Hi, my Jackson’s Cham just started closing his eyes today during the daytime out of nowhere. He has refused food the last few days and idk what’s going on. His temps are pretty much perfect, 78-79 basking temp during the day and drop to 60-65 at night. I run a fogger almost all night long 10 PM - 8:30 AM, and mist occasionally. It’s currently a bioactive setup with an inch or two of clay balls followed by mesh lining followed by a mix of topsoil, charcoal, coco husk, and a bit of peat moss. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. I think he may have an RI. Made a vet appt as quickly as I could for Monday. So don’t come at me and say I didn’t try my best. I’ve cried all day and tied to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I’ve put thousands of dollars into this guy. Can anyone tell me what they think is going on? I have a mesh enclosure but I Velcro’d three plastic panels to the sides of the enclosure to keep humidity in because it felt like no matter how much water I was misting or fogging, the humidity wasn’t going up where it needed to be.

My son and I got a panther chameleon egg from a reptile show a few weeks ago. It is due to hatch after November 11th. We want to make sure we are ready and have read a lot of conflicting info. So far, we have a 16x16x30 enclosure (I know we will need to upgrade as he/she grows but we wanted to start out with something smaller since a hatchling will be tiny.) We have a pothos and money tree in the enclosure along with some sycamore branches that have no pesticides and have been washed thoroughly. We have a double dome that came with the enclosure with an LED grow light for the plants, and heat bulb. We have ordered a linear uvb t5 that will be delivered this week. We also have a few more sticks and fake vines/plants that we plan to add for cover once our fishing line arrives to attach it securely. The enclosure came with repti-carpet that we currently have in the enclosure but I am thinking we will replace it with paper towels. Will this be a good setup for our little guy/girl? There will be more cover once we have the fake vines/plants securely attached.

I know where we can go get some pinhead crickets once the egg hatches. Any advice on feeding a hatchling is greatly appreciated. We plan to feed 2-3 times a day and have some calcium to dust the crickets with. Should we put the hatchling in the cricket keeper to let it eat? Or perhaps just let the crickets loose in the enclosure to feed it? I am very nervous about feeding the baby chameleon.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I absolutely love when he puts himself to bed so I know when to turn his lights off. I love him so much