NEED IMMEDIATE HELP very sick chameleon

Cage Info:
Cage Type - 20 gal tall glass cage
Lighting - 5.0 UVB bulb, not a flourecent tube, uvb from 8am til 7pm, uva 24 hours
Temperature - 76 degrees...usually stays around there...never under 70
Humidity - 50 % humidity...right now higher because i put my water dragons fogger in her cage to help
Plants - not until she is older and in a mesh cage
Placement - on the floor under the window (no pesticides)...he/she used to be next to the snake cage, but i moved her next to the beardie cage so she could get some peice at night...pretty low off the floor
Location - LA valley california

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - NOSY B, idk sex yet, 2-3 months, in my care for a month and a half
Handling -once a day...i wouldn't if she didn't mind because of the concern of her being so small, but she seems to want to explore
Feeding - small crickets...she wont eat wormies or plants, twice a day about 10 a day, and the crickets are gut loaded with 3 types of cricket food, and carrots
Supplements - REP CAL 2-3 times a week
Watering - spray the cage 3 times a day for one minute, she has a dripper
Fecal Description - 2 days ago completly normal, long poops with white urate...today and yesterday ive sceen 2 black dots, one with urate, she is to small to test for parisites
History - She is abnormally small for her age but has had a healthy apitite, and is very active
Current Problem - her eyes are extremly sunken in, closed (yesterday she opened one but it is closed again today), looks extremely skinny, seems to still be drinking, not very strong grip, not eating today or last night, can't see where she is going, so extremly clumsy, color is dark and abnormal even for her/him...no longer blue
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we just gave her some pedialite, and after about a minute she looked like she was trying to puke some out...two drops came out of her mouth


but she does look a little better today...getting some of her color back
 
I notice from the info you gave that you have UVA on 24 hours. Chams need darkness and a drop in temps at night time. They don't usually require any heat at night. The heat lamp and UV lights should be on 12 hours a day, then turned off at night to allow the cham to sleep. My lights are on a timer and I set the heat lamp to go off half an hour before the UV and she knows when her first light goes out that it's time to roost for the night.
 
Honestly that chameleon looks in VERY rough shape, your best bet will be to get it to the vet NOW, yesterday would have been better and the week before that would have been even better. A chameleon doesn’t get to looking like that overnight. Give it lots of water, place it in a warm shower or mist it often with a drip cup running, maybe mix in a bit of pedialyte. Other than that I would say that it is a long shot that your lil buddy will make it. Sorry :(
 
it also keeps lifting its tail straight up and spreaidng her legs as if she is trying to go to the bathroom, but nothing is coming out.
Also can any one explain why she wont open her eyes, i didnt think that was a symptom of dehydration. She is moving around blindly because she wont open her eyes.
 
Vegas Chad said:
Honestly that chameleon looks in VERY rough shape, your best bet will be to get it to the vet NOW, yesterday would have been better and the week before that would have been even better. A chameleon doesn’t get to looking like that overnight. Give it lots of water, place it in a warm shower or mist it often with a drip cup running, maybe mix in a bit of pedialyte. Other than that I would say that it is a long shot that your lil buddy will make it. Sorry :(
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Actually it's taken me all day to be able to post on this thread because I find that photo so sad to look at.:( Poor little cham, it doesn't look good.
 
Is it possible for you to contact a vet within your state that you could email pictures to, call them, and ask for help since you are so far away?
 
yes i have one of the forum members that i know coming from yorba linda and hes going to take my cham to doctor greek because he lives right by his office.
 
When you said you were in LA valley, CA. Are you by any chance near Calabasas or North Hills.

In Calabasas, there's Dr. Molnar and Dr. Milikin in the All Animal Clinic. I just saw Dr. Molnar yesterday. He has experience with chameleons. They're close on Sunday and it's only $65 for a diagnostic visit. I think you can do an emergency visit though. Here's their web address.
http://www.allanimalsvets.com/site/view/78730_AAMCHome.pml;jsessionid=1kmbk745japwl

In North Hills, there's the Adler Veterinary Group. I've heard they have a vet there that sees reptiles on a regular basis. Here's their web address:
http://adlervetgroup.com/index.php

I hope your cham gets better, but it's looking quite grim. :(
 
Sporkthedork said:
When you said you were in LA valley, CA. Are you by any chance near Calabasas or North Hills.

In Calabasas, there's Dr. Molnar and Dr. Milikin in the All Animal Clinic. I just saw Dr. Molnar yesterday. He has experience with chameleons. They're close on Sunday and it's only $65 for a diagnostic visit. I think you can do an emergency visit though. Here's their web address.
http://www.allanimalsvets.com/site/view/78730_AAMCHome.pml;jsessionid=1kmbk745japwl

In North Hills, there's the Adler Veterinary Group. I've heard they have a vet there that sees reptiles on a regular basis. Here's their web address:
http://adlervetgroup.com/index.php

I hope your cham gets better, but it's looking quite grim. :(
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Thnx for the info
 
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