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Shedding Issue

kuitsuku Apr 13, 2008 10:19 AM

I haven't witnessed my chameleon shed for a good month in a half. Should I be worried? She's eating fine and I mist the cage frequently, along with a drip system set up occasionally (though I've never once seen her get excited about the water).

I'm going to say she's at an adult age or close, but I've had her for 4 months and she's doubled in size.
The past times she's shed it's taken her a full day or two to get through it, so I don't think she shed without me knowing. Her stool is good, weight normal, she's got two plants in the cage, a heat light and UVB light. I occasionally set up a UVA light for her, but it's not always on.
I dust her crickets with calcium about once a week and I put her meal worms in a dish with calcium at the bottom. She takes two bites out of an apple slice every few days and I feed her a wax worm once a week.

Picture below is her a few weeks ago.
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Leos: Tubby, Toko (rip: Tetra)
Chams: Chamy
Tortoise: Mr. T
Emus: Zip, Zena
Pig: Pebbles
Turk: Izzy
Meows: Vash, Tiger

Replies (2)

superjustin Apr 14, 2008 10:43 AM

I got my werner's Cham just 3 months ago in Feb and I still haven't seen him shed. I'm getting kind of worried about my Cham as well.
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1.0 Werner's Three-Horned Chameleon (Chamaeleo Trioceros werneri)
1.1 Eastern Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)
0.0.3 Mexican Red-Knee Tarantulas (Brachypelma smithi)

Carlton Apr 14, 2008 03:06 PM

As chams age they shed less often. They have fewer growth spurts as they age and shedding is tied to growth. Do you have a laying site for her? She looks pretty full in the abdomen and might be working on an infertile clutch of eggs. Veiled females can start developing eggs pretty early. Her colors are beautiful!

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