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Kurpak
at Thu Sep 23 17:35:30 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Kurpak ]
What would you gauge his daily water intake to be?
You mentioned he is misted multiple times daily,
often times just misting the cage is not enough.
Chameleons can drink from 5 to 60 minutes in one sitting,
and they should have access to a dripping water source all day long. The most common problem with captive chameleons is renal failure from dehydration. There are a lot of other possible explainations,.. temperature, parasites(i doubt this because he's captive bred.)
I would try getting him to drink as much as possible on a daily basis, keep the ambient cage temps at around 72-75 with a
warm basking light, and exposing him to some natural sunlight for a few hours daily. Sunlight can really energize listless chams.
I would also go easy on the suplmts., they can o.d.
on these if used too often. Some good gutloaded insects
and lightly dusting a few times a week should be ok.
gw
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RE: panther chameleon question- please read - Kurpak, Thu Sep 23 17:35:30 2004