-Male about 7 or 8 months old...
-Handling: I do not handle him, but he has started coming out of his cage to climb on plants I have positioned outside of his cage in the last 2 days.
-Supplements: Repti Calcium D3 twice a month ,Repti Calcium without D3 every feeding,and zoo meds reptivite once a month
-watering: big dripper on top...misting 1-2x daily and have a humidifier. He drinks directly from his dripper
-feeding: typically crickets and superworms. Crickets are fed Flukers high calcium cricket diet. He also get a house fly and mayflies every once in awhile.
-fecal..white and a dark brown/black color
-history: I have had him for about 6 weeks. Got him from Chameleons Northwest
-cage: screen 24x24x48...
-lighting: UVB reptiglo 5.0 24 in and a 75 watt basking bulb.Both are on for 14 hours a day
-temp: basking is 95 and floor is between 75 to 80. Lowest over night temp is 70 but is usually about 75
-humidity: 60-70%
-plants: photos and ficus.
-placement: In a spare room away from other animals.
-current problem: My chameleon has been closing his left eye every once in awhile. I notice when he does this, it seems like he is rolling it, but I do not notice anything in particular irritating his eye. His eye is clear, and he is being very active. He is still eating, but his appetite has seemed to decrease. I did put a housefly and a few mayflies in his cage recently and he bolted for them, so he might just be tired of crickets and superworms. Yesterday was the first time he has ventured outside of his cage. Usually while I work, I leave the cage door open with a few fake plants outside it for him to climb on. Yesterday he climbed all over them and a pothos I have hanging from the ceiling. He actually slept in the pothos outside his cage, and this morning I had to make him get him back in his cage. He also is sitting with both eyes closed sometimes, but its mostly his left eye that I see closed. When he does have both closed, he opens them when I look at him. I have been misting him a lot more since I noticed this problem (it really started yesterday), and have the humidifier on near his cage. I have read it could be a deficiency in vitamin A or E, but the cricket food I feed my crickets does have those vitamins in them. Does he need more of these vitamins? If possible, I would like to try avoid going to the vet, but if he needs it Ill take him.I will try to attach pictures of him, and of his enclosure.
-Handling: I do not handle him, but he has started coming out of his cage to climb on plants I have positioned outside of his cage in the last 2 days.
-Supplements: Repti Calcium D3 twice a month ,Repti Calcium without D3 every feeding,and zoo meds reptivite once a month
-watering: big dripper on top...misting 1-2x daily and have a humidifier. He drinks directly from his dripper
-feeding: typically crickets and superworms. Crickets are fed Flukers high calcium cricket diet. He also get a house fly and mayflies every once in awhile.
-fecal..white and a dark brown/black color
-history: I have had him for about 6 weeks. Got him from Chameleons Northwest
-cage: screen 24x24x48...
-lighting: UVB reptiglo 5.0 24 in and a 75 watt basking bulb.Both are on for 14 hours a day
-temp: basking is 95 and floor is between 75 to 80. Lowest over night temp is 70 but is usually about 75
-humidity: 60-70%
-plants: photos and ficus.
-placement: In a spare room away from other animals.
-current problem: My chameleon has been closing his left eye every once in awhile. I notice when he does this, it seems like he is rolling it, but I do not notice anything in particular irritating his eye. His eye is clear, and he is being very active. He is still eating, but his appetite has seemed to decrease. I did put a housefly and a few mayflies in his cage recently and he bolted for them, so he might just be tired of crickets and superworms. Yesterday was the first time he has ventured outside of his cage. Usually while I work, I leave the cage door open with a few fake plants outside it for him to climb on. Yesterday he climbed all over them and a pothos I have hanging from the ceiling. He actually slept in the pothos outside his cage, and this morning I had to make him get him back in his cage. He also is sitting with both eyes closed sometimes, but its mostly his left eye that I see closed. When he does have both closed, he opens them when I look at him. I have been misting him a lot more since I noticed this problem (it really started yesterday), and have the humidifier on near his cage. I have read it could be a deficiency in vitamin A or E, but the cricket food I feed my crickets does have those vitamins in them. Does he need more of these vitamins? If possible, I would like to try avoid going to the vet, but if he needs it Ill take him.I will try to attach pictures of him, and of his enclosure.
