Sick veiled chemeleon
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carol5208
Chameleon Enthusiast
Sleeping during the day is a very bad sign along with the vomiting. He most likely needs vet attention but fill out the ask for help form in the health clinic and lets see if there is somthing in your set up which could be causing him illness. Wrong supplementation, incorrect lighting just to name a few could be causing issues.
mcleodschams
Established Member
Sorry to say but you are gonna need a vet . But if you can fill out the how to ask for help form we can help with any issues that we can help with but ultimately a vet will be in need by the sound of it. Eyes closed during the day is never good.
Kate
Avid Member
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/
Here is the link. Sorry your baby is sick. Please copy and paste the form and answer the questions. Welcome to the forum, I hope we can help you.
Here is the link. Sorry your baby is sick. Please copy and paste the form and answer the questions. Welcome to the forum, I hope we can help you.
I Called the Vet to make an appointment and am waiting for a return phone call. Thanks guys
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male veiled chameleon, we got him in Febraury when he was a baby so ten months?
Handling - not very often at all, only take him out to clean the cage.
Feeding - Superworms, crickets, waxworms. but he stopped eatting all of them. we are using cricket food from the store.
Supplements - Repta-cal. everyother day
Watering - we mist the cage like four times a day. sometimes i see him drinking but not that often.
Fecal Description - very normal.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen 24x24x36 or 18x18x36 not sure..
Lighting - im not sure the model, but we have two heat lights (because its been cold in my apartment)
Temperature - 85-90
Plants - two lives plants, a ficus and i forget the other one but we bought it at the same place be bought the chameleon.
Placement - he is not in a high traffic area
Location - NYC
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male veiled chameleon, we got him in Febraury when he was a baby so ten months?
Handling - not very often at all, only take him out to clean the cage.
Feeding - Superworms, crickets, waxworms. but he stopped eatting all of them. we are using cricket food from the store.
Supplements - Repta-cal. everyother day
Watering - we mist the cage like four times a day. sometimes i see him drinking but not that often.
Fecal Description - very normal.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen 24x24x36 or 18x18x36 not sure..
Lighting - im not sure the model, but we have two heat lights (because its been cold in my apartment)
Temperature - 85-90
Plants - two lives plants, a ficus and i forget the other one but we bought it at the same place be bought the chameleon.
Placement - he is not in a high traffic area
Location - NYC
camimom
New Member
Are you only using repta-cal?
You need a calcium without d3 for every feeding, calcium with d3 twice amonth, anda multivitamin twice a month.
you also need to know waht lights you are using.
you need a UVB bulb, and a Heat/ basking light..
can you psot photos of him please?
and his cage.
You need a calcium without d3 for every feeding, calcium with d3 twice amonth, anda multivitamin twice a month.
you also need to know waht lights you are using.
you need a UVB bulb, and a Heat/ basking light..
can you psot photos of him please?
and his cage.
justjumpit621
New Member
The husbandry and the symptoms make me think kidney failure =/
what product are you using as a supplement? you said repta-cal but there are a few different products.
what product are you using as a supplement? you said repta-cal but there are a few different products.
lysinlight87
New Member
A good way to transport him would be to put him a dark box with a vine/rag to hold on to. They tend to just sleep if it's dark, & not being able to see what's happening outside will minimise stress.
justjumpit621
New Member
How well do they know reptiles? He does look dehydrated, but they also get sunken eyes when they are sick so if they just went by the way his eyes look that wasn't very professional. My guy showed the same symptoms and had kidney failure. The only way they can tell if anything is wrong is by doing blood work, and even then they have to know what the normal levels are to read it accurately.
Carlton
Chameleon Enthusiast
Remember, kidney failure can be caused by chronic dehydration as well as other types of disease. The dehydration is a good start anyway. Get him rehydrated and change your dusting and gutloading, find out what your lights are specifically, and he may improve. If you have a UV fluorescent tube light you may need to change it. They don't tend to produce the correct amount of UV after 6 months of use.
justjumpit621
New Member
Yeah it's more the vomiting that concerns me.
Carlton
Chameleon Enthusiast
The cham could throw it up either because it never actually swallowed it completely and didn't like the taste, or because they gave too much of it too fast. They don't have very large stomachs or a sphincter between the stomach and esophagus...the cham can try to get rid of something it has swallowed fairly easily.
ChameleonMom
New Member
Good to hear there has been some improvement. A suggestion would be to improve his hydration as well as the dusting and gutloading. Are you misting his enclosure 3/4 times a day in addition to a drip system to provide constant, moving water? If he's fighting off the effects of dehydration then you need to address this issue ASAP or else its a waste of time and money taking him to the vet for fluid injections or using the repti-aid. No water = dehydration = kidney failure = death.
Good luck and keep us posted.
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