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Awww, I just read through your whole thread... I hope things look up soon! Have you had her feces tested for parasites? Parasites are often to blame for a terrible feces smell. Also, probiotics (small amt of probiotic yogurt mixed into the bug juice, or powdered probiotics mixed into the bug...

It will probably be fine. Are you able to carefully bend it back down? Most likely, it will fall off, and then grow back normally.

Sorry to hear your cham is ill - we have a "special needs" cham, who has to be hand-fed every day... The coloring of your Luie is fantastic though! Any new answers?

You might also drape a neutral or green colored cloth over 2 sides of the enclosure (careful not to get it too close to lamps, don't want a fire hazard). That might give her the added privacy she needs to lay some eggs.

Glad to hear all is well. Sometimes chams get a bit of skin stuck in their eye, and have to clean it out. Ours just had an exploding shed, and the skin on his eyes is sticking out like blinders. Kind of makes me want to pick it for him...

"I'm a leaf!" - I've heard of folks turning a full-size enclosure into a baby cage by attaching dark cloth into the cage to make it smaller. Of course the crickets might hide on the other side of the cloth... so you might still have to get a smaller cage... and then can always sell it on...

Sounds like new coloring to me. Dark colors usually mean stress or anger or territorial reaction. Often new colors show up after a shed.

Awww, poor sweetie! The ideas people have about making sure there is something to catch her when she falls is good. 6 years is a wonderful "old" age for a female! Bless you...

I am pretty sure you need to dust your feeder bugs with calcium (no D3) at least 2-3 times weekly. Once a month won't be enough. Do you feed a variety of different feeders (meal worms, crickets etc.)? Do you give a multivitamin?

Aww, good luck! We had to treat our cham for worms, we used panacur (fenbendazole). It stressed him, but he survived, pooped out some dead worms, and is now good to go. Good luck, I hope everything turns out ok!

Yes, the two are often connected (the eggs may block letting feces out or vice versa). Make sure your cham is well hydrated, has calcium supplement, and a UVB light bulb

I would say, make sure you are misting multiple times daily. If you mist by hand, you can make sure to mist the dry-looking areas. If you have an automatic mister, maybe position your cham close to it?

Just make sure you are misting at least twice daily. Ours kind of starts shedding on his tail or on the top of his head, and then a few days later his whole skin explodes off of him.

I'm so sorry! I agree that bringing him back and hoping their vet can nurse him back to health is the best option. The way things are right now, he probably won't make it, but he MIGHT be able to be helped by a vet... BTW, force feeding crickets is not always idea, they don't "slip" - mealworms...

As long as breathing is normal, and this is only happening when you open the cage, my guess would be that he's showing off, being territortial. Does he puff up (flatten himself so he's taller) at the same time? Turn dark colors?

You should not treat your chameleon with a dewormer "just because" - it stresses their kidneys, and should only be used if worms or worm eggs are found in the feces. Our vet runs a stool sample parasite test for about $20, no appointment needed. The safest dewormer is fenbendazole (sold as...

It is so fun to hear that others have experienced the same thing! I wear a lot of greens and blues. Coming to think of it, those are all chameleon colors! I even have some things in that pale yellow that male Veilds have in their vertical stripes when they are relaxed. My Russian tortoises try...

Yay, congrats! :) What a little beauty!

It's not just chameleons - the one near us was feeding their Russian tortoises (which are herbivores, and should receive NOTHING but dark leafy greens) veggie mix and tortoise pellets. I pointed this out (we have 3 RTs), and they said that "they were feeding according to Petco policy" - I...

Can you tempt your little one with a nummy mealworm or something wriggling on your hand? That would seem like it would be irresistible to a young cham... :)