Jo00
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Good afternoon. I’m hoping to figure out how to deal with residual shed on my Male Veiled Cham.
Husbandry Form...
Your Chameleon - 2 year old male veiled Cham has been in my care for over 1.5 years.
Handling - handle about once a week; he signals he wants out on “poop days”
when I open the door for feeding/maintenance. Otherwise, I don’t handle him too much; I let him come to me when he’s in the mood.
Feeding -Monday 4-5 crickets; Wednesday 4-5 silkworms; Friday 10-12 BSFL (or silks depending on availability); Weekends sometimes a couple of mealworm. Gutload is typically a combination of greens, Repashy Superload, carrots, squash.
Supplements - EarthProA every feeding except on 1st and 15th of month. 1st of month=Repashy CalciumLoD; 15th of month=Arcadia revitaliseD3.
Watering - Use distilled water. Misting schedule 1.5 minutes at 6pm; 11pm; 2am; 6:30am. Cool mist humidifier from 11pm to 5am, 30 minutes on/off. Dripper 1 or 2x/day for 10-15 minutes. Occasionally see him drink.
Fecal Description - Normal dark brown feces but very odd urates (see photo). I’ve only seen one normal, formed urate. Fecal 1 yr ago was clean; no parasites. Next fecal is next week.
History - residual shed bits for over a year; odd urates from beginning.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - approx 48x24x24 large Dragonstrand hybrid atrium with drain tray and screen doors
Lighting - Exo terra 100 watt basking spot light in a ZooMed dome fixture with a dimmer switch from 7:15am-2pm; Zoo med T5HO 48” fixture with Arcadia 12.0 tube from 6:45am-6:45pm. ; full spectrum LED along back and front (1 from 7am-5:00pm; other from 7:15am-5:30pm. All lights are suspended on a wire shelf 4” above screen top.
Temperature - Floor temp about 73F; middle of enclosure 75F; basking 82F. Ambient temps measured with digital thermometer/hygrometer. Basking temp measured with temp gun. Lowest night temp about 68-70F.
Humidity - humidity measured with digital hygrometer is typically 34% day and about 60-70% night. humidity created with misting system and cool mist humidifier at night.
Plants - left side=2 pothos, spider plant. Middle=Money tree, gold dust dracaena, small fern. Right side-umbrella tree, spider plant.
Placement - enclosure located against a wall with no air vent or drafts, in a low traffic area. Window across the room has closed curtains (he demanded this
). Top of enclosure is just under 6’ (which is above eye level since I’m 5’1)
Location - Ottawa Ontario Canada
Current Problem - 1). Constant residual shed that stays for weeks. 2). Odd, not formed, looks like curly string.
Husbandry Form...
Your Chameleon - 2 year old male veiled Cham has been in my care for over 1.5 years.
Handling - handle about once a week; he signals he wants out on “poop days”
when I open the door for feeding/maintenance. Otherwise, I don’t handle him too much; I let him come to me when he’s in the mood.Feeding -Monday 4-5 crickets; Wednesday 4-5 silkworms; Friday 10-12 BSFL (or silks depending on availability); Weekends sometimes a couple of mealworm. Gutload is typically a combination of greens, Repashy Superload, carrots, squash.
Supplements - EarthProA every feeding except on 1st and 15th of month. 1st of month=Repashy CalciumLoD; 15th of month=Arcadia revitaliseD3.
Watering - Use distilled water. Misting schedule 1.5 minutes at 6pm; 11pm; 2am; 6:30am. Cool mist humidifier from 11pm to 5am, 30 minutes on/off. Dripper 1 or 2x/day for 10-15 minutes. Occasionally see him drink.
Fecal Description - Normal dark brown feces but very odd urates (see photo). I’ve only seen one normal, formed urate. Fecal 1 yr ago was clean; no parasites. Next fecal is next week.
History - residual shed bits for over a year; odd urates from beginning.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - approx 48x24x24 large Dragonstrand hybrid atrium with drain tray and screen doors
Lighting - Exo terra 100 watt basking spot light in a ZooMed dome fixture with a dimmer switch from 7:15am-2pm; Zoo med T5HO 48” fixture with Arcadia 12.0 tube from 6:45am-6:45pm. ; full spectrum LED along back and front (1 from 7am-5:00pm; other from 7:15am-5:30pm. All lights are suspended on a wire shelf 4” above screen top.
Temperature - Floor temp about 73F; middle of enclosure 75F; basking 82F. Ambient temps measured with digital thermometer/hygrometer. Basking temp measured with temp gun. Lowest night temp about 68-70F.
Humidity - humidity measured with digital hygrometer is typically 34% day and about 60-70% night. humidity created with misting system and cool mist humidifier at night.
Plants - left side=2 pothos, spider plant. Middle=Money tree, gold dust dracaena, small fern. Right side-umbrella tree, spider plant.
Placement - enclosure located against a wall with no air vent or drafts, in a low traffic area. Window across the room has closed curtains (he demanded this
). Top of enclosure is just under 6’ (which is above eye level since I’m 5’1)Location - Ottawa Ontario Canada
Current Problem - 1). Constant residual shed that stays for weeks. 2). Odd, not formed, looks like curly string.
like that. Can you tell us exactly what he ate during the previous 48 hours?
. I appreciate your help. I was REALLY hoping increasing the UV index would resolve the shed/urate issue. You enjoy the rest of your weekend. I’m going to get Ricki a treat for tolerating my shenanigan all morning. 
