So I bought a female veiled chameleon several months back she is now 5 1/2 months old. Recently she has stopped eating she completely ignores her crickets and other bugs that I feed her. She has had some health issues when I bought her (from a large petstore) she had parasites and an URI. I went to an exotic vet in my area and she prescribed antibiotics (baytril by mouth and also baytril saline through nebulizer, panacur for worms, and metronidazole. I treated her for a few weeks and her symptoms seemed to go away so I stopped the antibiotics. Recently I've introduced a humidifier she seems to like it and will bask and breathe in the mist. Her enclosure is about 90% real plants using a medium zoo med reptibreeze. The humidity is now about 85-95% with the humidifier, Basking bulb 100W UVA with temps 90-95° ambient temps around 75°, 15W 18" T8 UVB hood bulb, Coconut fiber substrate at the bottom. She used to have a very strong appetite and now I'm concerned because she won't eat. I've also noticed that she has become noticeably more pale in color she used to display very vibrant colors. I've been orally feeding her reptaboost twice a day. She's very active still drinks and climbs around the cage and her grasp is strong. I have noticed she's been going to the bottom of the enclosure a lot I do have an egg laying bin for her incase she has eggs to lay. She is still leaving fecals around the cage although they are smaller than normal. Could she be impacted? I know a lot of you guys are expert breeders and have a lot of experience with chameleons I'd appreciate it if anyone could leave feedback as to what could be the problem. I'm hesitant bringing her back to the vet as they seem to not care about my animal and only want the $.
Help my chameleon won't eat
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misshissingroaches
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could it possibly be a side effect from the antibiotics? ask the vet what the side effects were. and she may have become relyant (is that a word?) on the antibiotics.
I'm not sure I will have to ask again. I hope not I know how damaging antibiotics can be for digestion because they also kill the good bacteria that help aid in digestion. I did ask originally but she couldn't give me a definitive answer she just told me to inform them if there were any negative side effects when I was giving the medicine.
Kath44
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I think you need to get rid of the substrate. Veileds will eat plants fruits and veggies. I think humidity may be too much too? It should spike during mistings etc, but not sure it should stay that high all day?
Check the care sheets out for clarification.
I think baytril can affect fluid intake, is she drinking? Maybe it can affect appetite too?
She may be off food due to eggs developing.
Kath.
Check the care sheets out for clarification.
I think baytril can affect fluid intake, is she drinking? Maybe it can affect appetite too?
She may be off food due to eggs developing.
Kath.
