Sick veiled chameleon. Help please
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MissSkittles
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This is the very best news! You’ll need to start getting a true enclosure set up for him so that he can continue to improve. He is holding onto some weight, so while he does need good nutrition, avoid the treat bugs which can be fatty (superworms and wax worms mainly) and make sure to feed your feeders well so that they are more nutritious. Once he fully recovers (which I now have hope that he will), he’ll need to be put on a diet to lose some of his excess. Going to let this happiness and hope get me thru my work night. 
Gloriawood
Chameleon Enthusiast
Wow! I was so worried he wasn’t going to make it through that first night to be honest. But I’m so glad he’s doing so much better! I’m new to chams compared to some of the other keepers here, but holy cow I don’t know that I’ve seen a veiled that yellow before! Usually they are much more green. He’s just beautiful
hlabloul
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Thank you!Amazing!!! Keep fighting little buddy!!
Sending you many positive vibes.
I turned on his light this morning and he looked offended that i peeked in on him 
he's got a little personality
hlabloul
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Morning! Hes getting a little personality this morning!
this big guy is so cool! I'm working on getting a proper house this week 
hlabloul
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Thank you so much!!
Hes turning into a fighter! When hes calm I've noticed he's yellow and when hes po'd hes brown.
Gloriawood
Chameleon Enthusiast
So pretty. My guy gets yellow and teal stripes while he is sleeping. Nothing like your yellow boy tho! Rest of the times he is a mucky green/brown while basking or just various greens. His pajamas are my fav tho.Thank you so much!!
hlabloul
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Todays update: Bubba is a sassy stinker today. All puffed up and hissing. I got him to eat 3 super worms and 2 crickets + 5ml of water. Hes living underneath his uvb bulb and I'm taking him outside for about 10 min twice a day to get sun.
Attached are pictures of said Sassy Stinker. I even got the side eye.
Attached are pictures of said Sassy Stinker. I even got the side eye.
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BleuSaphir
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Keep up the progress!
ToastyCham
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I’m so glad he’s doing better! Love his yellows by the way!
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
Great!! While you still need to get everything to create his home, there's also another option instead of an enclosure. However, this depends on your situation at home, other pets (dogs or cats), small children, or other hazards that could harm a free roaming chameleon, but free ranging is also an option and my veiled lives almost 3 years in this setup https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/free-range-inspiration.2464/
Just a thought ;-)
Just a thought ;-)
No reason at all to feel embarrassed. We teach here so you feel more confident in being a chameleon keeper. It just shows that your vet did not know anything about your chameleon. There are chameleon species that get to those weights however no veiled or Panther would due to their overall size.
hlabloul
Established Member
Thank you so much!
hlabloul
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We went to another vet today. She said with proper care that Bubba might make a full recovery, but it was going to be a long uphill battle. I'm totally ok with that. I will do whatever i need to do for him.
He's not happy about being woken up and going for a car ride but hes back under his uvb light and yellow again. 
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
It keeps getting betterWe went to another vet today. She said with proper care that Bubba might make a full recovery, but it was going to be a long uphill battle. I'm totally ok with that. I will do whatever i need to do for him.
hlabloul
Established Member
Adding on to todays adventure, Bubba decided to explore again. We found him huddled up on the internet router. I'm definitely about to order the neptune beginner kit. Hes also eaten 3 super worms and and 2 crickets. No water or vitamins yet due to sass. I weighed him on my kitchen scale and weighed 200gms. Hes just so skinny.
hlabloul
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He was sweet at the vet today, but he just put his sassy pants back on after giving me a heart attack and gallivanting around the living room.His 5 minutes of being grateful (calm,nice) to you for saving his life is over, off to being a regular old sassy veiled!
Are you not supplementing the insects? You would not put vitamins in his water, you can overdose them this way. You would very lightly coat the insects in the correct supplement for that day's feeding.
