Cham eyes

[Nicodemayo]

Normal lighting is not acceptable. You need a UVB tube and proper supplimentation or your chameleon is going to get MBD (which is what i was allready suspecting with the swelling of the limbs)

*TEMPATURE-IS GOOD
*HUMIDITY-IS GOOD

Is not an acceptable answer for us to help you. Stating that "its good" makes me think you dont even know it yourself - that is a problem. Your supplementation also needs help. T-rex cham formula is great as a multi-vit, but you also need to get calcium with d3 and calcium without d3.

You need to loose the substrate (I dont even want to get into this argument again with folks, but the fact is you are at risk for impaction with that bark substance) and get a new cage. If she is already 6 months old, you need to get her out of that glass oven.

I suspect that the eye issues are stemming from a combination between improper lighting and supplimentation. Since we dont know your temps or humidity, cant really help ya there either. Chameleons do this with their eyes quite offen, but i have never seen it bulge that much, and both at the same time. They clean their eyes this way, but yea.. certainly looks like something is not right there.

Poor little girl Read up on the proper husbandry for these guys, and try again. Dont let this stop your love for the species! Remember, we all make mistakes, and we all learn from them Good Luck!

To be honest someone who is not willing answer the questions fully about how their setup is with their sick cham shouldnt be buying another chameleon. It bothers me when new users come on and ask q's about their chams on the verge of death because if they came when their cham was sick, they could have found the site before they got a chameleon because i feel any responsible pet owner should research before they buy ANY kind of pet. Sorry to sound harsh chamele on but you never going to get proper help for your animal if you give half ass answers. Sorry for you loss but if you do decide to try again you have alot of reading to do if you want to keep them alive.

 

[DulcyDoll]

I understand your point, but comming and asking when it is too late is better than not asking at all. What if she didnt find this site at all? Then this cham would have died, and she would go get another one and have the same thing happen, but since she came here and read what the experienced said she knows that she needs to learn more about them before she gets another.
I am new here, so i dont want to make any enemies, just stating my opinions.

 

[Nicodemayo]

Im not saying everyone but when your having problems with you cham that needs solved you need to give full descriptions of how your setup and conditions of the housing are. Answers like "good" isnt helping anything and if you really cared about improving conditions you'd let everyone know exactly whats going on rather than assuming things are fine but obviously they arent.

 

[desultadox]

Actually I've found the perfect chameleon for you.

 

[Dyesub Dave]

I came across this post while doing a search on the forum and was rather disappointed by some of the responses. Some people that like to give harsh advice or make smart remarks like the previous post should try to think back to when they started getting into exotic pets. I'm sure that almost everybody here has lost an animal due to improper advice or lack of experience. Not only do many of the stores that sell these animals give HORRID advice there is quite often mixed advice on many websites. We've all made mistakes at one point or another when keeping our animals and the idea is to at least then realize that more research is needed or else switch to an easier animal to keep.

As stated in a previous post at least this person did find the forum and ask for advice and will hopefully do the necessary research to correct the initial problems and be able to enjoy these creatures as the rest of us do. We have no idea of the age of this person or where they purchased the chameolon from and what advice they were given at that time. The only thing that rude and/or snide remarks will accomplish is to have this person not want to use this forum as the great resource that I'm sure it was intended for and may put them off getting the proper information from forums altogether.

In my opinion the only time that harsh words are necessary is when you notice somebody continually not following the advice given and having their animals to contantly suffer. So please give the newbies to the hobby a bit of compassion as we are all here to learn from each other and enjoy these incredible animals.

Sorry to hear of your loss Chamle On and keep asking questions and get all the information that you can. There are many on this forum that will be happy to answer your questions and give you advice from their experiences. But please do the much needed research before getting any new animal.

Dyesub Dave.