Picky Veiled Chameleon

[justjumpit621]

I have a year old veiled chameleon I adopted 3 days ago from petsmart. She had gotten an eye infection and lost both her eyes despite antibiotics. Due to roughly force feeding her she also developed mouth rot but that has cleared up. She is severely malnurished and dehydrated. They were basically just waiting for her to die until I adopted her. I am giving her subQ fluids for her dehydration as she will not drink from misting, a dropper, or a bowl (obviously thats what petsmart gave her). I am feeding her a variety of fresh fruits, veggies, some hibiscus flowers, and crickets. Unfortunately, petsmart was feeding her waxworms which to a chameleon is basically like candy. Now she wont eat her crickets unless I shove them all the way into her mouth and keep it there, otherwise she'll spit them out. I feed her the Can'O'Crickets, I cant feed many live things to her because its hard to hold her in one hand with a bug in the other trying to pry her mouth open and shove the bug in all at the same time, let alone a MOVING bug. Any suggestions on different, nutritious insects? Or any fruits and veggies I can also try? She likes pears, apples and hibiscus flowers.

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the Chameleon Forums. You have taken on quite a task adopting this little girl. Is this your first chameleon? I have attached a link for you on Veiled chameleons. It's a great blog and there's also a section for the female veiled.

Silkworm would be a good feeder for her and not to hard to force feed. If she can't see; you are going to have to put the bugs in her mouth. I would find a vet that's experienced in chameleons and have her checked out. Maybe there's something they can do for her eyes.

http://raisingkittytheveiledchamele...-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11

Another good blog:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/ryan-jarosek/119-new-arrival-bringing-home.html

 

[justjumpit621]

Welcome to the Chameleon Forums. You have taken on quite a task adopting this little girl. Is this your first chameleon? I have attached a link for you on Veiled chameleons. It's a great blog and there's also a section for the female veiled.

Silkworm would be a good feeder for her and not to hard to force feed. If she can't see; you are going to have to put the bugs in her mouth. I would find a vet that's experienced in chameleons and have her checked out. Maybe there's something they can do for her eyes.

http://raisingkittytheveiledchamele...-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11

Another good blog:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/ryan-jarosek/119-new-arrival-bringing-home.html

Thank you very much JannB, that is helpful.