christineacero
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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female Sternfeldi, approx 1.5 years old. Been in my care since March.
Handling - As often as she wants to be handled. She's off and on with it, so on average maybe once or twice every few weeks?
Feeding - I free range crickets in their enclosure. They are fed every morning with 3/8". I've tried many different feeders and they won't touch anything but crickets. Crickets are gutloaded with Bug Burger, my own homemade dry gutload from Sandrachameleons blog, and various fruits and veggies.
Supplements - Flukers phosphorous free calcium W/OUT D3 2 or 3 times a week, and Repashy Calcium plus usually once a week.
Watering - I have just switched to a Mistking, but previously, I misted 2 or 3 times a day for 1-2 minutes at a time. I see her drink.
Fecal Description - Brown feces with white urates. Never been tested for parasites.
History - Oh where to start...She had an RI back in April, then gave birth to 8 babies, then dropped 3 stillborns a month later, which resulted in a cloacial prolapse which ended up righting itself out.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 18x18x36 Reptibreeze. Living with another adult female Sternfeldi. Get along great together.
Lighting - I just switched to a linear Reptisun 5.0 T5, but previously was using a Reptisun 5.0 compact bulb in a deep dome. Lights come on at 7:30am and shut off at 8:30pm.
Temperature - Basking was around 85F, ambient was around 73F. Measured with a temp gun. Night temps were around 73F (ambient house temp)
Humidity -I'm not 100% sure on humidity (need to get a new hygro), but cage is heavily planted with live plants, misted multiple times daily, and also had a Reptifogger going off and on throughout the day. 3 sides of the enclosure is tarped off with a clear heavy duty drop sheet.
Plants - Shefflera, Ming Aralia x 2 and 1 pothos. Re-did their cage yesterday and now is heavily planted with 3 very large schefflera at varying heights.
Placement - Was in the corner of our kitchen, fairly close to a vent. Not a super high traffic area as just my husband and I live here. It was about 6' off the floor from the top of the cage. Now the cage is in the basement and sitting about 8' off the floor from the top of the cage. Very low traffic area.
Location - Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Current Problem - Zuri is very skinny and wrinkly. I don't understand why because I see her eat and drink daily (her appetite has decreased, but I still see her eat more than Asha and Asha is a gravid whale again) and her urates are white. It seems as though she's never bounced back after having that RI bout back in April. She's also very rickety when she walks, but still has a very strong grip and moves very quickly when she wants to. The photo posted was taken this morning, and this is how she usually rests during the day. I don't know how it could be MDB because she gets the proper supplements and is always under her UVB light. I just don't understand...
Just for reference, here is Asha as of this morning. These two share an enclosure and she is wonderfully healthy.
Your Chameleon - Female Sternfeldi, approx 1.5 years old. Been in my care since March.
Handling - As often as she wants to be handled. She's off and on with it, so on average maybe once or twice every few weeks?
Feeding - I free range crickets in their enclosure. They are fed every morning with 3/8". I've tried many different feeders and they won't touch anything but crickets. Crickets are gutloaded with Bug Burger, my own homemade dry gutload from Sandrachameleons blog, and various fruits and veggies.
Supplements - Flukers phosphorous free calcium W/OUT D3 2 or 3 times a week, and Repashy Calcium plus usually once a week.
Watering - I have just switched to a Mistking, but previously, I misted 2 or 3 times a day for 1-2 minutes at a time. I see her drink.
Fecal Description - Brown feces with white urates. Never been tested for parasites.
History - Oh where to start...She had an RI back in April, then gave birth to 8 babies, then dropped 3 stillborns a month later, which resulted in a cloacial prolapse which ended up righting itself out.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 18x18x36 Reptibreeze. Living with another adult female Sternfeldi. Get along great together.
Lighting - I just switched to a linear Reptisun 5.0 T5, but previously was using a Reptisun 5.0 compact bulb in a deep dome. Lights come on at 7:30am and shut off at 8:30pm.
Temperature - Basking was around 85F, ambient was around 73F. Measured with a temp gun. Night temps were around 73F (ambient house temp)
Humidity -I'm not 100% sure on humidity (need to get a new hygro), but cage is heavily planted with live plants, misted multiple times daily, and also had a Reptifogger going off and on throughout the day. 3 sides of the enclosure is tarped off with a clear heavy duty drop sheet.
Plants - Shefflera, Ming Aralia x 2 and 1 pothos. Re-did their cage yesterday and now is heavily planted with 3 very large schefflera at varying heights.
Placement - Was in the corner of our kitchen, fairly close to a vent. Not a super high traffic area as just my husband and I live here. It was about 6' off the floor from the top of the cage. Now the cage is in the basement and sitting about 8' off the floor from the top of the cage. Very low traffic area.
Location - Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Current Problem - Zuri is very skinny and wrinkly. I don't understand why because I see her eat and drink daily (her appetite has decreased, but I still see her eat more than Asha and Asha is a gravid whale again) and her urates are white. It seems as though she's never bounced back after having that RI bout back in April. She's also very rickety when she walks, but still has a very strong grip and moves very quickly when she wants to. The photo posted was taken this morning, and this is how she usually rests during the day. I don't know how it could be MDB because she gets the proper supplements and is always under her UVB light. I just don't understand...
Just for reference, here is Asha as of this morning. These two share an enclosure and she is wonderfully healthy.
