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Jkehoe5222

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My husband got his first chameleon about 9 months ago, he has been doing amazing up until now, he has atoppex eating and drinking ... I'm so scared bc he can't open his eyes, I think he stopped eating and drinking bc he can't see anything there is like a hard crusty looking thing in the middle of his eyelid of where he should be opening his eyes, I have to wait until my next paycheck before I can take him to the vet, can anyone help me?
 
Jkehoe5222 said:
My husband got his first chameleon about 9 months ago, he has been doing amazing up until now, he has atoppex eating and drinking ... I'm so scared bc he can't open his eyes, I think he stopped eating and drinking bc he can't see anything there is like a hard crusty looking thing in the middle of his eyelid of where he should be opening his eyes, I have to wait until my next paycheck before I can take him to the vet, can anyone help me?
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  • Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
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  • Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
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He is a veiled, eats meal worms and crickets, didn't like super worms when we tried them. We use flukers calcium powder he is in a screen in closure, we use fake plants and vines, we have had him 9 months, but we think he is a year old. We use the little dripper and a mister the humidity it about 70 right now his cage is on a dresser in our room its about 3-4 feet tall and is almoat to the celling not near any vents, we live in Michigan, we keep our room at about 80 degrees bc I have hedgehogs I'm not sure on the Temps all around this is my husbands baby and he controls all that but I kno we have a thermometer on the mid level of the cage which is where we keep his worms. And my biggest concern is he can't see and he can't find his food or his water.
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Yes they both look like that he moves them around still but they won't open I don't think they can, and I don't know how long I think maybe a couple days that's why I'm getting him to a vet as soon as I can, I'm not the one who handles him my husband is, but I'm freaking out and feel like he's dying.
 
Jkehoe5222 said:
Yes they both look like that he moves them around still but they won't open I don't think they can, and I don't know how long I think maybe a couple days that's why I'm getting him to a vet as soon as I can, I'm not the one who handles him my husband is, but I'm freaking out and feel like he's dying.
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Step one,tell ur hubby or yourself to mist him with lukewarm water ,this will help him to get hydration plus giving him a chance to clean his eyes a bit.
Step two,stop feeding the mealworm to him,it has no nutrition value n he will get bloated n addicted to eat those mealworm only.
Step three,gutloading the cricket feeders with some high calcium vegetable like collard green n mustard green ,turnips etc,along with some finely mince ginger n garlic( just a tiny little bit on both)every night before u feed the crickets to ur veiled next day.
Step Four,the night time temperature has to drop at least 10F degree in order for the cham to rest ,constantly high temperature is a dangerous environment for the veiled to live since u mentioned
Jkehoe5222 said:
we keep our room at about 80 degrees bc I have hedgehogs
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Unless ur hubby already made the night time temperature drops.
In step one u can repeat it as often as u like every hours if u want or u can place the the cham in a shower tub with him stand on a sturdy object with his feet holding it firmly,then aim the shower head on the wall to splash the water indirectly towards him with 15min in ur supervision then repeat in hour since the cham wont like to stay under the water splash all the time or too long.
If u dont see any improvement within few days,u will need to bring the cham to the chameleon specialist vet asap.
U can still do the step 3 on the regular basis with ur feeder gutload.
Keep us posted on ur cham's condition,and hope this will help u a bit.
 
alphakenc said:
Step one,tell ur hubby or yourself to mist him with lukewarm water ,this will help him to get hydration plus giving him a chance to clean his eyes a bit.
Step two,stop feeding the mealworm to him,it has no nutrition value n he will get bloated n addicted to eat those mealworm only.
Step three,gutloading the cricket feeders with some high calcium vegetable like collard green n mustard green ,turnips etc,along with some finely mince ginger n garlic( just a tiny little bit on both)every night before u feed the crickets to ur veiled next day.
Step Four,the night time temperature has to drop at least 10F degree in order for the cham to rest ,constantly high temperature is a dangerous environment for the veiled to live since u mentioned

Unless ur hubby already made the night time temperature drops.
In step one u can repeat it as often as u like every hours if u want or u can place the the cham in a shower tub with him stand on a sturdy object with his feet holding it firmly,then aim the shower head on the wall to splash the water indirectly towards him with 15min in ur supervision then repeat in hour since the cham wont like to stay under the water splash all the time or too long.
If u dont see any improvement within few days,u will need to bring the cham to the chameleon specialist vet asap.
U can still do the step 3 on the regular basis with ur feeder gutload.
Keep us posted on ur cham's condition,and hope this will help u a bit.
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follow this and you're good to go
 
Thank you SO MUCH!!! These r things I can do, and I have the next 3 days off work so I'm going to be making sure all this happens!!! Still taking him to a vet tho as soon as I get paid, but at least I kno I will be doing my best till then. Will keep everyone updated!!!
 
I would actually give him a shower over misting if you can, showers tend to stimulating drinking even more than warm water mistings from my experience. And it usually helps more with eye cleaning. Do you know if you husband uses any multivitamins?
 
Since you mentioned:
Jkehoe5222 said:
he can't see and he can't find his food or his water.
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Do you have a dish/bowl for drinking in the enclosure?

Chameleons often don't drink from standing water and it can become a breeding ground for bacteria to have that in the enclosure which can cause health issues.
Frequent misting will ensure your chameleon gets enough to drink and it will also give him more chances to clean out the eyes.
 
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