Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon: Male Veiled Chameleon (previously thought female Tarsals are growing in enough now to see)
Been in my care for 1 week...
Handling: Little as possible - he has been shifted around a bit lately due to attempting to arrange his cage properly and get a feeding cup situated that he will use
Feeding: 10-20 Small crickets in feeder cup as well as meal worms
Supplements:
Zoomed Calcium Spray no Phosphorus or D3 (daily),
Rep-cal with D3 (Twice Monthly),
Rep-cal Multivitamin (Twice Monthly)
Watering:Dripper and Misting as well as fogger that runs 3 hours a day
Fecal Description: have not found any in cage? weird
History: No significant history - was bought from Petco kept in a very bad setup... He looks healthy and stays active...
Cage Info:
Cage Type: Full mesh cage reptibreeze (OLD MODEL will replace soon) 30L-18D-30H
Lighting: Reptisun 5.0, 100W incadescent basking all on timer will adjust shortly to 12 hour timer
Temperature: 70-85 around cage areas about 90-95 at highest point in basking area -- I keep an eye on temperatures daily and he keeps his skin temperature around 80F by moving around the cage
Humidity: Misting, Dripper, 2 live plants, and Fogger about 55% to 60% humidity
Plants: Live Plants Hibiscus and Pothos
Placement: Cage in 80F Animal room (currently housing Snake, Tarantula, New Cricket colony and 3 Ferrets (dont ASK)
Location: East Coast, USA
Current Issue/Question
A few questions / concerns
1. Feeding... he is having issues using a feeding cup I have recently made a new one cut out like you see people doing with the white milk jugs - this allows crickets to climb around for him to see and shoot I hope this solves that issue please advise!
2. Cage habits... He has taken to climbing to the top of the cage and hanging right below the uvb light.. its a Reptisun 5.0 but he hangs right below it like he is sunning himself on it...? weird
He also hangs below the heat light at random times but he doesnt stay long probably because its a bit hotter then the uvb
NOTE: BOTH Lights are not directly on the mesh of the top of the cage... they are about half inch off the mesh
I snuck into the room to spy on him earlier while he was doing this he was a nice green but when he saw me he turned blackish/gray like he was threatening me or showing signs of being scared... ?
I left him alone and just watched him and when his lights turned out he was still up there.. so im sure he is asleep there right now....
soo those are the major concerns right now -- he is skinny too.. I can see what looks like 2 ribs on each side poking out when he is stretched out like he is too skinny when he is in certain positions i can see all his ribs stretched against his skin..
he is also a bit wrinkled looking.. I have seen him drink once from a leaf and during the day his cage is misted and kept wet and water drops on the leaves so I hope he isnt dehydrated
Any tips, hints, advice Please share it...
Your Chameleon: Male Veiled Chameleon (previously thought female Tarsals are growing in enough now to see)
Been in my care for 1 week...
Handling: Little as possible - he has been shifted around a bit lately due to attempting to arrange his cage properly and get a feeding cup situated that he will use
Feeding: 10-20 Small crickets in feeder cup as well as meal worms
Supplements:
Zoomed Calcium Spray no Phosphorus or D3 (daily),
Rep-cal with D3 (Twice Monthly),
Rep-cal Multivitamin (Twice Monthly)
Watering:Dripper and Misting as well as fogger that runs 3 hours a day
Fecal Description: have not found any in cage? weird
History: No significant history - was bought from Petco kept in a very bad setup... He looks healthy and stays active...
Cage Info:
Cage Type: Full mesh cage reptibreeze (OLD MODEL will replace soon) 30L-18D-30H
Lighting: Reptisun 5.0, 100W incadescent basking all on timer will adjust shortly to 12 hour timer
Temperature: 70-85 around cage areas about 90-95 at highest point in basking area -- I keep an eye on temperatures daily and he keeps his skin temperature around 80F by moving around the cage
Humidity: Misting, Dripper, 2 live plants, and Fogger about 55% to 60% humidity
Plants: Live Plants Hibiscus and Pothos
Placement: Cage in 80F Animal room (currently housing Snake, Tarantula, New Cricket colony and 3 Ferrets (dont ASK)
Location: East Coast, USA
Current Issue/Question
A few questions / concerns
1. Feeding... he is having issues using a feeding cup I have recently made a new one cut out like you see people doing with the white milk jugs - this allows crickets to climb around for him to see and shoot I hope this solves that issue please advise!
2. Cage habits... He has taken to climbing to the top of the cage and hanging right below the uvb light.. its a Reptisun 5.0 but he hangs right below it like he is sunning himself on it...? weird
He also hangs below the heat light at random times but he doesnt stay long probably because its a bit hotter then the uvb
NOTE: BOTH Lights are not directly on the mesh of the top of the cage... they are about half inch off the mesh
I snuck into the room to spy on him earlier while he was doing this he was a nice green but when he saw me he turned blackish/gray like he was threatening me or showing signs of being scared... ?
I left him alone and just watched him and when his lights turned out he was still up there.. so im sure he is asleep there right now....
soo those are the major concerns right now -- he is skinny too.. I can see what looks like 2 ribs on each side poking out when he is stretched out like he is too skinny when he is in certain positions i can see all his ribs stretched against his skin..
he is also a bit wrinkled looking.. I have seen him drink once from a leaf and during the day his cage is misted and kept wet and water drops on the leaves so I hope he isnt dehydrated
Any tips, hints, advice Please share it...