Question about his droppings (pics attached)

[creddjobs]

Hey CF,
Ok for the past month Koopa has been acting funny. He went from striking on water, now he has not ate much for the past week. I havent seen him poop in almost a week. Well it happened today. I didnt like what I saw. I don't know what to do now. I did rearrage his cage about 3 weeks ago. New plant, branches and all. I have attached pics of him and his last poop (this morning). It was huge compaired to others I have seen from him. It is bigger. The colors were not dark colored like usual. His urates have never been like this. I did post he was looking dehydrated before this one. The poop reminded me of something like a sausage link, the outside was like a casing or something. I did smash it to see if anything was hard in it. I didnt find any solids in it. Any help is needed. Thanks! I also attached some pics of him. Let me know if he looks slim to yall
CR

 

[Calypso]

Don't know a ton about it, but I'm pretty sure it should be whitish. If turning yellow than you may have a cause for concern. I'm sure others no more on this topic.

 

[Texas Ranger]

Looks like he needs more water the poo looks fine.... Maybe give him some showers.

 

[creddjobs]

Will do lee, soon as i get home! This dude is driving me crazy! lol

 

[carol5208]

is it possible the white urate seperated from the poop? Sometimes there will be a little orange that links the poop to the urate. I find little white dried up urates that broke apart from the poop all the time in my cages. Just a thought to check the cage thoroughly before you go any more insane!!

 

[creddjobs]

Thanks for the info carol, I will check the cage to see if they came apart, I usualy whipe the bottom out every morning but I will check. On the upside I took him outside this morning. He loves the sun! He all running up and down my arm into my hair, soon as we walk out unto the sun he sits all still! lol, its like it calms him down!

 

[carol5208]

Thanks for the info carol, I will check the cage to see if they came apart, I usualy whipe the bottom out every morning but I will check. On the upside I took him outside this morning. He loves the sun! He all running up and down my arm into my hair, soon as we walk out unto the sun he sits all still! lol, its like it calms him down!

you are welcome and I hope you find a nice surprise!! Check it good cause I find the urates dried up on the leaves all the time.

 

[creddjobs]

Sure things, other than that, does he look ok by his pics. I ordered some supers thursday, hopefully they come in today. Im also still on the hunt for horns. with I could find these locally.

 

[reptoman]

Sure things, other than that, does he look ok by his pics. I ordered some supers thursday, hopefully they come in today. Im also still on the hunt for horns. with I could find these locally.

He looks fine man. Looks like a killer Spock boy. Supers are not going to hydrate him. You need silks and horns for that. Keep your crickets hydrated with fresh veggies before feeding off and you can gutload your supers with the same veggies before feeding. He needs more water one way or the other. I still have that drain table in the shop. If you had that you would not have to worry about getting water on the floor of your cage You need to shower him a couple times a week or run a drip for longer periods of time each day so he drinks. Misting the cage may not be enough to keep him hydrated and keep his urates white. JMO

 

[creddjobs]

Brian!!! Whats up bro? I'm glad you still have that table, I am still interested in getting it. I will buy Koopa a new cage real soon as i feel he is ready for his grown man cage! The way i did the cage for drainage is I drilled holes into the bottom of the cage, I have the cage sitting on a wire type stand with a small plasic bin that catches the water. I have the dripper on ALL day! I also have the mistking going off about 5 times a day for roughly a minute and a half. I was able to inject the dubias and that was working for about 2 days, but he striking on food this week. Hopefully I can get him to eat something since he took that huge crap. Do you think i can inject the supers?

 

[creddjobs]

He looks fine man. Looks like a killer Spock boy. Supers are not going to hydrate him. You need silks and horns for that. Keep your crickets hydrated with fresh veggies before feeding off and you can gutload your supers with the same veggies before feeding. He needs more water one way or the other. I still have that drain table in the shop. If you had that you would not have to worry about getting water on the floor of your cage You need to shower him a couple times a week or run a drip for longer periods of time each day so he drinks. Misting the cage may not be enough to keep him hydrated and keep his urates white. JMO

BTW he does look like spock! How are the Boys? (Cpt. Kirk, Spock and my homeboy Ziggy?)

 

[carol5208]

Brian!!! Whats up bro? I'm glad you still have that table, I am still interested in getting it. I will buy Koopa a new cage real soon as i feel he is ready for his grown man cage! The way i did the cage for drainage is I drilled holes into the bottom of the cage, I have the cage sitting on a wire type stand with a small plasic bin that catches the water. I have the dripper on ALL day! I also have the mistking going off about 5 times a day for roughly a minute and a half. I was able to inject the dubias and that was working for about 2 days, but he striking on food this week. Hopefully I can get him to eat something since he took that huge crap. Do you think i can inject the supers?

what do you want to inject them with? Water??? I feed silks to hydrate and my one guy is not the best drinker. This is what I do... I drip my dripper on a branch and stick the worm right on the branch under the dripper. The worm gets wet and my cham eats the worm so he gets water and food all in one! It works!!!! BTW your chameleon is a gorgeous boy!

 

[reptoman]

BTW he does look like spock! How are the Boys? (Cpt. Kirk, Spock and my homeboy Ziggy?)

Everyone is doing well. You might change where your dripper is dripping if he is not attracted to the droplets. I do that with all of mine regularly so I make sure they are stimulated to drink when the dripper starts. If your boy is already taking that huge dump and not going everyday, I think supers will make it worse, not better. He really needs some hydrating worms to get things moving again. I will have some horns in the next week and I will give you some if you want. Let me know.

Carol, yes I inject water into dubias, supers, crickets etc to get water to finicky drinkers. It take more time but works wonders if you dont have silks or horns handy.

 

[creddjobs]

what do you want to inject them with? Water??? I feed silks to hydrate and my one guy is not the best drinker. This is what I do... I drip my dripper on a branch and stick the worm right on the branch under the dripper. The worm gets wet and my cham eats the worm so he gets water and food all in one! It works!!!! BTW your chameleon is a gorgeous boy!

Thanks Carol!

Yes I have injected the dubas in the "butt" with a clean syringe. I feed them to him right after that. The first bite he has water! lol. I will try when I get the worms. Im going to move the dripper too. Thanks for all the suggestions so far!

 

[carol5208]

Everyone is doing well. You might change where your dripper is dripping if he is not attracted to the droplets. I do that with all of mine regularly so I make sure they are stimulated to drink when the dripper starts. If your boy is already taking that huge dump and not going everyday, I think supers will make it worse, not better. He really needs some hydrating worms to get things moving again. I will have some horns in the next week and I will give you some if you want. Let me know.

Carol, yes I inject water into dubias, supers, crickets etc to get water to finicky drinkers. It take more time but works wonders if you dont have silks or horns handy.

wow I never thought of injecting water into the feeders!!!