Help! Please!!!!

[Madagaskar]

Hi, I found a Brady pumilum (Cape dwarf chameleon) male. The male was dehydrated & almost died so i saved him.I've had him for a month. A week ago my dad found another female, her eyes were sunken in and looked a bit dehydrated but I never thought she was sick, it was raining & cold so I didnt feed them but gave them water, Im unsure if she did drink.( In Capetown where I live we have winter rainfall and extremely hot dry summers,we have had heat waves prior to finding the male) A few days later I found a pregnant female, she looked healthy and fat, she was an orange pinkish colour. The next day was a sunny day so i misted & fed the male & "pregnant" female, but the other female's eyes were closed ,I tried to feed her but she didnt open her eyes. the next morning I opened the cage and she fell off, I picked her up but she hardly had a grip, she was weak, I put her on a branch on a tree but she didnt hold on, then I knew she was sick she also opened her mouth to breath. About three hours later she died I didnt have her long enough to notice symtoms), I'm concernd about my other chameleons, if its contageous it will spread to the pregnant female, male, and my panther chameleon! (My panther is housed seperately from the pumilums.) I dont know what it is!!!, it could be anything, pesticides, parisites or even internal help!

 

[Captive Creations]

I think your best bet is going to be taking them to a vet or maybe even just sending in stool samples to get them checked for parasites. It was very nice of you to take in these chameleons. I wish I lived somewhere that chameleons were just found outside,
For right now you can keep an eye on them and make sure you clean everthing your chameleons use often and get a sample into the vet if you can.

 

[Solid Snake]

How are you housing these pumilum?

We dont have them over here,(yet) so experience with that particular animal is likely scarce. ;/

 

[SSimsswiSS]

If your up to it, I would cut the female open if she was big, to see if she died egg bound. I use the term loosely since this is a ovoviviparous species. Sounds like she was housed with other chameleons. Which may have complicated her pregnancy.