Sunnysenorita
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Your Chameleon - Leif Erikson is a Male ambilobe panther, hes about 7 months old and we got him 6/28/2020.
Handling - I plan to handle him only when absolutely necessary, so far I have not touched him, only coaxed him onto sticks to get him out in order to rearrange his habitat a bit.
Feeding - 5-8 large crickets or dubias or combination thereof plus 1 or 2 superworms daily. We gut load with pangea roach and cricket food, kale, carrots, apples and sweet potato.
Supplements - flukers without d3 everyday except 2 days a month when he gets reptivite with d3
Watering - I hand mist about 3 or 4 times a day and also run a big dripper on 1 drip per second for about 2 hours a day. I have seen him drink.
Fecal Description - size and shape of a young childs pinkie, about 80% brown, 20% white urate, overall moist, no mucus
History - he came directly from a local breeder, where he was bred. His sire was onsite and in fantastic health, as well as a few half brothers from previous clutches and a few brothers and sisters from his own clutch.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screened enclosure, 2×2×4, sitting on an 18" high table.
Lighting - 48" htg double bulb t5 HO fixture, with 1 uva spectrum+ ho bulb and 1 arcadia 6% t5 ho bulb. I also have 40w halogen basking bulb.
Temperature - basking area is 83, 8" from bottom of cage is 75, measured with digital probe thermometers. I live in coastal SC so ambient temp in my home is typically 78 this time of year.
Humidity - digital hygrometer in center of cage, away from dripper reads consistently between 55 and 67%. Ambient humidity in my home is about 50-55, so the levels in his enclosure are easily maintained with live plants and misting a few times a day.
Plants - all live, pothos, nerve plant, hoya, dracaena, hibiscus, staghorn fern, burgundy rubber plant.
Placement - cage is in front of a wes facing window with a light filtering shade drawn halfway. It has air flow on all sides, the top of the cage is 5.5 feet from the floor.
Location - Coastal South Carolina
Problem: up until a few days ago he was very shy and I hardly saw him move at all, although his location would change slightly 2 or 3 times a day so I knew he was moving. Now hes been more active, eating consistently, drinking occasionally (still a shy drinker). I've watched him climb downward to poo a few times(all normal) and see him bask periodically. But just now as I was watching him and misting his cage, he 'yawned'(i saw him do this yesterday too, I'm thinking hes getting ready for a shed bc he hasn't yet and we've had him 3 weeks) but HIS TONGUE FELL OUT! it landed on the branch he was sitting on and when he was done 'yawning', he did pull it back in, but the way it just fell out, like he had vomited was extremely alarming. He was facing downward when it happened, but please tell me hes ok?! He has a wellness appt including fecal next Wednesday but I'm freaked out?
Handling - I plan to handle him only when absolutely necessary, so far I have not touched him, only coaxed him onto sticks to get him out in order to rearrange his habitat a bit.
Feeding - 5-8 large crickets or dubias or combination thereof plus 1 or 2 superworms daily. We gut load with pangea roach and cricket food, kale, carrots, apples and sweet potato.
Supplements - flukers without d3 everyday except 2 days a month when he gets reptivite with d3
Watering - I hand mist about 3 or 4 times a day and also run a big dripper on 1 drip per second for about 2 hours a day. I have seen him drink.
Fecal Description - size and shape of a young childs pinkie, about 80% brown, 20% white urate, overall moist, no mucus
History - he came directly from a local breeder, where he was bred. His sire was onsite and in fantastic health, as well as a few half brothers from previous clutches and a few brothers and sisters from his own clutch.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screened enclosure, 2×2×4, sitting on an 18" high table.
Lighting - 48" htg double bulb t5 HO fixture, with 1 uva spectrum+ ho bulb and 1 arcadia 6% t5 ho bulb. I also have 40w halogen basking bulb.
Temperature - basking area is 83, 8" from bottom of cage is 75, measured with digital probe thermometers. I live in coastal SC so ambient temp in my home is typically 78 this time of year.
Humidity - digital hygrometer in center of cage, away from dripper reads consistently between 55 and 67%. Ambient humidity in my home is about 50-55, so the levels in his enclosure are easily maintained with live plants and misting a few times a day.
Plants - all live, pothos, nerve plant, hoya, dracaena, hibiscus, staghorn fern, burgundy rubber plant.
Placement - cage is in front of a wes facing window with a light filtering shade drawn halfway. It has air flow on all sides, the top of the cage is 5.5 feet from the floor.
Location - Coastal South Carolina
Problem: up until a few days ago he was very shy and I hardly saw him move at all, although his location would change slightly 2 or 3 times a day so I knew he was moving. Now hes been more active, eating consistently, drinking occasionally (still a shy drinker). I've watched him climb downward to poo a few times(all normal) and see him bask periodically. But just now as I was watching him and misting his cage, he 'yawned'(i saw him do this yesterday too, I'm thinking hes getting ready for a shed bc he hasn't yet and we've had him 3 weeks) but HIS TONGUE FELL OUT! it landed on the branch he was sitting on and when he was done 'yawning', he did pull it back in, but the way it just fell out, like he had vomited was extremely alarming. He was facing downward when it happened, but please tell me hes ok?! He has a wellness appt including fecal next Wednesday but I'm freaked out?
