Tlandress7
Member
It’s been a day and I still haven’t seen her eat
Laying eggs
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Tlandress7
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Should I be worried that she still hasn’t eaten
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Tomorrow evening, is she at least up off the nest yet?
Tlandress7
Member
Yes she’s out of her nest
Tlandress7
Member
So she laid her eggs on Monday and she still hasn’t eaten anything, I even got some hornworms today and still nothing, she’s drinking just not eating
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Time for a vet visit.
In the mean time try to get her to gape at you and when she does stick a bug in her mouth.
In the mean time try to get her to gape at you and when she does stick a bug in her mouth.
Tlandress7
Member
I too her to the vet the day before she laid her eggs (Sunday) because It’s been a while since she used her tongue, the vet told me that it was because she was getting too cold at night and I needed a black light. I have one now but there hasn’t been any progress
Tlandress7
Member
It looks like she just defecated, the white part is almost like mesh and the tan part is real soft as well. It looks more like a blob than anything
ERKleRose
Chameleon Enthusiast
Don’t use a black light. If it gets below 60*F (I think), use a ceramic heat emitter. I don’t think being too cold relates to tongue function.
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Did you mean to say black light or was that a typo?
Tlandress7
Member
No that’s what my vet said, so I bought one from the pet store
Tlandress7
Member
What I bought was a night heat lamp 75 w made by exo terra
ERKleRose
Chameleon Enthusiast
Chams need complete darkness. If it gets below a certain temp (the care sheets here have minimum overnight temp), then get and use a ceramic heat emitter
Tlandress7
Member
Well I’m on my way to the vet now, I think she might be sick but I don’t know for sure
ERKleRose
Chameleon Enthusiast
Good luck!
Tlandress7
Member
He told me it was normal for her eating to be unusual around the time she lays eggs, but he said I need to force feed her to get some calories in her
ERKleRose
Chameleon Enthusiast
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yes it’s time. But instead of going straight to the syringe I’d like you to try to get her to gape at you and when she does stick a bug in her mouth. If she won’t cooperate with that then we can talk about real force feeding. Let us know
Tlandress7
Member
How exactly do I get her to gape at me?
ERKleRose
Chameleon Enthusiast
Piss her off
