Ok do you have a branch you can run closer to it like above the bottom section of the feeder so he can easily access it? how many crickets did you toss in?@Beman he’s all set up.... now we wait. Going to leave him alone for a while.
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Ok do you have a branch you can run closer to it like above the bottom section of the feeder so he can easily access it? how many crickets did you toss in?@Beman he’s all set up.... now we wait. Going to leave him alone for a while.
Ok do you have a branch you can run closer to it like above the bottom section of the feeder so he can easily access it? how many crickets did you toss in?
does this look okay? There are 11 crickets and 5 superworms. I fixed the uvb by the way. It’s 9 inches exactly now.
Yep this will allow him to get closer... And to be able to shoot from above into it as well.Oh okay, so basically from the back and across the the water jug. I do have extra branches so I’ll use those and I can move the uvb.
Nope no tape or sticky anything in a cham enclosure. That is a nightmare waiting to happen. Just leave it as is for now and get more zip ties.@Beman In the short term... is it okay to secure it with tape? I somehow just broke all of my zip ties..... and I don’t think I have string
Hopefully that will work better. It is hard because when they are small you want to make sure they can easily get to things.@Beman okay instead of that I made a few changes. I’ll attach pictures. I think it will work nicely - I basically moved the feeder to the other side, moved the heat lamp and his basking branch but kept the same height difference to get the temp he needs. He has 9inches between UVB also. The feeder is lower than the branch so that he can easily look down and eat. How is this looking at least for right now?
Tomorrow load the feeder run with like 2 dozen crickets and leave him be.@Beman update... he didn’t even come out today. Just stayed in the plant. Maybe I stressed him out too much being in his enclosure for so long guess we’ll try for tomorrow
Tomorrow load the feeder run with like 2 dozen crickets and leave him be.
See if you can add them before his lights come on.
I would imagine after the vet... this is why I want to try to help you to get him eating on his own. Force feeding a cham is not easy and is very very stressful on them. So let’s see where he is at tomorrow. Did you order the other feeder run I recommended? If not I would get that. Takes up way less space and works.okay will do. I saw his stool and urate at the bottom of the enclosure and I didn’t take them out because I don’t want to keep bothering him. When I do the crickets I’ll take them out and take a picture to see if everything looks normal. From what I saw he seems hydrated. Poor guy is so stressed
Ok so what I will tell you to hopefully settle your stress about it.... Your baby is not acting out of the ordinary. You have had to keep changing things in the environment. Feeders were different then what he was used to. And your stressing and worried. All totally normal. Many will not eat and hide if stressed. Cage set up is the priority making sure the layout is right. They are not used to eating from a feeder run and they are not used to seeing new feeders.@Beman yea.. I took out money just in case. I’ll probably wait the entire day tomorrow and maybe some of the next day to see if he’s eating. A part of me just thinks he’s extremely stressed from moving and adjusting to a new environment. On the other hand, I really don’t know much about signs of sickness and how normal it is for a juvenile chameleon to hide out in a plant/not eat for a few days. In my mind it seems like intense stress, but I know they hide their sickness well. I know they gave him IV fluids and force fed him at the emergency vet yesterday so that could have horribly stressed him. I guess we will see... I’m nervous to go to a vet where they might just tell me to fix my husbandry and then I’ve stressed him out for no reason again. On the other hand, I just applied to vet school so I should probably trust the veterinarian anyways, we will see tomorrow. I’ll update with some stool pics in the morning. Thanks again
If they gave iv fluids and force fed he has been through it. It does not sound like the Vet was knowledgeable about chams. This happens very often.
They do in more extreme circumstances.... Like when they are actually going down hill. But it is extremely stressful for them.This might be a dumb question... but are chams not supposed to get IV fluids? If not, how come?