Smell

[CaliChameleon]

So I have been reading around and smelly poop probably means parasites so I have a 3.5 month old Veiled Chameleon and he seems really healthy always active eats like crazy 15 to 20 feeders a day and his poop and pee look healthy but I am kinda nervous about the smell it's not that strong or anything but I can smell it when I clean it up is this normal or could there be something wrong with him? Is there more symptoms to him have parasites or no?

 

[AngieL]

Hi! Other symptoms of parasites could be weight loss, sleeping through the day and also some parasites are visible in the poop.

If you are worried, take a fresh sample to you r vet for a fecal exam and have it tested for parasites. If there is some you can treat it straight away, if not you'll have peace of mind

 

[CaliChameleon]

Oh thank you so much so smelly poop doesn't always mean parasites? And he is healthy he doesn't sleep during the day and he is a happy fat little chameleon lol

 

[AngieL]

Yes smelly poop does usually mean parasites however, we all have a different idea of what 'smelly' is I'm sure cham poop isn't meant to smell that great given that they eat stinky bugs like crickets!

 

[CaliChameleon]

Hahahahaha that is true I just want my little guy to be healthy but I will keep an eye on him and if he seems to get worse then I will have him checked out but again the smell it's overpowering or anything so that's good but as long as he is still active and eating he should be fine?

 

[carol5208]

I think every so often it just can have a little bit of a smell to it. I had some poop once that I was concerned about cause it did kinda smell but I had a fecal float done on it and there were no parasites.