wetrippymaine
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I have a juvenile veiled chameleon and just two days ago she was perfectly fine, though for the past week I have noticed she's always been in the top corner of the cage face nearly pushed up against the screen very close to the light, and she's kinda new so I thought she just found her spot. I should also mention that she shares her cage with a male veiled chameleon, and I can tell it does stress her very much. This morning I found her laying on her side in the dirt underneath the plant and the thought occurred to me maybe she pregnant but as I tried to pick her up to take a look at her she could barely even hold onto my finger. The only explanation I could think of is that two days ago I fed them a few moths, I didn't see her eat one but I saw the boy eat a few (he is fine). I'm going to call my vet immediately and get her in as soon as possible and I also have been in the process of building a new cage for them so they have room away from each other (it's going to be very big) and later on building another so I can separate them.
As for their living specifications, I have a small "8x8"x12" tank that the sales rep at pet Co told me would be fine for them but after doing my research a week later when I noticed them fighting had found its faaar too small the cage totaled out to about 200 though (rip off) so I couldn't buy them a bigger one so I've been making one, I plan on finishing it tomorrow she I can get her some room. I also have a dual light bulb fixture with two 60 way new uvb bulbs, one day and one night, it's a steady 90-95 degrees at the very top and room temp at the bottom. I feed them about 4 crickets each a day and about 15 meal worms each a day, and they do eat it all. I also have a reptifogger for humidity.
And insight on what this could be while I wait for the vet appointment would help greatly, and also any information on how to nurse a generally sick chameleon.
As for their living specifications, I have a small "8x8"x12" tank that the sales rep at pet Co told me would be fine for them but after doing my research a week later when I noticed them fighting had found its faaar too small the cage totaled out to about 200 though (rip off) so I couldn't buy them a bigger one so I've been making one, I plan on finishing it tomorrow she I can get her some room. I also have a dual light bulb fixture with two 60 way new uvb bulbs, one day and one night, it's a steady 90-95 degrees at the very top and room temp at the bottom. I feed them about 4 crickets each a day and about 15 meal worms each a day, and they do eat it all. I also have a reptifogger for humidity.
And insight on what this could be while I wait for the vet appointment would help greatly, and also any information on how to nurse a generally sick chameleon.