Ill chameleon, dehydrated? HELP

[Kl23]

Female veiled, 9 months old, reptibreeze enclosure, temperature is around 75 degrees, probably 80 at her top branch where she spends most of her time, humidity is usually around 50, feed her 6 locusts a day, I gut load the locusts with any veg we have in the fridge (9 out of 10 times carrots), also leave mealworms and kale in her enclosure for her to eat as she pleases, I have a dripper and spray her 3 times a day, she is really friendly and can come out whenever given the opportunity.

She doesn't look well, weak grip, eyes look sunken, I'm 99% sure she must be dehydrated. She takes no notice of water, I have a dripper which when dripping she moves away from as if it's annoying her. I spray her daily and I'm now spraying her almost every hour to try and get some water into her but again she acts as if it's annoying and runs away and hides when I'm doing so. I've even also put an exo terra waterfall in her enclosure, but she uses it as a climbing frame rather than water source. I take her to the tap every time I have her out and she just tries to climb on the water. I've tried everything to get her drinking but she won't, it's as if she doesn't notice water. I've attached a pic, you can see she doesn't look herself. I've had nothing but problems with her but as far as I'm aware my housing is pretty good, any advice on improvement would be appreciated. And any help with the drinking problem also

 

[Kl23]

Forgot to mention, I dust her locusts with a calcium and multi vitamin every other day

 

[kinyonga]

Can you post a couple more recent photos of her please.

 

[Kl23]

Can you post a couple more recent photos of her please.

 

[kinyonga]

I'm using a playbook and it's hard for me to see enough in the photos...but her belly looks distended...not like she's carrying eggs though. Has she laid eggs recently?

Does she have a container of washed playsand in her cage where she can dig if she needs to lay eggs?

 

[Kl23]

I'm using a playbook and it's hard for me to see enough in the photos...but her belly looks distended...not like she's carrying eggs though. Has she laid eggs recently?

Does she have a container of washed playsand in her cage where she can dig if she needs to lay eggs?

She's lying sort of weird, think she's trying to soak up as much heat from her lamp as she can. She's been spayed so she shouldn't have anything to worry about egg wise. She's got her eyes closed a lot but she opens them when I'm around her. I've got a vets appointment in an hour for her

 

[kinyonga]

The spaying explains the belly sagging I think.

What specific supplements do you use?

I would suggest you improve your feeding / gutloading of the insects. For locusts, crickets, roaches and superworms you can use a wide assortment of greens such as collards, escarole, endive, dandelion greens, kale, etc and veggies such as carrots, sweet red pepper, squash, zucchini, sweet potato, etc.

I'm glad you're taking her to the vets.

 

[Kl23]

The spaying explains the belly sagging I think.

What specific supplements do you use?

I would suggest you improve your feeding / gutloading of the insects. For locusts, crickets, roaches and superworms you can use a wide assortment of greens such as collards, escarole, endive, dandelion greens, kale, etc and veggies such as carrots, sweet red pepper, squash, zucchini, sweet potato, etc.

I'm glad you're taking her to the vets.

Nutrobol Is the name of the supplement I use. It's almost always carrots, kale or potato I feed the locusts and worms, I'll try more of a variety from now on. Getting her drinking regularly is what I'm most concerned about

 

[wavingsnail]

If she's pancaking out to bask maybe see if you can bump the temperature up a bit.

I'm utilizing my knowledge of lizards in general rather than chameleons specifically, so feel free to correct me here, but a higher basking point will allow her to thermo regulate a bit more freely and also speed up the digestion process.

Also, more plants. Throw a live pothos or two in there for her to hide in, much on, and collect water droplets. Fake plants seem to be hydrophobic to a degree.

Pooping ok?

 

[Kl23]

If she's pancaking out to bask maybe see if you can bump the temperature up a bit.

I'm utilizing my knowledge of lizards in general rather than chameleons specifically, so feel free to correct me here, but a higher basking point will allow her to thermo regulate a bit more freely and also speed up the digestion process.

Also, more plants. Throw a live pothos or two in there for her to hide in, much on, and collect water droplets. Fake plants seem to be hydrophobic to a degree.

Pooping ok?

She usually lies like that to soak up the heat first thing in the morning when the light goes on (which is when I took the pics)

The problem with live plants is she prefers locusts to crickets and the locusts eat the plants in no time at all, I've had loads of live plants but was tired of replacing them every week lol.

Yeah she's been doing the toilet as normal, she's with the vet now he's going to give her some antibiotics and keep an eye on her. Thanks for your help