jajeanpierre
Chameleon Enthusiast
I have a newly acquired wild caught Trioceros q. quadricornis. He was imported in mid December. I've had him two weeks.
I've noticed a few times that he hangs one hind leg when basking. He basks on a bendy vine that is about 1/2 inch, maybe 3/4 inch in diameter. Maybe he just doesn't fit on the perch, but I notice it always seems to be the same leg.
This is my first experience with this species, so don't know what is normal for them.
I just had him turn around and he used his foot and leg normally. He seems to move normally, not favoring the leg, but he is soooo different from the veileds I have. I don't see swelling except the small puffiness around the foot (see photo). I don't know if that is normal for the species. The photo was taken basically from above as he melted away under the bendy vine. I haven't looked at him all that closely since he is so new to captivity.
He's now back to basking, leaning to one side with that same leg just resting open. He seems to use it normally.
I've just started to dust his crickets every other feeding, which is probably closer to every third or fourth feeding since he takes a few days to eat what I put in. I have been using plain calcium without D or phosphorus and Replashy LoD. I'm going to stop dusting feeders. Quads are very sensitive to supplements.
I haven't had him to a vet yet as I don't want to stress him. I haven't had a fecal done yet, either, but wormed him with Panacur since the rest of the shipment had a heavy nematode load. Fecals will be done this week (two weeks after his initial Panacur). I'm not sure if or when I'll have him in to the vet, but probably in the next few weeks.
He's eating, slowly gaining weight after a big initial gain when he first arrived that I attributed to rehydration. Urates are white and stool normally formed but much softer than the nuggets from my Veileds'.
Does his leg look normal for a Quad or does it look a little swollen? Is that behavior (not using one hind foot when basking) normal or not?
I've noticed a few times that he hangs one hind leg when basking. He basks on a bendy vine that is about 1/2 inch, maybe 3/4 inch in diameter. Maybe he just doesn't fit on the perch, but I notice it always seems to be the same leg.
This is my first experience with this species, so don't know what is normal for them.
I just had him turn around and he used his foot and leg normally. He seems to move normally, not favoring the leg, but he is soooo different from the veileds I have. I don't see swelling except the small puffiness around the foot (see photo). I don't know if that is normal for the species. The photo was taken basically from above as he melted away under the bendy vine. I haven't looked at him all that closely since he is so new to captivity.
He's now back to basking, leaning to one side with that same leg just resting open. He seems to use it normally.
I've just started to dust his crickets every other feeding, which is probably closer to every third or fourth feeding since he takes a few days to eat what I put in. I have been using plain calcium without D or phosphorus and Replashy LoD. I'm going to stop dusting feeders. Quads are very sensitive to supplements.
I haven't had him to a vet yet as I don't want to stress him. I haven't had a fecal done yet, either, but wormed him with Panacur since the rest of the shipment had a heavy nematode load. Fecals will be done this week (two weeks after his initial Panacur). I'm not sure if or when I'll have him in to the vet, but probably in the next few weeks.
He's eating, slowly gaining weight after a big initial gain when he first arrived that I attributed to rehydration. Urates are white and stool normally formed but much softer than the nuggets from my Veileds'.
Does his leg look normal for a Quad or does it look a little swollen? Is that behavior (not using one hind foot when basking) normal or not?
