Chameleon will only eat flies

[Gbetts1986]

I've had my veiled chameleon for about 3 months, she used to eat whatever I put in there, crickets, silk worms, wax worms, meal worms. About two weeks ago she quit eating pretty much all together. She will eat the occasional cricket maybe every few days, won't eat from her feeder cup period. It's very frustrating and exhausting trying to figure out what's going on. She goes nuts when I put flies in there and will go straight for them. I purchased hornworms recently and she won't even look at those. I'm just kind of at my wits end on what to do. She looks fairly skinny but overall not as bad as you would think. I have another veiled Cham in a different enclosure, pretty much the exact same set up and she goes nuts over any food source I put in there.

 

[Gbetts1986]

This is a pic I just took of her. She also seems to be growing painfully slow. My other Cham which I got at the same time has more then doubled in size

 

[alphakenc]

She goes nuts when I put flies in there and will go straight for them

The faster the bugs run,the more they love to chase,every cham have their own personality,just like us,some stay by the bar,silent n pick up n some love to dance on the dance floor,different type of chase....
It also could be stressed by seeing each other without a visual block in between.

 

[Gbetts1986]

The faster the bugs run,the more they love to chase,every cham have their own personality,just like us,some stay by the bar,silent n pick up n some love to dance on the dance floor,different type of chase....
It also could be stressed by seeing each other without a visual block in between.

My chameleons are in different rooms

 

[Gbetts1986]

Can someone comment on if she looks dehydrated or too skinny..or if they are supposed to be kinda skinny at that age

 

[Kclarke02]

This is a pic I just took of her. She also seems to be growing painfully slow. My other Cham which I got at the same time has more then doubled in size

She's so cute! Has a bug-eyed spooked look about her but so sweet. My first thought was maybe gravid, but she doesn't look it there. You've had her 3 months, but that makes her how old now??

 

[Gbetts1986]

She's so cute! Has a bug-eyed spooked look about her but so sweet. My first thought was maybe gravid, but she doesn't look it there. You've had her 3 months, but that makes her how old now??

Yes she gets spooked very easy lol. She didn't like me getting in her cage and snapping a pic. She's a grumpy one. Well I got her from petco, she was the smallest one in the cage and I just had to have her. They didn't know her sex or age, she was tiny so I'm thinking she's around 31/2- 4 months.

 

[alphakenc]

My chameleons are in different rooms

Thats good to know the best visual block is the different room,unlike mine ,I dont have 50 different room to offer all of them.
And judging by the picture,the eye look bit sunken ,unless is the angle of the picture tooks,if u can take some more pics,I will let u know if its sunken or not

 

[Gbetts1986]

Thats good to know the best visual block is the different room,unlike mine ,I dont have 50 different room to offer all of them.
And judging by the picture,the eye look bit sunken ,unless is the angle of the picture tooks,if u can take some more pics,I will let u know if its sunken or not

Yeah I keep her in my room, the other female is in my sons room. I moved her in my room so I could monitor her more closely

 

[MojoRoller]

Yeah I keep her in my room, the other female is in my sons room. I moved her in my room so I could monitor her more closely

How do you make your own post \thread on here... I'm new lol

 

[alphakenc]

Yeah I keep her in my room, the other female is in my sons room. I moved her in my room so I could monitor her more closely

Thats good to monitor her closely,can u see any sunken eyes on her,it could be she is dehydrated or parasite in her since the pet store does not know how to take good care of the cham

 

[alphakenc]

How do you make your own post \thread on here... I'm new lol

Find a topic for ur thread (General photography,chameleon breeding...etc)
Select post a new thread ,n write ur subject tittle n go to work

 

[MojoRoller]

Find a topic for ur thread (General photography,chameleon breeding...etc)
Select post a new thread ,n write ur subject tittle n go to work

Thanks!

 

[alphakenc]

Thanks!

Ur welcome.

 

[Gbetts1986]

Thats good to monitor her closely,can u see any sunken eyes on her,it could be she is dehydrated or parasite in her since the pet store does not know how to take good care of the cham

I got her tested for parasites, it came back negative. A couple weeks ago I was pretty scared, she was super lathargic and sleeping during the day. The vet prescribed baytril because he thought she could possibly have an infection. I've given her like 4 doses she seems to be doing much better, a lot more active. Just not a big fan of the feeders I've been providing. I haven't given her a dose jn a few days because giving her that baytril really stresses her out

 

[alphakenc]

I got her tested for parasites, it came back negative. A couple weeks ago I was pretty scared, she was super lathargic and sleeping during the day. The vet prescribed baytril because he thought she could possibly have an infection. I've given her like 4 doses she seems to be doing much better, a lot more active. Just not a big fan of the feeders I've been providing. I haven't given her a dose jn a few days because giving her that baytril really stresses her out

What type of the infection ?and usually when cham is on medication they tend to not eating normally plus it put lots stress on her body..kidney etc,what color is her urate??

 

[Gbetts1986]

What type of the infection ?and usually when cham is on medication they tend to not eating normally plus it put lots stress on her body..kidney etc,what color is her urate??

her urate and poo seem normal, white. In my opinion the vet was not very knowledgable. He said he would give baytril as a precaution for an infection. He didn't think it was a respitory infection.

 

[alphakenc]

her urate and poo seem normal, white. In my opinion the vet was not very knowledgable. He said he would give baytril as a precaution for an infection. He didn't think it was a respitory infection.

Was the cham had saliva mucus n open her mouth all the time with her head pointing up?if not then I will recommend find anothet vet asap,ur poor cham is not eating for a reason,and when giving prescription med without a proper cause,that will only make it worse n delay the healing process,without proper food in her age,she wont grow properly,medicine will also cause the cham not eating at all.

 

[JGuinan007]

Your cham does look skinny and dehydrated.

 

[alphakenc]

Keep us updated on ur cham,try get a second opinion from a different vet soon,then proceed from there,best luck to ur cham.