I will put mine in blue
Your Chameleon - a veiled, male, not sure how old he is , I got him from petsmart while he was a baby still. I've had him for about 3 months.
I would guess 5-7 months
Handling - I only handle him when I clean his terrarium.
Feeding - I am feeding him crickets. I feed him about 10-20 a day. I feed him in the morning and at night. I've been using flukers cricket water.
It will be time to slow down the feedings. Go to every other day for a week, then each week cut back on number of feeders by 1 till you get to about 5lg 4 days a week.
Supplements - I'm using flukers repta calcium with d3 and it's phosphorus free. I use it about 1 to 2 times a week, however it says for daily use.
This needs to be adjusted. D3 should be once every other week with the alternate week a multivitamin. Ca no D3 at every other feeding.
Watering - I was spraying before but I noticed he was dehydrated by looking at his urates. I got him a waterfall but just removed it. I've never seen him drink but I noticed his urates got better, however I still sprayed his cage about 2 times a day while the waterfall was in it.
Hydration is a bigger issue. In short Mist morning and evening. Fog and temps below 70 at night prefer 65. There is more on my site.
https://caskabove.com/getting-started
Fecal Description - his fecal droppings have been a dark brown, black color and have been long with white urates. He has not yet been tested for parasites.
History - he's already shedded once since I got him.
Many suggest an parasite test. You vet may take just a sample. If he is gaining weight it is not as urgent. And you have had him isolated.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - I have a 30 gallon glass/screen cage
HE will out grow this if it is not already too small. A min size is 24x24x48 I have links to the various cage options on mi site as well, including some affordable ones.
Lighting - I have two 5.5 deep dome lamps. One has a 13 watt uvb bulb and the other has a 60 watt daytime blue heat bulb. His lights go on at 9:00 am and off at 9:00 pm.
This unfortunately won't due. You can use for heat, but will need a 24in min T5HO 6% or 5.0 depending on brand.
Temperature - his temp ranges from 80-90. Lowest overnight temp is 60. I have a thermostat with humidity and Fahrenheit levels. 90 is too hot. especially for a baby. Max basking should be 82 with ambient of low to mid 70s. If night is hitting 60-65 that is great. They are reaqly a montain species and like it cooler.
Humidity - the humidity ranges from 50-70 during the day. I create and maintain these levels by misting his cage. I have a thermometer.
They actually need to dry out during the day even down to 20 - 30% is ok. The night is different. This is where we want 100% humidity close as we can. Chameleons are fog drinkers in the wild. So providing cooled temps ant high humidity at night they stay hydrated easier.
Plants - don't have any live plants yet. I'm propogating one right now because it was grown with pesticides. Trying to find a good place to order some reptile friendly live plants in the meantime.
Understood. This is the season to hit the big box stores. Just wash them good. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy one large plant and split it up.
Placement - my cage is located in my bedroom. It is a low traffic area. The top of the cage is probably around 5'0 to the ground
Location - I'm located in Oklahoma
Current Problem - concerned about finding a way to water him while I am not home also what to feed him if I ever run out of food before I can get him more live insects.
So we addressed the watering issue. They really don't know what standing water is. Remember their life would be spent 20 to 30 feet up in a tree. If healthy and well fed periods of one week with out food would be fine.
The big trick is starting them right and getting their parameters right. Then for short periods they are very hardy. I just took 6 6-7 month old babies to a show. Left them in the suburban over night 52 degrees. Drove an hour carried them around got set up. Had them out ,and I never hold them, on a natural display people looking taking pictures pointing. Pack up from show got home and had to catch up on other things so they sat in the living room in their cages for three days and were only feed twice that week. They did not blink an eye. But the had been raised individually in cages and measured vitamins feeding and UV. So they can be very resilient if properly cared for.
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