Chameleon not eating, shaking, bumps, and sleeping all day and all night, help!

[Madison18]

please help! I have two chameleons in one cage. One is named Prince and the other is Pascal.
I don't know either of the genders but I think prince is a male and pascal is a female.
Prince has been shaking profusely and can't seem to hold his balance. I would take him out and he would shake very badly to where I had to support him. But, when he is sitting on something and holding on, a vine, the wall, branch, ect. he is perfectly still. he also seems bloated and hasn't ate much. He hardly ever moves from the spot he is still at once he get's there.

Pascal, she has had this weird bump in the corner of her eye for ages now and is sleeping all day and all night, only awake for a little while.she has had some trouble pooping and She will only eat around two crickets and hasn't drank any water. She stays in the same spot all day, like prince, and just sleeps. Neither one of them move unless I reach in and place them somewhere different. They seem to get along with each other just fine.

 

[kinyonga]

IMHO you need to separate them right away. It sounds like they are stressed out and it's making them sick.

Please post some photos of them and answer the questions in the how to ask for help thread at the top of the health forum so we can help you better. Also how old are they and how long have you had them?

 

[Madison18]

Chameleon's stressed?

I have had them for a little over a year and a half and I got them when they were babies but I don't know how old they are. they seem to have been fine and getting along with each other since they were babies.
And how/what would make them stressed? Do I need to buy a separate cage for pascal? And do you have any Idea why prince would be shaking so badly?

 

[jcarlsen]

I have had them for a little over a year and a half and I got them when they were babies but I don't know how old they are. they seem to have been fine and getting along with each other since they were babies.
And how/what would make them stressed? Do I need to buy a separate cage for pascal? And do you have any Idea why prince would be shaking so badly?

Adult chameleons should NEVER be housed together. If it's two males, they'll fight, and if it's male/female, the male will stress her out with constant breeding attempts.

No offense, but this is basic chameleon care 101. Did you look at any caresheets before buying them and housing them together?

 

[junglefries]

They most likely tolerated each other before, as they were still babies to sub-adults. Now that they have reached sexual maturity, all bets are off on tolerating each other. If you don't seperate them you will probably lose both. One rather quickly, and the second within 1-4 weeks. The stress is just too much for a cham. It is a hard concept to grasp for us humans, but nonetheless true.

 

[JoeVet]

Besides stress the shaking one may have nutritional deficiencies from being suppressed by the other. Fill out the https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ in Health section and we can look at your other husbandry parameters. A photo of the chameleon helps also. There are care sheets here on many chameleon species that you need to read.

 

[Madison18]

JoeVet, No, I didn't take offense at all but I haven't read any care sheets and when I purchased them the people at the pet store gave me no information at all. So, I need to seperate them as quickly as possible, got it. And I will fill out the care sheet quickly and work on getting the pictures of them both. This morning I noticed redness in Pascals stool and her eye's seem sunken in. Until I can get them another cage , what do you suggest I can do to seperate them?

 

[sgiac801]

temporary free ranging?

Get another cage immediately! Realistically, your other option would be to find a new home for one or both. Once they are separated, make sure you keep them in separate rooms or at the very least make a setup so that they won't be able to see each other.

Any chance you can bring one to a secluded spot/room in your house to free-range until you have the second cage? You could give them turns so they will not have to see each other (one in cage, one free-ranging, then switch after a few hours). In the meantime, please do your research! Hope they both turn out ok.

 

[kinyonga]

What species are they?
If you have a female she could need to lay eggs. Some species can produce eggs without having mated.

 

[kinyonga]

It's not good that your chameleon is sleeping during the day and the bump could be infected but we can't tell anything without photos and more information.