odduc748
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Hi Chameleon Forums!
I'm new to the forum and I'm glad I found this great resource for information.
Here's the issue(s):
Approximately 4 month old male Ambanja Panther.
I handle him very infrequently-maybe every other day or less.
He feeds on crickets, Dubia roaches and mealworms. He is eating about 10-15 roaches, 6-10 crickets and 2-5 mealworms. All food is dusted, daily, with Zoomed ReptiCalcium. Also, dust with ExoTerra multivitamin on a bi-weekly schedule. All feeders are gutloaded with Flukers cricket diet and calcium fortified cricket quencher.
I have an automatic mister that sprays for 30 seconds, every 3 hours during the day. I turn it off at night. I also manually mist the cage with a spray bottle, a couple times daily.
Poops look good. Usually once a day. Bright white section with the darker solid section.
I have had this guy (Burgess) for just over a week.
He is housed in a 24x24x48 screen enclosure.
One 5.0 UVB in the front right and a 100W day blue lamp on the left rear. I turn on a radiant night heat lamp at night.
Ambient temp is about 85 with humidity at 40% (I live in NH and it's really tough to keep high humidity during winter). Humidity spikes at about 85% immediately after misting. I also keep a humidifier next to the cage that runs constantly. Basking temp is 95. Temps are about 70 at the bottom of the cage.
I have an umbrella tree and a money tree in the cage, along with many plastic vines.
Cage is located in the living room, about 6 feet from the heater (probably explains the low humidity).
Again, I live in New Hampshire=long, cold winters.
The problem is that Burgess has trouble catching his own food because:
1) His aim seems to be terrible
2) His tongue seems to lack any sort of stickiness
At this stage, I have to hand feed to ensure he is eating enough. I throw in a few crickets to free range, but I'm not sure if he actually eats any. I see him go after crickets that he sees, but will either miss or hit his target without his tongue sticking to it. He will only actually catch his prey 1 out of about 10 times.
Is there any thing I can do to ensure he can hunt and catch his prey, more successfully?
Thanks in advance.
I'm new to the forum and I'm glad I found this great resource for information.
Here's the issue(s):
Approximately 4 month old male Ambanja Panther.
I handle him very infrequently-maybe every other day or less.
He feeds on crickets, Dubia roaches and mealworms. He is eating about 10-15 roaches, 6-10 crickets and 2-5 mealworms. All food is dusted, daily, with Zoomed ReptiCalcium. Also, dust with ExoTerra multivitamin on a bi-weekly schedule. All feeders are gutloaded with Flukers cricket diet and calcium fortified cricket quencher.
I have an automatic mister that sprays for 30 seconds, every 3 hours during the day. I turn it off at night. I also manually mist the cage with a spray bottle, a couple times daily.
Poops look good. Usually once a day. Bright white section with the darker solid section.
I have had this guy (Burgess) for just over a week.
He is housed in a 24x24x48 screen enclosure.
One 5.0 UVB in the front right and a 100W day blue lamp on the left rear. I turn on a radiant night heat lamp at night.
Ambient temp is about 85 with humidity at 40% (I live in NH and it's really tough to keep high humidity during winter). Humidity spikes at about 85% immediately after misting. I also keep a humidifier next to the cage that runs constantly. Basking temp is 95. Temps are about 70 at the bottom of the cage.
I have an umbrella tree and a money tree in the cage, along with many plastic vines.
Cage is located in the living room, about 6 feet from the heater (probably explains the low humidity).
Again, I live in New Hampshire=long, cold winters.
The problem is that Burgess has trouble catching his own food because:
1) His aim seems to be terrible
2) His tongue seems to lack any sort of stickiness
At this stage, I have to hand feed to ensure he is eating enough. I throw in a few crickets to free range, but I'm not sure if he actually eats any. I see him go after crickets that he sees, but will either miss or hit his target without his tongue sticking to it. He will only actually catch his prey 1 out of about 10 times.
Is there any thing I can do to ensure he can hunt and catch his prey, more successfully?
Thanks in advance.
