HELP!!! i think my cham is dying --please help asap!!!!

wow.:(
Yea the best thing for him is the sun. that is good you put him outside. no artificial light can match the sun for UVB.
Yes it will be worth it. dont be discouraged from all this. just learn as much as possible and don't give up on him.
 
JustinIgor said:
wow.:(
Yea the best thing for him is the sun. that is good you put him outside. no artificial light can match the sun for UVB.
Yes it will be worth it. dont be discouraged from all this. just learn as much as possible and do give up on him.
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I KNOW Justin meant don't give up on him!:)

-Brad
 
haha i am sure..

i just get put down easy w/ this b/c i have lost one before when i was young due to a parasite disease- but luckily this was caught in time!

so all should be up hill from here.

another question- the vet said the size of the enclosure i had him in was to big for him thats why he didnt get the right light...
so i went out and bough a 65 gal. screen reptarium and now have 1 UVB 5.0 tube and 4 UVA bulbs.. should that be enough UVB for him? my boyfriend seems to thing i should add another to make sure he is getting what he needs but i dont know if to much is to bad....?
 
NO NO. that is way to many lights.
1 reptisun 5.0 at the top of the cage.
also usually 1 regular house hold bulb should be suffice.
you dont want him in a oven.
your basking temp should be low to md 90's. you dont need lights on the side or any thing like that. he needs to be able to sit at the top and bask when he wants, then move to the other side of the cage out of the heat when he needs to.
take your temperature inside the cage then adjust your lighting.
 
one UVB should be good. just make sure that with the 4 UVA lights its not too hot. if it get too hot they go lower in the cage and as a result get less UVB.

the reptariums also have very thick screen and filter more UVB out than normal screen does.

did your vet find evidence of metabolic bone by the way? if it is a really bad case you may want to ask your vet about a 8.0 or 10.0 tube light if you cant put him outside in the sun. i wouldn't recommend a compact UVB since they have had some problems.
 
no the vet didnt mention anything about his bones just that there was a lack of calcium and that they have not fully developed. But i keep the are between80-90 thats with the 4 lights.. there are shaded areas of course.
i got the pertarium just as a temp till he is better then i will use that one for his outside enclosure.

he wont drink froa dripper.. i tried for about 3 months and not once did i see him use it.. he seems to just drink when i mist... is that bad?
 
well if he will only drink from amistthen mist him a lot.
Try and give him a shower when he gets stronger. this will help to get him to drink, and you may have to do this every other day.
 
the vet said b/c he is under 1 yr that he needs to be lik 12-18 in from the light source and i first had him in a 10 gal enclosure and when i opened it he would SPRINT out so i got a like 48' or 50' one and he loved it but i was told that w/ oe so big and him not big enough id say he is a hand lenght (?):confused:
that there are areas w/ no uva or uvb light which is bad for a growing chameleon
 
i mist him 3-5 times daily - not drenching every time... but enough to keep the humidity right. :p or if he looks dry i feel bad :p
 
if you were to cup feed the big cage should be fine.
He should be able to bask when he feels like it.
you cham will go to the lower branches to cool off.
this is why at the top of the cage one side should be your "basking/hot spot" and the other not have any lights.
he can regulate his body temperature this way.
 
try some different feeder insects too. my chams get tired of worms and crickets really fast. silkworms and hornworms are good as long as they are not too big. waxworms are a good treat to stimulate his appetite and to gain some weight. and you might try some phoenix worms since they are naturally high in calcium too.
 
they are definitely one of the best feeders if not the best. the most important thing is the variety just to keep your cham eating without force feeding since that can create added stress which an already sick cham can do without :).
 
Try a dripper again. Make sure it's dripping directly on a leaf that will hold the water a little. Scheffelera(sic) is good for this. It seems the sound or vibrations or just the sight of the water splashing is what stimulates them. A lot of chameleons won't drink when your watching them. He may be one of those. Keep an eye on his eyes. When he's hydrated they will be plump looking verses sunken in and hollow looking if he's dehydrated. Whoever said veiled were fragile didn't read about your little guy. 5 months with no UVB and no MBD. I thought he would have developed it for sure. Keep us posted. David
 
They're attracted the the visual aspects of the water and the distortion of light.
The problems with those attempting to keep bowels of water in their cages
is the absence of light refraction and clarity that cocktail drinking glasses provide.
All of my new hatchlings drink out of shotglasses after the first few weeks np.

Whoever said veiled were fragile didn't read about your little guy. 5 months with no UVB and no MBD. I thought he would have developed it for sure.
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