Suppose to be a male....
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jpowell86
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Yeah, I can't see a hemipenal bulge in the pictures provided. Can you post some more pictures of your chameleon? Besides potentially not being a male, there looks like there may be some other health issues going on. Just wanted to see your chameleon from some other angles.
Oh wow! Well
I'm glad I posted some pictures! As soon as I can I will get some better pictures! I hope nothing is wrong
Since there may be health issues, I will go ahead a fill out all the information and tomorrow morning I will hopefully get better pictures of my cham.
Nosy Be, thought it was a male and now pretty sure it's a female. I'm not sure the age, but I'm thinking around 8-9 months. I've had her/him since the beginning of December.
I have the LG XTall exoterra glass terrarium with an automatic mister. I have lights on from 6am-6pm and misting every 4 hours for a little more than 60 seconds. I have 2 real plants in the cages. Pothos and money tree with more fake plants and vines.
It's stays pretty hot in there about 90 degrees and the humidity is around 58-68ish.
I have two exoterra 13V UVB100 bulbs, 1 13V UVB200 bulb, and 1 75W basking bulb.
I feed 5 crickets a day along with two super worms and this past week I fed two hornworms.
I dust crickets everyday with calcium without D3 and every two weeks I dust crickets with calcium with D3.
I don't handle the cham throughout the week, but try and tame every weekend. I do not grab the Cham or force it out the cage. I usually have to wear a sweater and usually do not have a problem with it crawling on me then.
I will post pictures in the morning as he/she is snoozing now.
Since I obviously haven't been the smartest chameleon owner, I haven't even set an egg laying bin because I thought she was a male! Now I feel terrible! I will definitely try and get better pics tomorrow! Also, how would I lower the temps? Do I remove the basking light or one of the UVB lights? Thank you so much for trying to help me out. I definitely want to make sure everything is correct and that she is happy and healthy!
jpowell86
Chameleon Enthusiast
With female panthers, you want the basking temp to be around 80-85 degrees and ambient to around mid 70's. I would lower the wattage of her basking bulb or find a way to lift it creating more distance between the bulb and screen. It shouldn't take much tweaking to lower the temp.
Don't be so hard on yourself. If a breeder sells you a chameleon that is supposed to be male.....that is what you think it is.
Thanks again! I will definitely go get a lower wattage basking light!
jpowell86
Chameleon Enthusiast
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I will take care of that as well!
Yes, I concluded that already! HaHa. Not at all happy with that either! I'm more worried about her health now, since jpowell mentioned that there may be a health issue and wanted more pictures.
jpowell86
Chameleon Enthusiast
She looks much better in these photos!!! From the last set I was worried because it looked like she was way over heated in the top left pic. I'm guessing you made all the adjustments?
