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Although my veiled is about 2 years old his sheds almost on a constant basis,anything that I should know of?
thanks

Are you seeing many NEW complete shed cycles or are you seeing fewer long patchy sheds possibly? As chams get older they can shed in more of a patchy pattern over a couple of weeks (head sheds, then tail, then back etc).

well he is sheding in patches but I would say he has shed completely many times during the last 3 months.Do you have anything in mind?
One more thing,you mentioned some time ago that orange urines is a sign of dehydration,I have that also.I am misting heavily twice a day and use a dripper,any suggestion or comments?
Please I would like your help on both cases,thanks in advance..

The orange urates is just one of several signs of dehydration. To really know, you need to look at others too, including skin tenting, collapsed casque, heavy drooling when the cham is actively drinking. What is the air humidity in your cage? It could be that the cage is drying out faster between spraying than you realize and the cham is losing ground over time. If the cage gets too dry between sprayings the cham will tend to dehydrate just from respiration. They lose a lot of moisture through their respiratory tract, and being humid climate critters are not very efficient at conserving moisture like dry climate herps would be. You can get hygrometers that will record the high and low relative humidity level during the day...it may surprise you how dry the cage is getting.

I can say that relative humidity is around 50% most of the time except that heavy mistings twice a day.What should I do?Incrase the frequency of mistings?
Also is 50 low for a veiled?

I'd say it's borderline. What you may want to find out is how much of the time it is 50% or lower. On a day when you will be around the house, start measuring the humidity right after your misting and watch how long it takes the cage to get back down to 50%. If the RH drops fast and the cage ends up at 50% and stays there for most of a 24 hour cycle that may be part of your problem. How are you measuring the humidity? If you are using one of the simple analog humidity gauges from a pet shop don't trust it!

no,I have a min/max digital one,thanks I will check it out and also I may set up my humidyfier also..