GumbyTheVeiled
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Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - She laid a batch of eggs per usual, but it was especially warm that week (about last week). She was a little dehydrated so I gave her a shower followed by an electrolyte soak hoping it'd perk her up. Her grip strengthened, and she was a little bit more alert. Within these past few days however her eating has gone from next to none to nothing at all, and her hissy spunky behavior had been switched for a lethargic, weak one. I believe she has one singular egg she wasn't able to lay that she may be bound with. Her grip is still crazy strong currently, but I found her literally laying sprawled style on the floor today. I've continued doing my best and monitoring everything closely, I'm flabbergasted though, and devastated I might have done something to hurt my sweet lady.
Here are some pictures of her set-up, her current colors, and where I believe the egg is stuck.
- Your Chameleon - Female veiled chameleon, got her right at sexual maturity so around 9-12 months and I've had her since Fall of 2014.
- Handling - Very rarely, she was friendlier when she was younger, but became less socialable with age.
- Feeding - Gutloaded crickets using Fluker's and homemade gutload, as well as large superworms. 5-6 crickets per feeding, and 2-3 worms per feeding. Fed on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with sometimes a weekend. Fluker's orange cubes and a homemade gutload made of papaya, squash, and carrot.
- Supplements - Repticalcium with and without D3 along with herptivite. With D3 and herptivite are given once every two weeks, and without D3 is given almost daily but was reduced as extra calcium was forming around her nose.
- Watering - Hand misted three times a day with a pressure mister, and also has a Lil' Dripper. She prefers for me to drip water directly into her mouth, and I always see her drink.
- Fecal Description - Never has had any orange urination, always solid white or off white. Same is for her fecal matter, never runny and always a dark color. She has never been tested for parasites.
- History - Found via Craigslist from someone who owned a bearded as well, but was getting rid of all his reptiles in favor of dogs. Claimed he bought her from the local Petland (yikes). He’d done his own small bit of research outside of what the associates give you, however, and she was in her current cage with all the minimum fixings. She came with; an extra large ReptiBreeze, a ZooMed reptifogger, two large Exo Terra vines, two plastic plants, one silk plant, a waterfall (don’t get me started), two separate dome fixtures, an aquarium style fake ground plant, and herself. I believe I paid $200 total for everything, I can’t complain. As far as this person knew, she was male. Upon first seeing her I could already tell she wasn’t male, but regardless she was friendly and I have a soft spot for adopting animals. No signs of health problems when I first got her, came home just fine (if not stressed, first and only time she’s turned black), and settled in no problem. Laid her first clutch of eggs about a month later; her previous owner had never seen her lay eggs since he was told she was male and I’m not sure whether he just prevented from laying eggs or she just reached sexual maturity with me. She has had a cm of her tail surgically removed due to necrosis, but besides that no other medical emergencies. I’ve moved towns with her twice, probably twenty miles distance total.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - ReptiBreeze extra large (24"x24"x48") screen cage.
- Lighting - Currently a combo dome fixture with a 60 watt basking bulb and Exo Terra compact tropical UVB 100. She wakes up at 8 every morning, and goes to bed around the same time every night.
- Temperature - Basking spot is usually in the 90s while the bottom of the cage is low 80s. Lowest overnight temp is a high 70 or low 80. Tempatures are taken with a digital thermometer with probe.
- Humidity - Humidity without misting is always in the 50s, with misting is stable 60s up to 70s. Regular misting rountines, and natural humidity keep the numbers where they are.
- Plants - No live plants.
- Placement - Cage is located in my "reptile room" which was at one point a bathroom, but was made into just a room with tile flooring. Her cage is placed atop a children's table so she is higher up than anyone else, and traffic in the area is next to none.
- Location - Iowa, USA.
Current Problem - She laid a batch of eggs per usual, but it was especially warm that week (about last week). She was a little dehydrated so I gave her a shower followed by an electrolyte soak hoping it'd perk her up. Her grip strengthened, and she was a little bit more alert. Within these past few days however her eating has gone from next to none to nothing at all, and her hissy spunky behavior had been switched for a lethargic, weak one. I believe she has one singular egg she wasn't able to lay that she may be bound with. Her grip is still crazy strong currently, but I found her literally laying sprawled style on the floor today. I've continued doing my best and monitoring everything closely, I'm flabbergasted though, and devastated I might have done something to hurt my sweet lady.
Here are some pictures of her set-up, her current colors, and where I believe the egg is stuck.
