Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Panther Chameleon, Male, 4 Months Old, In Care 3 Weeks
Handling - Never, Exercising using food enticement in progress, but no handling is forced.
Feeding - Morning or Early afternoon depending on constraints, I feed BSFL, Crickets, Superworms(Rarely and only 1), I gutload the superworms with Flukers High-Calcium diet and I gutload the crickets with Cricket Crack.
Supplements - I supplement with Reptical Calcium w/o D3 daily, Flukers Calcium with D3 once every other week, and I supplement ExoTerra Multivitamin once every other week.
Watering - ReptiZoo High Pressure misting system. Low Setting, Every 2 hours, for 1 minute. or Medium setting every 4 hours for 2 minutes.
Fecal Description - Black fecal, white Urate, not tested for parasites, fecal matter is moist yet firm.
History - He has had a bit of stuck shed over his right eye since I got him 3 weeks ago as shown in the first image.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - ExoTerra Large Screen Cage 36x18x36
Lighting - ZooMed Deep Dome with 75W ExoTerra Basking Spot Bulb, 30"Reptisun T8HO hood with Reptisun 5.0 UVB, Lights on at 7am, lights off at 10pm.
Temperature - Lowest temp 72' Daytime Highest 93' Basking Spot Daytime. Lowest Temp nightime. 70' Ambient
Humidity - Range from 40% to 65% Daily based on when humidifier is on in the morning and at night, off during mid day. Digital Hygrometer.
Plants - Fake Silk Foliage, with two live pothos at the bottom of the terrarium.
Placement - Bathroom, elevated, 3 feet, fan 10 feet away oscelating to maintain ambient daytime temp at or below 78'.
Location - Northern Idaho
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Your Chameleon - Panther Chameleon, Male, 4 Months Old, In Care 3 Weeks
Handling - Never, Exercising using food enticement in progress, but no handling is forced.
Feeding - Morning or Early afternoon depending on constraints, I feed BSFL, Crickets, Superworms(Rarely and only 1), I gutload the superworms with Flukers High-Calcium diet and I gutload the crickets with Cricket Crack.
Feeding in morning will be better so that he can digest all day. let him eat as much as he wants with the crickets. He is more then likely eating about 18 feeders each day which is good and normal.
Supplements - I supplement with Reptical Calcium w/o D3 daily, Flukers Calcium with D3 once every other week, and I supplement ExoTerra Multivitamin once every other week.
This is good. Make sure that your multivitamin and calcium with D3 are being rotated on opposite weeks from each other.
Watering - ReptiZoo High Pressure misting system. Low Setting, Every 2 hours, for 1 minute. or Medium setting every 4 hours for 2 minutes.
This is good. I would lean more toward a longer misting session just because it takes them a bit to clean their eyes. But watch your humidity levels.
Fecal Description - Black fecal, white Urate, not tested for parasites, fecal matter is moist yet firm.
I would get him tested for parasites. Call around to reptile vets and see if anyone will let you bring in a fecal for testing without having to bring the baby in. put the fecal in a plastic baggy then take in.
History - He has had a bit of stuck shed over his right eye since I got him 3 weeks ago as shown in the first image.
Stuck shed is typically due to improper nutrition, gutload, or humidity levels. So since he came to you like this your working at a disadvantage needing to make sure everything is perfect.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - ExoTerra Large Screen Cage 36x18x36
You need some sort of drip pan... You can find something like shoe mats that have a rim or even build your own wood base and edge then use flexseal so that it holds the water. You don't want water sitting in the bottom. This cage I am sure you know will need to be upgraded for him as he gets older.
Lighting - ZooMed Deep Dome with 75W ExoTerra Basking Spot Bulb, 30"Reptisun T8HO hood with Reptisun 5.0 UVB, Lights on at 7am, lights off at 10pm.
So I would do a 12 hour cycle and get a black out curtain to wrap around the cage then remove when you go to bed. I have to do a curtain as well. It works wonderfully and provides total darkness for him. I just sewed on little hooks so that I can hook it to clasps onto my cage frame.
Temperature - Lowest temp 72' Daytime Highest 93' Basking Spot Daytime. Lowest Temp nightime. 70' Ambient
Too hot at basking. needs to be more like 82ish. You can try a regular incandescent bulb that is a lower wattage or lift the basking lamp higher. Get a temp gun off amazon they are only 15 bucks and give you an exact reading.
Humidity - Range from 40% to 65% Daily based on when humidifier is on in the morning and at night, off during mid day. Digital Hygrometer.
I would move the humidifier further away from him since you are using it during the day. The concern here is that moist air with the hot lights can create a respiratory infection. What are your levels without it running during the day? Typically we run these at night only when the cage is at its coolest. It can be used during the day but you want it to be farther away from the cage in my opinion.
Plants - Fake Silk Foliage, with two live pothos at the bottom of the terrarium.
Placement - Bathroom, elevated, 3 feet, fan 10 feet away oscelating to maintain ambient daytime temp at or below 78'.
Is this a bathroom you use?
Location - Northern Idaho
Here is some additional info as well.
www.dragonstrand.com fantastic enclosures
www.chameleonbreeder.com great podcast full of info on chams
www.lightyourreptiles.com if you ever need other lighting fixtures. I love his quad T5's
Your care sheet https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/panther/