help me pls! my chameleon is sick. hes very sluggish lately and his eyes are like hes falling asleep.. what do i need to do?

Hi

Could be any number of reasons why your cham is sluggish and has eye problems, please take a look in the health clinic thread intitled

Sticky: recommendations in asking for help, as its almost impossible to answer your questions without providing this info

Also it would be helpfull if you could post a pic

The best advice would be to take him/her to a reptile vet a.s.a.p

You have not even said what species he/she is???

Hello oayl, welcome to the chameleon forums

As Neil said, before we can try to help you we need more details. Here is a link to the thread mentioned above.

well, hes a veiled chameleon. the problem here in our country is most of the vtes here doesnt even seen a chameleon in his/her life. so i just got to treat him myself. well, today his eyes are now closed it seems like he's sleeping even tho its not nighttime. his color doesnt show anyshade of stress tho.. he's still bright green

There are two things that you need to do at the moment.

• Make sure your cham continues to get food and water. You might have to provide these manually. What kind of products do you have access to? Anything like pedialyte or reptile products like reptiaid?
• Find out what is wrong with your chameleon and why he became sick in the first place. This is why we asked for your details. You should provide these for us.

Once the above has been accomplished, hopefully your chameleon can begin his road to recovery. Philippines? A vet with chameleon experience is preferred, but a vet with reptile experience can still help you. There are some good articles here that could help your vet out. Go to the 'article reference' section and check out the articles under 'Health'.

how do u force feed your chameleon? mine i think is very weak? should i put him indoors and light him 24hrs a day? he's in a exo-terra reptile aquarium btw. and ive been feeding him crickets and mealworms. now he's like sleeping for the whole day and cannot eat. and his body is very limp and seems to be jerking.. i think my cham is dying..

He doesnt sound good. Without the help of a vet he may be to far gone. You can force feed using a syringe. Mix crickets and pedialite into mush and feed using a syringe into his mouth. Reptiaid might help temporarly. Dont think 24 hour lights would help. They need sleep.

Manual feeding might be a better term; don't force anything. Check out this link for a good recipe: AdCham bug juice.
Try gently putting a drop on your cham's lips with the syringe. He should respond.

Things we know:
Male veiled
Sleeping during the day and acting weak
Kept outdoors?
Fed crickets and mealworms

Too many things we don't know. We can only help so much without more details, sorry. Is he dehydrated? Are his eyes sunken? Descriptions and details please. The link I posted earlier is a good place to start.

yes he is kept outdoors
eyes not sunken but closed
colors arent dark its rather light green but turns to have brown spotted pattern when i try to touch him
hes having a hard time clingin to his tree
i dont think he's getting to drink water
the crickets and meal worms are only fed cabbage and occasional tortoise pellets
no idea what the humidity level or temp his cage is.

Good info. Some questions:

How old is he?
Is he captive bred?
Do you dust the crickets and mealworms with anything? Any calcium source?

I have to leave for work, but will try to check in during the day. If possible I would offer pedialyte and try and find a vet with reptile experience.