Daniel Martin
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Thank you guys for all the help. I've already scheduled a vet appiontment. But just to clarify why I don't think it's the UVB. My other Cham has had a 10.0 and it is about a foot our more from, his highest spot.
Won't open eyes.
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Daniel Martin
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Next Saturday. It's the closest I could get it and it is a reptile vet, about a hour drive for me
How is his feeding appetite right now??
In the meantime keep showering and misting him until ur vet determines thru the diagnosis on ur cham
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That stinks an hour away. Please keep posted on diagnosis good luck.
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I have a question for you. Have you ever heard of people using the turtle drops eyedrops for them? Pretty much consists of saline and vitamin A
No I haven't,please tell me.
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It is from Zoo Med which is questionable right there. And it's eyedrops it contains water saline solution vitamin A oil based and B12. I don't know whether to use it .because most of the eye problems is a vitamin A deficiency a good amount of the time
Great to share thank u ,any review on this product yet?
Andee
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75 watt halogens are usually too high of a wattage, most chameleon keepers don't go any higher than 40 watts that I know of, if they use halogens. He could very well have burnt his corneas and needs no lights but a low wattage basking for a while. This includes uvb. I recommend only getting natural sunlight for uvb during morning hours. This is only if he has sensitivity to lights.
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I actually just found two doctors that says it does work on other reptiles as long as they have a vitamin A deficiency
Vitamin A can be pretty interesting on the absorption in chameleon,but that's another topic,
Daniel Martin
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He eats just fine, but should I shower him every day until appointment or is that too stressful for him. Remember, he it's a calm chameleon.
Daniel Martin
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If they were in the wild, wouldn't the sun be bright if not more. He is about half a foot away from his basking light, so if I brought it down I'm afraid it wouldn't let him digest properly.
I will still recommend more misting from ur other post,but whichever will temporarily get him thru till the vet visit
I think @Andee is recommended the correct temperature settings which u can always use a correct digital temperature probe and adjust accordingly,and I do agree with the natural sun basking except the winter time outdoor is a bit harder,since its colder outside.
Daniel Martin
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That's the main reason he can't really go outside. I'll try to get him out on a warm day
Great,but do double check with the temperature with a reliable equipment,cause we can not rule out anything until we have a actual fact on this cham,either on dehydration or infection,the key is keeping those eyes not sunken n close as it looks right now.
Andee
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In my opinion temps are not the only problem with high wattage halogen, they also are extremely bright. And artificial lighting is bright in very detrimental ways compared to natural rays. Plus the sun may be bright but it is hundreds of millions of miles away. Plus chameleons in the wild aren't exposed to high temps for a long time even if they are basking, the sub is constantly moving so even if they were sitting in a warm sunny spot for a while, it would be in shade soon, and where they usually are found in the wild is in the canopy or lower parts of the canopy, so there is thick foliage for them to always escape into.
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