I knew about overdosing chameleons on calcium but I thought it would beok todust them everytime as he only grabbed maybe 5 max while they were dusted and the rest he usually managed to grab when the dust had fallen off them. He also regularly ate the pothos plant in his enclosure and romain lettuce from time to time in addition to cricket that were always in his cage.



Because he was in a all screen enclosure the ceramic heatlamp only really heated up one end of his enclosure while the cooler end had a drop from the day time temp (the cool end at night is where the basking light would beon in the day). I wanted to provide the cham a choice of temps even at night and some times he spent it on a lower branch on the warm side and sometimes on the cool side depending on the ambient temp of the room.



Ah well, its disapointing losing an animal when you think you have all the bases covered but its great to get feedback from you all so next time I will try things a different way to be more successful.

[ Hide Replies ]

• Cham not eating and not doing well - BAZ, Wed Feb 14 13:34:12 2007
• RE: Cham not eating and not doing well - kinyonga, Wed Feb 14 14:17:58 2007
• RE: Cham not eating and not doing well - Carlton, Wed Feb 14 16:01:23 2007
• RE: Cham not eating and not doing well - sandrachameleon, Wed Feb 14 21:42:18 2007
• Too late. its dead - BAZ, Thu Feb 15 10:21:32 2007
• RE: Too late. its dead - kinyonga, Thu Feb 15 11:13:30 2007
• RE: Too late. its dead - Carlton, Thu Feb 15 11:23:34 2007
• RE: Too late. its dead - BAZ, Thu Feb 15 18:58:54 2007
• RE: Too late. its dead - PHEve, Thu Feb 15 16:20:47 2007