Lighting: UVB Lamp + Normal Heat lamp 150 Watt ( I use a dimmer )
Water Source: I mist 2 - 3 times a day for about a minute with a spray bottle targeting leaves.
Chameleons Name: Pascal
Type: Veiled
Supplements: Normal calcium every feeding ( As of recently from 3 times a week ), Vitamins once a week, Calcium with Vitamin D3 every 2 weeks.
Events that may have caused illness/stress:
- New additions to environment ( Bigger fluker plastic branches to grip to )
- Eating a dehydrated cricket poop infested flukers gel cube ( He did pass it I believe and maintained an appetite for up to a week before losing interest in food today. )
- This week I've been working late so on occasion I turn on the lamps at 8 am in the morning and turn them off close to 11 at night, thus he doesn't always get his 12 hours. I bought a timed power strip to prevent this further. This also means he eats a little later at night.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Open Screen Cage 16x16x30
Temperature - Basking spot of 87 - 90, Generally cage is 75 - 80 Over night temps are 70.
Humidity - Stays around 45 - 50%
Plants - Plastic exo terra plants.
Placement - In a area of my house where I keep my other reptiles which are desert animals. It's a reason I struggled with humidity so I bought two misting systems for my reptile cages. A monsoon and a mist king, ( Being installed tmrw ).
Location - Dallas, Texas.
Vet: Summer Tree Animal Clinic ( If you know any thing I should know about them please let me know ).
Hey, Posting about a veiled chameleon showing early signs of sickness. About a week and a half ago my veiled chameleon was out of the cage and was playing around with me. My cricket keeper was open ( Was very dirty that day, was going to clean it out the following morning ) and he leaped off my arm to strike at some crickets. He ended up swallowing a cricket and flukers water gel cube. This cube was dehydrated and covered in cricket waste. The second I saw him grab both the cube and cricket I tried to yank both out but he had already swallowed both. I was really worried because I was told these gel cubes can absorb a lot of water especially after swallowed and cause intestinal problems, people on the forums advised me to observe when he uses the bathroom to see if he passes the cube. I ended up seeing him use the bathroom ( It was a really white mossy looking waste so I assumed he had passed it. ) His appetite remained normal through out the period he had eaten it, and for a week after. During this time after I removed all of old cage items and put in some larger branches for him to climb on since I felt like his size exceeded the small twigs that were better for a newborn veiled/panther. He was very, but still cautious about the environment change since he could now climb very much easier and explore much more of the cage. Then about three days later I noticed him being very brown/blackish + green when walking around the cage. I thought this was weird since he's always very vibrant. Next I noticed him living under the UVB bulb instead of under the basking spot. Also when I mist the cage in the morning, and after work he would sprint towards the water ( Sign of dehydration )? He never drinks in front of me and these signs all warranted problems. He still kept eating up until tonight, he showed interest but never managed to open his mouth and eat the crickets. I'm planning a vet trip if I cannot treat this by hopefully Tuesday. I'm calling tmrw, Worst case scenario I cant get him in until Friday. I really love this chameleon and thankfully he is under VPI pet insurance. Any advice on what to do next, I do supplement but I recently learned how to do it properly.
Also thought I'd remind you that Gel cube was absolutely disgusting, I was surprised he didn't get some kind of bacterial infection at first. It was dried, yellow, had black poop all over it. I'm not sure if it was the cause because it was a week later, but I'm about to deploy the new mist king I got and set settings to more more misting at more times of the day to deal with his dehydration. He still turns green at times, but he doesn't want to leave the cage any more. He didn't lose appetite until today so it's not too late to do some thing. Appreciate fast responses, thank you!
Water Source: I mist 2 - 3 times a day for about a minute with a spray bottle targeting leaves.
Chameleons Name: Pascal
Type: Veiled
Supplements: Normal calcium every feeding ( As of recently from 3 times a week ), Vitamins once a week, Calcium with Vitamin D3 every 2 weeks.
Events that may have caused illness/stress:
- New additions to environment ( Bigger fluker plastic branches to grip to )
- Eating a dehydrated cricket poop infested flukers gel cube ( He did pass it I believe and maintained an appetite for up to a week before losing interest in food today. )
- This week I've been working late so on occasion I turn on the lamps at 8 am in the morning and turn them off close to 11 at night, thus he doesn't always get his 12 hours. I bought a timed power strip to prevent this further. This also means he eats a little later at night.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Open Screen Cage 16x16x30
Temperature - Basking spot of 87 - 90, Generally cage is 75 - 80 Over night temps are 70.
Humidity - Stays around 45 - 50%
Plants - Plastic exo terra plants.
Placement - In a area of my house where I keep my other reptiles which are desert animals. It's a reason I struggled with humidity so I bought two misting systems for my reptile cages. A monsoon and a mist king, ( Being installed tmrw ).
Location - Dallas, Texas.
Vet: Summer Tree Animal Clinic ( If you know any thing I should know about them please let me know ).
Hey, Posting about a veiled chameleon showing early signs of sickness. About a week and a half ago my veiled chameleon was out of the cage and was playing around with me. My cricket keeper was open ( Was very dirty that day, was going to clean it out the following morning ) and he leaped off my arm to strike at some crickets. He ended up swallowing a cricket and flukers water gel cube. This cube was dehydrated and covered in cricket waste. The second I saw him grab both the cube and cricket I tried to yank both out but he had already swallowed both. I was really worried because I was told these gel cubes can absorb a lot of water especially after swallowed and cause intestinal problems, people on the forums advised me to observe when he uses the bathroom to see if he passes the cube. I ended up seeing him use the bathroom ( It was a really white mossy looking waste so I assumed he had passed it. ) His appetite remained normal through out the period he had eaten it, and for a week after. During this time after I removed all of old cage items and put in some larger branches for him to climb on since I felt like his size exceeded the small twigs that were better for a newborn veiled/panther. He was very, but still cautious about the environment change since he could now climb very much easier and explore much more of the cage. Then about three days later I noticed him being very brown/blackish + green when walking around the cage. I thought this was weird since he's always very vibrant. Next I noticed him living under the UVB bulb instead of under the basking spot. Also when I mist the cage in the morning, and after work he would sprint towards the water ( Sign of dehydration )? He never drinks in front of me and these signs all warranted problems. He still kept eating up until tonight, he showed interest but never managed to open his mouth and eat the crickets. I'm planning a vet trip if I cannot treat this by hopefully Tuesday. I'm calling tmrw, Worst case scenario I cant get him in until Friday. I really love this chameleon and thankfully he is under VPI pet insurance. Any advice on what to do next, I do supplement but I recently learned how to do it properly.
Also thought I'd remind you that Gel cube was absolutely disgusting, I was surprised he didn't get some kind of bacterial infection at first. It was dried, yellow, had black poop all over it. I'm not sure if it was the cause because it was a week later, but I'm about to deploy the new mist king I got and set settings to more more misting at more times of the day to deal with his dehydration. He still turns green at times, but he doesn't want to leave the cage any more. He didn't lose appetite until today so it's not too late to do some thing. Appreciate fast responses, thank you!
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