Ney baby veiled closing eyes

[Haley Osborne]

My baby veiled chameleon got here this morning from lllreptile and has been closing his eyes most of the day and doesnt move around alot. Is this normal?

 

[carol5208]

I answered you on your other thread. Try not to have more than one thread going on the same subject!

 

[Haley Osborne]

Sorry I seen that it needed to be posted here instead so I did and I cant figure out how to delete the other one!


anyways heres this that I was told to fill out.


Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Baby veiled male. been in the cage since about 11;45
Handling - about three times today for about 5 minutes
Feeding - hasnt eaten yet. and crickets.
Supplements - I have zoo med calcium with d3 and zoo med without d3 and havent got to use it yet.
Watering - dripper and havent misted it yet but hes only been here since morning.
Fecal Description - none
History - came from lllreptile

Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 25x14
Lighting - heat 100 watt- uvb tropical 5.0
Temperature - 83 by the lamp 75 away from it.
Humidity - 55-70 I use a gauge to measure.
Plants - not yet I have a ficus on the way
Placement - in a quiet room
Location - texas right now it gets about 95 f

Current Problem - eyes closed not eating or moving around

 

[carol5208]

If you are using a 100 watt I am not sure if you would be getting a basking temp of 83 unless your house is very cold or the branch is very far away from the light. How are you measuring the temp? As far as the 5.0, that is the correct uvb light to use. Is it a coil? Sometimes the coils seem to be too strong for the babies. I am not sure that any of this is causing the problem. You may have just been shipped a chameleon that is not well. If his eyes are closed, he will not be able to eat or drink. Try taking an eye dropper and drip some water slowly on the tip of his nose. This might take several minutes for him to start drinking. You don't want him to get dehydrated.

 

[Haley Osborne]

I have the heat lamp hanging from the ceiling so its not sitting on his cage its about two inches above it. and we have an ac unit in here also.

 

[Haley Osborne]

FALSE ALARM! Hes fine now. I dripped some water on him and misted his cage and tied his food bowl to a branch and his eyes are open and he finally ate some crickets for me! 3 actually! and I had calcium on them also.

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. I'm glad to hear that your little one opened his eyes. Hopefully he will start to eat more in the next couple of days. Baby veileds normally eat 15 or so small feeders a day. I couldn't imagine using a 100 watt blub on a baby. Do you have a digital temp gun to check his temps? If not I'd highly recommend you get one. I'm attaching my blog for new keeper for you below to help you keep your little one healthy.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html

More great info here: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/chameleons/

 

[junglefries]

delete and close

Don't worry I still can't figure out how to close and delete a thread. I closed one before, but have never been successful again. I actually spent 30min the other night trying to figure out how.

 

[carol5208]

Don't worry I still can't figure out how to close and delete a thread. I closed one before, but have never been successful again. I actually spent 30min the other night trying to figure out how.

you cannot. You have to ask one of the moderators to do so. Brad, Ferritinmyshoes, Olimpia are a few of them. You can pm them and ask.

 

[junglefries]

thanx

Thanx carol. apparently I haven't lost so much of my mind after 40. I find it easier to repair computers, than to use them. To use, I ask my 11yr old.