something's wrong with my veiled cham:(
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xraygirl
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -
The species, sex, and age of your chameleon.
How long has it been in your care?
Handling -
How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding -
What are you feeding your cham?
What amount?
What is the schedule?
How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements -
What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with
What is the schedule?
Watering -
What kind of watering technique do you use?
How often and how long to you mist?
Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description -
Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History -
Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -
Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?)
What are the dimensions?
Lighting -
What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using?
What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature -
What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)?
Lowest overnight temp?
How do you measure these temps?
Humidity -
What are your humidity levels?
How are you creating and maintaining these levels?
What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants -
Are you using live plants?
If so, what kind?
Placement -
Where is your cage located?
Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas?
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Location -
Where are you geographically located?
Current Problem -
The current problem you are concerned about.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -
The species, sex, and age of your chameleon.
How long has it been in your care?
Handling -
How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding -
What are you feeding your cham?
What amount?
What is the schedule?
How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements -
What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with
What is the schedule?
Watering -
What kind of watering technique do you use?
How often and how long to you mist?
Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description -
Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History -
Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -
Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?)
What are the dimensions?
Lighting -
What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using?
What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature -
What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)?
Lowest overnight temp?
How do you measure these temps?
Humidity -
What are your humidity levels?
How are you creating and maintaining these levels?
What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants -
Are you using live plants?
If so, what kind?
Placement -
Where is your cage located?
Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas?
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Location -
Where are you geographically located?
Current Problem -
The current problem you are concerned about.
Fill this form out, be as accurate as possible!
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -
The species, sex, and age of your chameleon.
How long has it been in your care? velied cham, female I think, I really don't know how old she is and I got her about 2 weeks ago
Handling -
How often do you handle your chameleon? everyday once a day
Feeding -
What are you feeding your cham? mealworms and crickets
What amount? like 10 crickets a day
What is the schedule? everyday
How are you gut-loading your feeders? fllukers high calcium diet
Supplements -
What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with
What is the schedule?
Watering -
What kind of watering technique do you use? I mist
How often and how long to you mist?twice a day everyday
Do you see your chameleon drinking? NO and that worries me
Fecal Description -
Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? no
History -
Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -
Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?)
What are the dimensions? glass 20x12x12
Lighting -
What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using?
What is your daily lighting schedule? 12 hours a day n 12 hours night UVB n UVA
Temperature -
What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? 78-90
Lowest overnight temp?75-85
How do you measure these temps? thermometer
Humidity -
What are your humidity levels?60-85
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? misting n lighting
What do you use to measure humidity? a little scale
Plants -
Are you using live plants?
If so, what kind? no but I will
Placement -
Where is your cage located? in my room
Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? no
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 3ft
Location -
Where are you geographically located? New York Long Island
Current Problem -
The current problem you are concerned about. all she does is lay on her branch and when I took he. out today I noticed she had a limp a small one
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -
The species, sex, and age of your chameleon.
How long has it been in your care? velied cham, female I think, I really don't know how old she is and I got her about 2 weeks ago
Handling -
How often do you handle your chameleon? everyday once a day
Feeding -
What are you feeding your cham? mealworms and crickets
What amount? like 10 crickets a day
What is the schedule? everyday
How are you gut-loading your feeders? fllukers high calcium diet
Supplements -
What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with
What is the schedule?
Watering -
What kind of watering technique do you use? I mist
How often and how long to you mist?twice a day everyday
Do you see your chameleon drinking? NO and that worries me
Fecal Description -
Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? no
History -
Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -
Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?)
What are the dimensions? glass 20x12x12
Lighting -
What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using?
What is your daily lighting schedule? 12 hours a day n 12 hours night UVB n UVA
Temperature -
What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? 78-90
Lowest overnight temp?75-85
How do you measure these temps? thermometer
Humidity -
What are your humidity levels?60-85
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? misting n lighting
What do you use to measure humidity? a little scale
Plants -
Are you using live plants?
If so, what kind? no but I will
Placement -
Where is your cage located? in my room
Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? no
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? 3ft
Location -
Where are you geographically located? New York Long Island
Current Problem -
The current problem you are concerned about. all she does is lay on her branch and when I took he. out today I noticed she had a limp a small one
xraygirl
Established Member
The items in red are what is concerning.
1.) cut back on your handling. A baby that young needs to be handled/stressed as little as possible.
2.) what size crickets? And mealworms can cause impaction. Change up your feeders a bit with maybe adding in some small hornworms, silkworms, or small dubia roaches.
3.) that flukers stuff is crap. feed your crickets some fresh veggies, like squash, oranges, red bell peppers, etc. Sandra has wonderful blogs on gut loads! Check it out. https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/
4.) you missed the calcium question. Please answer this. Calcium is EXTREMELY important for chameleons. Chameleons need plain calcium, calcium with D3, and a multivitamin. A great schedule is plain calcium dusted everyday. Then one day a week, alternating (so that it is twice a month) your calcium with D3 and the multivitamin. It is a bit confusing, but once you understand the schedule it is easy.
5.) you need to mist more than 2x a day.
6.) what doe the poop look like (if you see any?) Is there brown with a white colored part? Or is it an orange colored part? The 'white' part is the urine portion of the poop.
7.) what kind of light are you using as a heat source? What UVB are you using? Does the UVB say 5.0 or 10.0? And is the UVB a 'coiled' light or are you using the tubular light?
8.) your basking temp is too hot. babies shouldn't be over 85 degrees. https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
Jann has some great caresheets and blogs to give you great advice. I'm sure she will pop in here and post the links! Can you post any pictures of your little baby? If you can get a clear pic of the heels we can help you identify the sex. If it's a female, we'll have to get you prepared ahead of time for egg laying, if your baby is a girl, she will lay eggs, mated or not.
I WLL most deff make those changes but can you tell me where I can get the calcium for her
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd....8_10201702531523380_5890652974568929042_o.jpg it wouldn't let me upload a picture but I tried this
