help i think my cham is sick

talica

talica

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hi there we woke up today and our chem is sitting in her water and now has changed colors to black on head yellow on top of back and tail and green spotty everywhere else what should i do

Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen cage
Lighting - 75watt spot a uva uvb light and a night light
Temperature -between 70 + 80
Humidity -my humidity thing has broke
Plants - slick plants and vines
Placement - has her own room
Location - canada edmonton

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - veiled 3yrs female
Handling - every other day
Feeding - 50 crickets a week and 3- 4 times of anyother kind of worm
Supplements - calcium and electolyte in water and on crickets
Watering - she wont drink out of anything other then a bubble stump
Fecal Description -no recent poop brown with white and yellow
History - not that i can think of
Current Problem - very funny colored was sitting in her water not really hungry and eyes are sunken in alot
 
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Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Location - Where are you geographically located?

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Current Problem - The current problem that you are concerned about.
 
Sounds like stress colors. Definately shouldnt be sitting in water as Cush said.
please be patient with Julirs and Kinyonga and fillout the information, These two know what they are talking about and it really will help them get an idea whats wrong.
We all love our chameleons and we want yours to be happy and healthy too.
You picked the best website of all! :)
 
this is her about an hour ago she is ussually bright green
 

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That looks absolutely awful. Her eyes look sunken. I think that's a male by the way. Looks like I see a spur...
 
Just a gamble here. Eyes sunken in is generally a very good sign that they are dehydrated. I don't own any veileds yet. But the bubble stump may be the problem. It could have an abundance of bacteria in it. Try dripping, by various means. A drip bottle. A Drip line inside the cage. Try spraying the top of her cage and letting it drip down from multiple places at once.

I hope she gets better for you.
 
she has been drinking all day so far we just went and bought new calcium and electrlityes
and its a red inferred light
 
Syn may be right, There does appear to be a spur in one pic on a hind foot, 'she' may be he.

I dont know what a 'bubble stump' is, but there shouldnt be sitting water. Its really nessesary to observe daily to be sure its pooping etc.
'not noticed in a week' makes me wonder how often you clean the cage, most of us remove poop daily as they do it. This is the best way to ensure everythings ok and your animal is actually drinking. No substrate and the floor space as uncluttered as possible makes poo spotting much easier.

The eyes do look somewhat sunken in the pics (sign of dehydration) but it may be just a bad pic,
sometimes I panic when I glance at mine and I think his eyes are sunken, but closer inspection shows they are not. Some kind of reliable dripper is best, with a nozzel somewhere (over a branch?) for easy access.

What else can you tell us about 'her'? behaviour that concerns you?
 
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I do not like seeing that color. Friend's chameleon broke her forearm, and she was in that color the day before she passed away. Not saying anything is going to happen to your cham, but she is probably very stressed.
 
well in two years there has been no eggs i clean the poo almost everyday as i can get in from the crickets running around and the bubble stump is a dish that has air going in it to make bubbles but she does poop in it once in awhile so maybe i need a new one anda dripper doesnt work it emptys everywhere all the time
 
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