Hey there!



I would have answered your earlier posts about your meru and try to help out, but I don't frequent this board as much as I used to a couple of years back. Anyway, I've kept merus for quite a while, and notice that merus can be very active, often pacing their cages. I also notice this behavior to be 'seasonal', in a sense that there will be a phase that the cham will constantly roam around its cage for a few days, and remain pretty "quiet" for a couple of weeks. Could be related to mating season, but no confirmation on that. If it seems that you have your setup correct, just chill out for a while, and most probably your chameleon will too.

As for free-ranging your meru... I am not too keen on the idea, since active and constantly wandering chams make bad free-ranging set-up candidates.

About his shedding problem, meru's don't fully shed in a day ala a panther. It may even take a week a more. So you don't have to worry yet. But if you are concerned about this, there is a product called shed-ease by nature-zone (I think its by them), and it works great. Just one application is sufficient. But I suggest you wait a while.

As your guy’s horns...I notice that imports always come with horn one issue or another, and white tips like you mentioned is very common. It could be caused by abrasions caused when they were collected. Personally I do not think it has to do with lack of calcium, but I am still studying the possibilities.

So I don’t think you currently need to worry too much. You can check out stuff on merus on my website www.wizardoflizards.com Or Just click on the link below

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