RobandJess
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Chameleon Info:
•Your Chameleon – Veiled Chameleon, male, 5 months, 2 months in our care
•Handling – We take him out every other day to let him free range on the ficus outside of our house
•Feeding – We feed him crickets, superworms, silkworms, hornworms, depends on the day 3 to 5 large crickets (sometimes more sometimes less) plus about 5 worms. Depending on our work schedule we try to feed him a few crickets or worms in the morning and then later in the afternoon∕evening, we also have a feeding cup where we leave 5 crickets or so which he sometimes uses. We gut-load our crickets with complete cricket food gel, veggies and fruit (potato skins, orange, carrots, zucchini, bell pepper, apple, strawberries etc.), we add oatmeal and some calcium powder to the fluke that is in the superworm container
•Supplements – Rep-Cal Calcium, Exo-Terra Multivitamin (with D3) We dust the crickets every other day with calcium
•Watering – We have a dripper which is on all day, we mist the enclosure 2 to 3 times a day, we spray our cham 2 to 3 times a day, he usually shies away when we do it in the enclosure for a bit, started doing it when he is free ranging outsidefor a few minutes he does not seem to mind it that much, we have never seen him drink
•Fecal Description – his poop looks normal brown with white urate, decent size, firm not runny
•History – We bought him in a reptile store where we believe he has been a couple of weeks prior to purchase
Cage Info:
•Cage Type – Screen cage 24x24x48
•Lighting – 24” linear 10.0 Reptiglo Bulb, 24" linear 2.0 Reptiglo, Basking light = Exo Terra Sunglo 60 Watts. We turn on the lights around 7am sometimes 9am, we turn them off around 8pm
•Temperature – We have 2 thermometers one near his basking spot on top of the cage (90 degrees), one in the lower part (80 degrees), haven’t measured overnight temps yet
•Humidity - We have Hydrometer, humidity level is at 40 when not misted, 70 to 80 when misted
•Plants – We have 4 live plans (Hibiscus, Croton, Pothos, English Ivy, we also have 2 fake vines
•Placement – Cage is located in the living room (we are gone most of the day), about 5 feet to the left of the ac vent which does not blow directly at the cage, top of the cage is about 5.6 feet from the floor
•Location – Miami Beach, Forida
Current Problem – Bob does not seem to be eating as much as before, we just got new silkworms which he loved before and now he is not touching them. Today we noticed that he has to throw out his tongue more than once to catch his crickets which he has never done before. It seems as that he can't measure the distance right as he throws his tongue out too short. What do you think might be wrong with him?? Some people have also said that his eyes seem sunken in, he has been that way since we got him and we mist him sufficiently, although we never see him drink...any advice is appreciated.
•Your Chameleon – Veiled Chameleon, male, 5 months, 2 months in our care
•Handling – We take him out every other day to let him free range on the ficus outside of our house
•Feeding – We feed him crickets, superworms, silkworms, hornworms, depends on the day 3 to 5 large crickets (sometimes more sometimes less) plus about 5 worms. Depending on our work schedule we try to feed him a few crickets or worms in the morning and then later in the afternoon∕evening, we also have a feeding cup where we leave 5 crickets or so which he sometimes uses. We gut-load our crickets with complete cricket food gel, veggies and fruit (potato skins, orange, carrots, zucchini, bell pepper, apple, strawberries etc.), we add oatmeal and some calcium powder to the fluke that is in the superworm container
•Supplements – Rep-Cal Calcium, Exo-Terra Multivitamin (with D3) We dust the crickets every other day with calcium
•Watering – We have a dripper which is on all day, we mist the enclosure 2 to 3 times a day, we spray our cham 2 to 3 times a day, he usually shies away when we do it in the enclosure for a bit, started doing it when he is free ranging outsidefor a few minutes he does not seem to mind it that much, we have never seen him drink
•Fecal Description – his poop looks normal brown with white urate, decent size, firm not runny
•History – We bought him in a reptile store where we believe he has been a couple of weeks prior to purchase
Cage Info:
•Cage Type – Screen cage 24x24x48
•Lighting – 24” linear 10.0 Reptiglo Bulb, 24" linear 2.0 Reptiglo, Basking light = Exo Terra Sunglo 60 Watts. We turn on the lights around 7am sometimes 9am, we turn them off around 8pm
•Temperature – We have 2 thermometers one near his basking spot on top of the cage (90 degrees), one in the lower part (80 degrees), haven’t measured overnight temps yet
•Humidity - We have Hydrometer, humidity level is at 40 when not misted, 70 to 80 when misted
•Plants – We have 4 live plans (Hibiscus, Croton, Pothos, English Ivy, we also have 2 fake vines
•Placement – Cage is located in the living room (we are gone most of the day), about 5 feet to the left of the ac vent which does not blow directly at the cage, top of the cage is about 5.6 feet from the floor
•Location – Miami Beach, Forida
Current Problem – Bob does not seem to be eating as much as before, we just got new silkworms which he loved before and now he is not touching them. Today we noticed that he has to throw out his tongue more than once to catch his crickets which he has never done before. It seems as that he can't measure the distance right as he throws his tongue out too short. What do you think might be wrong with him?? Some people have also said that his eyes seem sunken in, he has been that way since we got him and we mist him sufficiently, although we never see him drink...any advice is appreciated.
