brighteyez
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Our Jackson's Chameleon (Wilson) is acting extremely lethargic and is vomiting.
Before I get started here is what I think happened: Some malfunction happened with the misting system, so i think he has been severely dehydrated.
We were gone for a week and had a friend come by the house once daily to check on the chameleon, among other things around the house. When we got back the chameleon's cage was knocked over (the cage fell on it's side, but not off the ledge).
Wilson has had health issues since we got him (we got him from Pet's Mart). He has always had difficulty eating, is a runt, and had to have a leg amputated a while back due to a bone infection that just wouldn't go away. Wilson is a little over a year old now.
We immediately gave him a bath in lukewarm water, and he was moving around ALOT and seemed to love it, and was drinking, but then threw up (looked like a little bit of a super worm) and became super-lethargic (at first I was worried he wasn't breathing). We are trying to hold him at a downward angle and slightly to the side (in an attempt to make sure he doesn't breathe in his own vomit). He is still grasping things.
His eyes were very swollen and closed when we first saw him, but after getting his bath for a few minutes he opened both eyes. He doesn't appear to have any trauma to his body. He was just a *little* dark when we first came up on him (his "angry" color) but became a nice happy green once we put him in the water. He does look the slightest bit pale, and a little thinner than when we left him though
On a side-note our house-watcher left a note at 2pm today (it was 1130 pm when we got home) saying that all the super-worms had died. This is weird, and we have never seen this happen before...
I've already left a message on our vet's answering machine (whom is smart on chameleons) but I was hoping to get some tips to help Wilson make it through the night.
Cage: He lives in a nylon mesh cage, has a heat lamp and a UV lamp, and sits infront of a window. Right before we left we put a small fan next to his cage to increase airflow.
Temp: During the day the basking spot is about 81 F and the cooler parts of the cage are around 76 F. At night the cage is 75 F.
Water: We were hand-misting, but had re-started our mister. It is set to go off 3 times a day for 15 minutes at a time. The way it is set up, water collects on the netting at the top and will continue to drip several minutes after the mister stops, so Wilson has at least 3 20 minute periods to drink a day.
Suppliments: We use vitamin d and calcium power usually, but since we have been gone the past week hes been getting un-powdered food.
Food: All store-bought and gut-loaded using carrots and flukers, mostly crickets and superworms, but sometimes mealworms and silkworms.
Before I get started here is what I think happened: Some malfunction happened with the misting system, so i think he has been severely dehydrated.
We were gone for a week and had a friend come by the house once daily to check on the chameleon, among other things around the house. When we got back the chameleon's cage was knocked over (the cage fell on it's side, but not off the ledge).
Wilson has had health issues since we got him (we got him from Pet's Mart). He has always had difficulty eating, is a runt, and had to have a leg amputated a while back due to a bone infection that just wouldn't go away. Wilson is a little over a year old now.
We immediately gave him a bath in lukewarm water, and he was moving around ALOT and seemed to love it, and was drinking, but then threw up (looked like a little bit of a super worm) and became super-lethargic (at first I was worried he wasn't breathing). We are trying to hold him at a downward angle and slightly to the side (in an attempt to make sure he doesn't breathe in his own vomit). He is still grasping things.
His eyes were very swollen and closed when we first saw him, but after getting his bath for a few minutes he opened both eyes. He doesn't appear to have any trauma to his body. He was just a *little* dark when we first came up on him (his "angry" color) but became a nice happy green once we put him in the water. He does look the slightest bit pale, and a little thinner than when we left him though
On a side-note our house-watcher left a note at 2pm today (it was 1130 pm when we got home) saying that all the super-worms had died. This is weird, and we have never seen this happen before...
I've already left a message on our vet's answering machine (whom is smart on chameleons) but I was hoping to get some tips to help Wilson make it through the night.
Cage: He lives in a nylon mesh cage, has a heat lamp and a UV lamp, and sits infront of a window. Right before we left we put a small fan next to his cage to increase airflow.
Temp: During the day the basking spot is about 81 F and the cooler parts of the cage are around 76 F. At night the cage is 75 F.
Water: We were hand-misting, but had re-started our mister. It is set to go off 3 times a day for 15 minutes at a time. The way it is set up, water collects on the netting at the top and will continue to drip several minutes after the mister stops, so Wilson has at least 3 20 minute periods to drink a day.
Suppliments: We use vitamin d and calcium power usually, but since we have been gone the past week hes been getting un-powdered food.
Food: All store-bought and gut-loaded using carrots and flukers, mostly crickets and superworms, but sometimes mealworms and silkworms.
