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Congrats! Moderate temps, good hiding places, good air quality/cleanliness, and easy access to water. Tiny ones like these can get stressed out and dehydrate really fast!

As the burned dead tissue starts sloughing or breaking away the raw edges of the remaining live tissue may bleed. He might have bumped it on something while climbing around. The antibiotic cream will help prevent infection, but if it continues to bleed and you see the area swelling, you may need...

What do you mean by "he hasn't had water in a while"??? If your cage isn't set up for a cham, the waterfall won't make up for that. Your cham may not learn to drink out of the waterfall even if is IS kept perfectly clean. Most chams don't. If you don't have enough plants, get them! Even fakes...

Sorry folks, here's some basic biology 101. An insect (or any other animal for that matter) that's "gutloaded" only stays that way until they poop! Gut contents are gone after that. To keep insects worth anything you have to keep FEEDING THEM a healthy diet.

Watch the temps carefully, especially at night. The cage floor seems very warm. Not much gradient. They need a significant cool down at night. The lighting may keep it too warm and dry the cage out too fast during the day. If all the water droplets from your rain system dry out too fast the...

The priority right now is a vet. You have an urgent situation. If she doesn't get veterinary support she may not survive long enough for changes in your husbandry to matter. If she is eggbound (and she may well be because of her malnutrition and MBD) she can't lay her eggs properly even if she...

Sure. They won't tend to use a twig that is uncomfortable or hard to grip. Branches that are too small can also be too weak to hold the cham's weight. You want a variety of branch sizes. It helps exercise the muscles in their feet and helps keep the tips of their claws trimmed down.

No heat pad under the cage. From what you've written so far it sounds as if you've gotten some poor husbandry information. Be aware that much of what someone at Petco told you (or sold you) may be wrong. There is much better information in the veiled caresheet and husbandry articles located...

You cham can get burned even if they don't touch anything directly. If it sits too close to a heat source too long (such as a basking lamp bulb) their skin can easily be seriously damaged.

Her diet and supplementation are basically inadequate. I looked at your other thread. You've already heard that her setup is as well. She's in big trouble because of all this. You will need an experienced reptile vet ASAP!! You'll also need to change almost all aspects of her husbandry if she's...

Yes, he'll probably be fine. As long as he can bask in correct temps the next morning he should be OK. Low temps happen in nature too. If this happens again I wouldn't panic and try heating him up too fast. You could accidentally burn him.

What does the gum at that spot look like? Get him to gape or gently roll his outer lip up and look at it. If the gum is reddened, swollen, discolored could be stomatitis (mouth rot). It could also be a piece of shed or remains from a feeder stuck there too.

Ah, the dog that bites the hand that feeds. Your little tirade doesn't change the fact that you admitted to needing help and the fact that your setup wasn't ideal. Fancy degree and profession notwithstanding, you didn't know it all. You had a male before and it ended up with an easily...

Remember folks, when a cham is chilled down so is its brain. Sleep goes along with that lower metabolic rate. I'd be surprised if they dream much if at all.

Yes. Use the T5. Unless you happen to have a HUGE tall enclosure! Chances are no one keeping a juvenile has it in something that large.

Probably not. I think the local temps are more likely the issue.

Looks like she's gulping for air...a respiratory infection. You need a vet NOW!

Leave the cham alone. You're just making him/her more stressed out. You don't need to know its gender right this minute.

Is your local weather colder than it has been? Is the ROOM cooler? If so, it is probably taking him a little longer to reach operating temperature in the mornings. As long as he does bask he'll get there.

These shaded photos are not helping. Leave him/her alone for a while. You are making it hard to help you. Slow down, stop posting bits and pieces, review the veiled chameleon husbandry care information and compare it to what you are doing now. When people ask you what sort of lighting you have...