ajs
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Martin has started sleeping in varying areas for the past couple weeks or so and will often be up and moving around until his lights turn off.
He always used to have the same spot or general area that he would sleep in even in his new cage for the first month or so, but has stopped doing that recently.
I am concerned that something is wrong with his enclosure/husbandry.
Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - sleeping in various spots and staying up until lights are off when he did not used to do this, even after moving into his new cage (36x24x36 DIY picture below)
He always used to have the same spot or general area that he would sleep in even in his new cage for the first month or so, but has stopped doing that recently.
I am concerned that something is wrong with his enclosure/husbandry.
Chameleon Info:
- Your Chameleon - 9-10 month old male Ambanja/Ambilobe mix that i have had for ~5 months
- Handling - 1-2 times per week to get natural sunlight or move him to a schefflera plant i have outside his enclosure
- Feeding - Discoids, red runners, silkworms, green bananas, occasional hornworms, and very occasional superworms. Gutloaded on various veggies/fruit (squash, collards, sweet potato, carrot, apple cores) and sometimes ill sprinkle in some repashy superload.
- Supplements - exoterra calcium every feeding and repashy lod twice a month
- Watering - mist 2 hours after lights off, middle of the night, and right before lights are on through mistking. Dripper on in the afternoon usually. Hornworms for added hydration in diet.
- Fecal Description - white urates always with maybe a tiny bit of browning/orange near the end of them. Parasite negative probably 2-3 months ago
- History - new cage around the end of July
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - screen 36x4x36 DIY
- Lighting - T5HO 6% Arcadia and 6500k daylight bulb in a dual fixture. 100W incandescent dimmed to about 75-80W for heat.
- Temperature - ~85F at his preffered basking spot measured with a digital probe thermometer. ~72-77F ambient according to thermostat
- Humidity - 50-70% measured by thermostat.
- Plants - pothos, plantain lily, anglonemia, croton, bromeliad
- Placement - open foyer like room not near any vents
- Location - Raleigh, NC area
Current Problem - sleeping in various spots and staying up until lights are off when he did not used to do this, even after moving into his new cage (36x24x36 DIY picture below)
