Need more information, and yes you need a basking light, he also needs UVB.
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Only silly question is the one that remains unasked
This will be an opinion fest, but here is my thought, whilst I think that chameleons, have the ability to recognize there owners, I also think that certain colours and shapes might appear more hostile, think of there coloration and what we...
The above is approximately same ratio as
Minims® Saline 0.9% w/v. Eye Drops, solution. Sodium Chloride
Sodium Chloride is of course what we know as table salt.
The boiling should remove any harmful impurity from the tap water, if possible use RO water still boil this.
Here is what you do..... Take 100ml of water and boil it, then add 1g of table salt and stir until dissolved.
Allow water too cool, you will need a pippett draw amount up and drip over the affected area.
I would do this 3 times a day so long as it does not cover stress your chameleon...
Gez man.... another what 12-24 hours.....
If your going to go down that route, at least take it to Cam's vet.... it will be cheaper at least....
Whilst no one here likes the thought of him suffering for to much longer that 12/24 hours could mean the difference of quite a few green backs.
Also...
Yep I jumped in to offer advice, it was wrong
Well, I would still not reduce the food amount, Just re-capture the ones that made a bid for freedom just before lights out, and put them in again the day after. :)
Monitor his poo
Depends on bugs..
yes sorry, I let the locusts, and the crickets free roam if they get outta the feeder cup... it happens..
Also mine is veiled, not pygmy, not that this makes any difference there is a potential for the predator to be pre-dated,...
Does not make it best practice.
Reality Bites
We are trying to advise you, understand you can not afford which is why I keep on saying payment plan, alternatives are..
Long agonizing death, or euthanasia.
If you go for long agonizing death then that is cruelty.
I heavily recommend either contacting Cammom's vet first...
So long as he is eating
I would let them free roam, and monitor not his intake but his poo..
Better to have to much than not enough.
Also consider a feeder cup that he can get into and out of but the crickets can not.
Do not let him suffer
Seriously, I/we understand that finances are hard to come by, and I am sorry if I made you feel bad with my earlier comment, please though, think "Payment Plan".
You owe it to the creature to at least have him checked, as soon as is possible.
Also if he is still...
Vets cost money
That would seem like a pretty standard set of tests, for a new patient who has signs of infection, simply looking at an infection can be an indicator of the root cause, however there are so many potential issues, also by carrying out those tests the vet will be able to see and...