ProudPastry
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My Chameleon - Male Panther Chameleon, a little over a year old. I've had him since February.
Handling - I only handle him when I give him his medicine, or if he chooses to climb on me.
Feeding - Currently I have to give him carnivore powder, lately I've been chopping up king worms and adding that in so he can get a little more nutrients and help him gain weight.
Supplements - The vet said I didn't need to put supplements in the powder. I'm thinking all he needs is already in there?
Watering - I have a zoomed reptifogger. And I mist his cage with a spray bottle whenever it's dry. He's an excellent drinker and will even drink from the mist bottle haha
Fecal Description - His colouring is good, nothing out of the ordinary. His poop is pretty normal, although it's a different colour due to the powder.
History - N/A
Cage Type - I have a large reptibreeze cage. It's 3 feet tall and 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep.
I am currently in the process of building him a new cage that is 6 feet tall, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.
Lighting - Reptisun 100w UVA UVB bulb in a deep dome. His light goes on at 7:00 AM and it goes out at around 8:00 PM
Temperature - His basking spot is around 90F, it'll go up or down a tiny bit depending. It gets around to 75F at night.
Humidity - His humidity ranges around 60%-75%. The lowest I've seen it is around 30%, but I always keep a close eye on it.
Plants - I have 3 Ficus elastica decora which are growing very nicely and my Chameleon seems to really like them.
Placement - The cage is located by our computer desks in a low traffic area. The cage top is a little lower than my eye level (I'm 5'5), but that is going to change soon with his new unit. When it does want to come out, I have a 6 foot tall fake tree with vines on it that he likes to sit on.
Location - I live in Canada, British Columbia. It's summer right now and the temperature outside is very warm so I'll take him outside for some natural light from time to time.
My problem:
Hello, I have a Male Panther Chameleon who is a little over a year old.
A few months ago his appetite started to change and he ate less and less. Then one day he had his eyes closed, so I called the vet immediately and had him looked at.
They did a blood test which later relieved that he had a high white blood cell count so they gave me some antibiotics and some carnivore powder food to force feed him.
Later I gave them a sample of his poop and they said he had parasites. They said that it's normal and if he were healthy they wouldn't give him antibiotics to treat him, but he's been ill so they gave me more antibiotics.
After I finished him on the antibiotics he started to seem a lot better!
But then he started to cough, clench his body, and even vomit.
So the vet put him on more antibiotics and the coughing, clenching and vomiting stopped, but now he just rests all the time, his eyes are sunken, and he looks very emaciated. I'm starting to get desperate...
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks so much for reading!
Handling - I only handle him when I give him his medicine, or if he chooses to climb on me.
Feeding - Currently I have to give him carnivore powder, lately I've been chopping up king worms and adding that in so he can get a little more nutrients and help him gain weight.
Supplements - The vet said I didn't need to put supplements in the powder. I'm thinking all he needs is already in there?
Watering - I have a zoomed reptifogger. And I mist his cage with a spray bottle whenever it's dry. He's an excellent drinker and will even drink from the mist bottle haha
Fecal Description - His colouring is good, nothing out of the ordinary. His poop is pretty normal, although it's a different colour due to the powder.
History - N/A
Cage Type - I have a large reptibreeze cage. It's 3 feet tall and 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep.
I am currently in the process of building him a new cage that is 6 feet tall, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.
Lighting - Reptisun 100w UVA UVB bulb in a deep dome. His light goes on at 7:00 AM and it goes out at around 8:00 PM
Temperature - His basking spot is around 90F, it'll go up or down a tiny bit depending. It gets around to 75F at night.
Humidity - His humidity ranges around 60%-75%. The lowest I've seen it is around 30%, but I always keep a close eye on it.
Plants - I have 3 Ficus elastica decora which are growing very nicely and my Chameleon seems to really like them.
Placement - The cage is located by our computer desks in a low traffic area. The cage top is a little lower than my eye level (I'm 5'5), but that is going to change soon with his new unit. When it does want to come out, I have a 6 foot tall fake tree with vines on it that he likes to sit on.
Location - I live in Canada, British Columbia. It's summer right now and the temperature outside is very warm so I'll take him outside for some natural light from time to time.
My problem:
Hello, I have a Male Panther Chameleon who is a little over a year old.
A few months ago his appetite started to change and he ate less and less. Then one day he had his eyes closed, so I called the vet immediately and had him looked at.
They did a blood test which later relieved that he had a high white blood cell count so they gave me some antibiotics and some carnivore powder food to force feed him.
Later I gave them a sample of his poop and they said he had parasites. They said that it's normal and if he were healthy they wouldn't give him antibiotics to treat him, but he's been ill so they gave me more antibiotics.
After I finished him on the antibiotics he started to seem a lot better!
But then he started to cough, clench his body, and even vomit.
So the vet put him on more antibiotics and the coughing, clenching and vomiting stopped, but now he just rests all the time, his eyes are sunken, and he looks very emaciated. I'm starting to get desperate...
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks so much for reading!