep. I give the crickets carrots and sometimes apples, occasionally lettuce
* Supplements - 'Bone Aid' calcium powder (as calcium carbonate), and about once a week. He also has a vitamin D lamp which I need to replace once I get the money
* Watering - I mist his cage pretty heavily twice a day. I make sure the hanging pant in his cage is moist and the glass is wet (His cage is glass with a mesh top, once I get money I plan on replacing his cage with a completely mesh one). I used to see him drinking water a lot more. He would usually drink from this one plant he used to have (I have since removed the plant because it began to wilt) and would climb up to the top of his cage and drink droplets of water on the mesh roof (I'd open his cage door and spray, and then spray one section through the roof). This was his favorite way of drinking, but he doesn't do it anymore. Lately I need to manually give him water by slowly releasing drips from the spray bottle right in front of him. I use Brita filtered drinking water, not tap water. I used to use bottled water.
* Fecal Description - This is a problem... I haven't seen him poop in awhile!! He eats, but he doesn't poop. I check his cage daily to see if maybe it dried out but no.
(Before he stopped pooing, it was mushy brown, with a hint of this orange-y and white stuff)
* History - He has this weird yellow mark on his 'horn'. I think it's a burn... He's had it for maybe a couple months but it's never bothered him though. It's yellow and it kinda looks like a small piece is missing (I don't think literally, it kinda looks like a scar...)
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Glass, I don't the exact dimensions but it's taller than it is wide... It's not too big.
* Lighting - Sun Glo neodymium 50~60W bulbs (Currently, 60W I believe). I turn his cage off while I sleep, so I turn it off at 10pm and turn it on at 8am.
* Temperature - There used to be one of those sticky thermometers in there but it has stopped working, I'll try to find a normal thermometer to find the temperature. Though it feels fairly warm in side.
* Humidity - I don't measure the humidity... I mist his cage to make it humid.
* Plants - I used to use a real potted one but like I said it wilted. He's taken chomps from the leaves but he's never been sick from doing that. I use 2 plastic hanging leaves. Also, I use wood chips on the bottom of his cage but he has never ingested one of them (He's caught them yes, but he's smart enough to spit them out lol). I plan on replacing the wood chips entirely with some kinda flooring...
* Placement - I keep it on a desk, it's between my room door and my work table (Which is beside a window, which I close during the winter)... Very little traffic, as I'm the only person who goes in/out of my room.
* Location - Southern Ontario (So yes it is currently winter, and freezing outside today!)
Okay, about a month ago my little Charlie seems to have 'given up'. He doesn't climb around anymore, he will usually be in the same place at the bottom of his cage all day. He doesn't bask under his lamp in his usual spot at all. He sleeps during the day, but not in a deep sleep because as I walk past he'll wake up. He doesn't drink water from anything unless it's directly from the bottle... He doesn't try very hard to catch his food as it will usually run away before he even reacts, and he barely shoots his tongue out but opts to get really close and only half his tongue to catch them... So I need to feed him all the time with a cup, and lately he's not even doing that! I remember before when I would hold up his pink cup (like, intense pink) his head would shoot up and he'd get very excited (turns a bright green, and runs straight for the cage door lol) but now he'll look up and waits for me to go to him, and then he just sticks his head in the cup and waits... He'll catch a couple, but the majority of the crickets end up escaping. He hasn't pooped in like a month... So I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with him. When he's laying down he lays on his forearms and doesn't utilize the bottom of his feet... His grip is also relatively weak. He has also gotten skinny recently. He's never been thin before, but now the outline of his ribcage is visible.
In summary:
* Eats infrequently and very slowly, and does not use his tongue to the fullest
* Lays on his legs instead of resting on the pads of his feet, he also doesn't move around too much
* Weak grip
* Hasn't pooped in awhile
* Drinks water infrequently (He never seems to notice the water drops...)
* Closes his eyes during the day
Help please! I don't want him to die! I'm hoping this is just a dietary problem I can fix cause exotic vets are expensive and I don't have the money.
* Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon, Male, I've had him for approx. 4 years
* Handling - I don't usually take him out of his enclosure or touch him, only if I'm cleaning his cage out (every month)
* Feeding - Crickets, and every 2-3 weeks 1-3 silkworms, normally I will give him at least 12~13 crickets a day. I'll give him a few in the morning, some more when I get home from school, and will feed him using a cup at night before he goes to sleep. I give the crickets carrots and sometimes apples, occasionally lettuce
* Supplements - 'Bone Aid' calcium powder (as calcium carbonate), and about once a week. He also has a vitamin D lamp which I need to replace once I get the money
* Watering - I mist his cage pretty heavily twice a day. I make sure the hanging pant in his cage is moist and the glass is wet (His cage is glass with a mesh top, once I get money I plan on replacing his cage with a completely mesh one). I used to see him drinking water a lot more. He would usually drink from this one plant he used to have (I have since removed the plant because it began to wilt) and would climb up to the top of his cage and drink droplets of water on the mesh roof (I'd open his cage door and spray, and then spray one section through the roof). This was his favorite way of drinking, but he doesn't do it anymore. Lately I need to manually give him water by slowly releasing drips from the spray bottle right in front of him. I use Brita filtered drinking water, not tap water. I used to use bottled water.
* Fecal Description - This is a problem... I haven't seen him poop in awhile!! He eats, but he doesn't poop. I check his cage daily to see if maybe it dried out but no.
(Before he stopped pooing, it was mushy brown, with a hint of this orange-y and white stuff)* History - He has this weird yellow mark on his 'horn'. I think it's a burn... He's had it for maybe a couple months but it's never bothered him though. It's yellow and it kinda looks like a small piece is missing (I don't think literally, it kinda looks like a scar...)
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Glass, I don't the exact dimensions but it's taller than it is wide... It's not too big.
* Lighting - Sun Glo neodymium 50~60W bulbs (Currently, 60W I believe). I turn his cage off while I sleep, so I turn it off at 10pm and turn it on at 8am.
* Temperature - There used to be one of those sticky thermometers in there but it has stopped working, I'll try to find a normal thermometer to find the temperature. Though it feels fairly warm in side.
* Humidity - I don't measure the humidity... I mist his cage to make it humid.
* Plants - I used to use a real potted one but like I said it wilted. He's taken chomps from the leaves but he's never been sick from doing that. I use 2 plastic hanging leaves. Also, I use wood chips on the bottom of his cage but he has never ingested one of them (He's caught them yes, but he's smart enough to spit them out lol). I plan on replacing the wood chips entirely with some kinda flooring...
* Placement - I keep it on a desk, it's between my room door and my work table (Which is beside a window, which I close during the winter)... Very little traffic, as I'm the only person who goes in/out of my room.
* Location - Southern Ontario (So yes it is currently winter, and freezing outside today!)
Okay, about a month ago my little Charlie seems to have 'given up'. He doesn't climb around anymore, he will usually be in the same place at the bottom of his cage all day. He doesn't bask under his lamp in his usual spot at all. He sleeps during the day, but not in a deep sleep because as I walk past he'll wake up. He doesn't drink water from anything unless it's directly from the bottle... He doesn't try very hard to catch his food as it will usually run away before he even reacts, and he barely shoots his tongue out but opts to get really close and only half his tongue to catch them... So I need to feed him all the time with a cup, and lately he's not even doing that! I remember before when I would hold up his pink cup (like, intense pink) his head would shoot up and he'd get very excited (turns a bright green, and runs straight for the cage door lol) but now he'll look up and waits for me to go to him, and then he just sticks his head in the cup and waits... He'll catch a couple, but the majority of the crickets end up escaping. He hasn't pooped in like a month... So I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with him. When he's laying down he lays on his forearms and doesn't utilize the bottom of his feet... His grip is also relatively weak. He has also gotten skinny recently. He's never been thin before, but now the outline of his ribcage is visible.
In summary:
* Eats infrequently and very slowly, and does not use his tongue to the fullest
* Lays on his legs instead of resting on the pads of his feet, he also doesn't move around too much
* Weak grip
* Hasn't pooped in awhile
* Drinks water infrequently (He never seems to notice the water drops...)
* Closes his eyes during the day
Help please! I don't want him to die! I'm hoping this is just a dietary problem I can fix cause exotic vets are expensive and I don't have the money.
