AESara
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I noticed today that my veiled chameleon's eyes look a little different than their usual selves. I'm not sure whether there's an extra bulge here, or his eyes are less bulgey than the usual, it's hard to tell. Other than this, he is acting normally, though I know they are one of those animals that will hide illness. I thought I'd post to ask if you guys think I should be getting a vet appointment or first get some repta-aid/pedialyte.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - approx. 1 year 4month, veiled male, been in my care for one year
Handling - only if he is not stressed by my presence, when cleaning and sometimes every few days
Feeding - he usually gets 12 crickets or five superworms every other day, am now giving three or four hornworms and will use supers less often, will start trying calciworms (he was scared of them as a baby), gutload is usually kale/dandelion greens (just learned that kale may be high in oxalates so I will use less often), raspberries, blueberries, zucchini, squash, spirulina algae, sometimes a small amount of apple
Supplements - calcium w/o D3 most feedings(ZooMed Repti Calcium phos.free), calcium w/D3 once every other week(Flukers phos.free), multivitamin once every other week(Rep-Cal Herptivite with beta carotene)
Watering - small dripper filled twice a day, misted using pressure sprayer for around two minutes two or three times a day depending on humidity, used to see drinking more often
Fecal Description - usually white urate, brown-black poop, but most recent has small yellow bit
History - he has had no other major problems
Cage Info:
Cage Type - aluminum screen, 24x24x48
Lighting - reptiglo 5.0 tube (no reptisuns in area, will start ordering if you think it will make a difference), exo terra spot basking bulb 50w, on around sunrise, off around sunset
Temperature - basking area is around 84 degrees, bottom is 75, lowest night temp. is 67, digital strip thermometer/hydrometer used
Humidity - humidity gets to around 75% during misting, down to 50%, maintained by live plants and shower curtain on two sides of cage
Plants - two schefflera, one pothos
Placement - cage is in back room, I am the only living thing besides bugs that gets in, fan is never turned on, air vent is on other side of room, cage sits on ground so I can open the window for real sunlight on warm days
Location - NW Ohio
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - approx. 1 year 4month, veiled male, been in my care for one year
Handling - only if he is not stressed by my presence, when cleaning and sometimes every few days
Feeding - he usually gets 12 crickets or five superworms every other day, am now giving three or four hornworms and will use supers less often, will start trying calciworms (he was scared of them as a baby), gutload is usually kale/dandelion greens (just learned that kale may be high in oxalates so I will use less often), raspberries, blueberries, zucchini, squash, spirulina algae, sometimes a small amount of apple
Supplements - calcium w/o D3 most feedings(ZooMed Repti Calcium phos.free), calcium w/D3 once every other week(Flukers phos.free), multivitamin once every other week(Rep-Cal Herptivite with beta carotene)
Watering - small dripper filled twice a day, misted using pressure sprayer for around two minutes two or three times a day depending on humidity, used to see drinking more often
Fecal Description - usually white urate, brown-black poop, but most recent has small yellow bit
History - he has had no other major problems
Cage Info:
Cage Type - aluminum screen, 24x24x48
Lighting - reptiglo 5.0 tube (no reptisuns in area, will start ordering if you think it will make a difference), exo terra spot basking bulb 50w, on around sunrise, off around sunset
Temperature - basking area is around 84 degrees, bottom is 75, lowest night temp. is 67, digital strip thermometer/hydrometer used
Humidity - humidity gets to around 75% during misting, down to 50%, maintained by live plants and shower curtain on two sides of cage
Plants - two schefflera, one pothos
Placement - cage is in back room, I am the only living thing besides bugs that gets in, fan is never turned on, air vent is on other side of room, cage sits on ground so I can open the window for real sunlight on warm days
Location - NW Ohio