vette4life04
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - male Jackson chameleon, a little over a year old
Handling - maybe once a week
Feeding - most gets fed crickets and every once in a while some super worms or a wild caught praying mantus. usually once every day or other day. crickets are gut loaded with the flukers products. the orange cubes and the gut load dry food.
Supplements - he gets calcium on his crickets with every feeding and calcium without d3 twice a month
Watering - he has an automatic sprayer, which runs every hour for two minutes. yes hes seen drinking off of the leaves.
Fecal Description - color and consistency looks normal, his urate is generally white if not offwhite. never seen it to be orange...
History - ive dealt with some mouth rot but that was about a year ago.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 4 x 2 x 2 cage
Lighting - I have a compact reptisun 5.0 and an 18inch reptisun 5.0 also have a regular incadesent bulb and two heat coils. lights are on from around 7 am to 7 pm
Temperature - top of the cage is usually around low 80s during the day and 70s at night. I have a zoomed temp/humidity controller that maintains the temp level
Humidity - humidity is usally at 95% and doesn't drop below 60. maintained by the sprayer and a fogger if needed, although the fogger is rarely used.
Plants - I have a large pothos plant inside.
Placement - the cage is upstairs in a loft...
Location - in Victorville desert area
Current Problem - today in the morning I found him laying on the floor of his enclosure. upon inspection, I noticed that both his back legs are swollen and he doesn't really use them to grip. hes been really lethargic and not really eating. I had to force feed him this morning. he just kind of lays on the branches without really gripping on anything. it also looks like he has a bit of mouth rot on the sides of his mouth.
I replaced his uvb bulbs today with new ones. gave him some water and took him to a vet. the vet said his jaw was soft and his calcium was low. he gave me some antibiotic, not sure of name, but not baytril. he also recommended giving him neo-cal and sunshine factor.... that's pretty much it. looking for some help. really concerned. attached is a picture of his enclosure and one of his legs... please help
Your Chameleon - male Jackson chameleon, a little over a year old
Handling - maybe once a week
Feeding - most gets fed crickets and every once in a while some super worms or a wild caught praying mantus. usually once every day or other day. crickets are gut loaded with the flukers products. the orange cubes and the gut load dry food.
Supplements - he gets calcium on his crickets with every feeding and calcium without d3 twice a month
Watering - he has an automatic sprayer, which runs every hour for two minutes. yes hes seen drinking off of the leaves.
Fecal Description - color and consistency looks normal, his urate is generally white if not offwhite. never seen it to be orange...
History - ive dealt with some mouth rot but that was about a year ago.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 4 x 2 x 2 cage
Lighting - I have a compact reptisun 5.0 and an 18inch reptisun 5.0 also have a regular incadesent bulb and two heat coils. lights are on from around 7 am to 7 pm
Temperature - top of the cage is usually around low 80s during the day and 70s at night. I have a zoomed temp/humidity controller that maintains the temp level
Humidity - humidity is usally at 95% and doesn't drop below 60. maintained by the sprayer and a fogger if needed, although the fogger is rarely used.
Plants - I have a large pothos plant inside.
Placement - the cage is upstairs in a loft...
Location - in Victorville desert area
Current Problem - today in the morning I found him laying on the floor of his enclosure. upon inspection, I noticed that both his back legs are swollen and he doesn't really use them to grip. hes been really lethargic and not really eating. I had to force feed him this morning. he just kind of lays on the branches without really gripping on anything. it also looks like he has a bit of mouth rot on the sides of his mouth.
I replaced his uvb bulbs today with new ones. gave him some water and took him to a vet. the vet said his jaw was soft and his calcium was low. he gave me some antibiotic, not sure of name, but not baytril. he also recommended giving him neo-cal and sunshine factor.... that's pretty much it. looking for some help. really concerned. attached is a picture of his enclosure and one of his legs... please help