Please Help! i dont want to loose him!

[KingJulian]

That works too. If you are afraid of him falling, set it lower to the ground just in case. Sit there with him the entire time he's in there and hold a hand under him in case he slips. Hope it works!! It's one of the best, easiest ways to get them drinking.

 

[Tannervan20]

I stand in the shower with mine and if the water is hitting them in the face they naturally close their eyes.... I never leave them unsupervised in fear of them falling! just stay close

 

[vipersnake]

thank you all for you help, turned the shower into a bit higer than luke warm.. let it creat humidity in the bathroom but he wouldnt drink. tried with a dropper to his mouth and he opened and drank 2 drops from the dropper, and closed his eyes like hes sleeping, will stay here for 15min more then ill put him back in his enclosure ( raised the temp of the enclosure to 85F with a heat mat ) and hope for the best

 

[Kaianuanu]

Pet smart is closed at the moment, will have to buy it tomorrow morning asap

Make sure you get the carnivore formula.

 

[Video Master]

This is a link to the Veiled Care Sheet. There is a ton of great information in the care sheets on this forum.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/

It talks about food, humidity, suppliments, misting, etc...

The other thing is to just keep asking questions on here. Everyone here is great and always willing to help out a fellow cham owner.

 

[Djturna4thakidz]

Make sure to keep us posted with how the little guy is doing. I'm pulling for you guys!

 

[szpond]

I'm not an expert on veileds, but wouldn't a heat mat not be the best idea in this case? Perhaps someone with more experience on them can chime in on that

 

[lancaster0861]

Do you have any other lights besides the florescent compact 5.0?

 

[pepezkakap]

To my knowledge his condition has happened for more than just a day. The problems may be adding up and becoming more complex.

Has he drank from the shower?

 

[lancaster0861]

Idk for sure just guessing, but his temps seem warm enough, but if he doesn't have a sufficient basking sight he may not have proper heat to digest and get his food to metabolizelize properly. That might be why he is only eating 4 to 7 crickets a day, because the food in his stomach isn't being broken down. This will prevent him from eating more. Also a better gutload will help get much needed nutrients in him as flukers doesn't provide much of a gutload at all. I could very well be wrong, but just some thoughts.

 

[kinyonga]

Is the temperature in the whole cage that hot or just the basking area?

IMHO you should be dusting with calcium at most feedings and gutloading the insects.

From the looks of it if he doesnt get help soon it will be too late.

Be careful giving it water at this point...you don't want it to aspirate it. It's important to give it some....just do it a drip at a time.