How to make Chameleon drink

My female that had spawned haven't eat and drink for one week. Yesterday, I make her eat by myself. ( the method is that I took her tail, she opened the mouth to bite at me. At the moment, I threw a insect into her mouth, and then return it to her cage.)
My question is how to make her drink by myself ?
I am afraid of water inpour her lung if I use this way above. Does everybody have better way ? Thanks in advance.

you could try putting a fake plant in the shower and putting her on it. make sure the water is luke warm first. no direct spraying, make it it spray the wall onto the plant. I'm sure she has been drinking or she wouldnt be alive.

JustinIgor said:

you could try putting a fake plant in the shower and putting her on it. make sure the water is luke warm first. no direct spraying, make it it spray the wall onto the plant. I'm sure she has been drinking or she wouldnt be alive.

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Yes, I spray warm water above fake plant everyday. But I can not make sure whether he drink. Her eyes have sunken.

leave her in the shower for 15 mins.

What ? 15 mins ? the cage must be in flood .

Howdy,

Often times getting a chameleon to drink is related to how long they are presented with raining water. Try misting her with warm water for up to 20 minutes to give her an opportunity to trigger her drinking process. (Prepare for drainage .) It can take that long to trigger her to drink. I assume that in the past, you saw her drink(?). Many chameleons eventually enjoy a direct warm water, misty,drippy shower. When comfortable with direct warm water misting and interested in drinking, they will come over to the heaviest mist area and sit under the mist an entire 20 minute session. Unless you have an automated system, I recommend a hand-held pump-up spray bottle rather than the squirt-squirt, trigger type spray bottle. I like ones similar to the left and middle units in the photo, but not the right-side squirt-squirt one: http://rlflomaster.com/sprayers/hand.htm I'm sure that you can find one that pumps-up for continuous misting duty.

In an emergency situation you can use a syringe to dribble 1-2ml in her mouth twice a day if you can safely get her mouth open.

you dont put the cage inside. take a fake plant stick it in the shower with the cham.

Howdy,

I just saw the two other postings added while I was busy typing...

Yep. Be prepared to drain away at least a quart of water per session. I can't guarantee that your chameleon or any one's chameleon for that matter needs 15-20 minutes but I can tell you that I don't know anyone who has a misting system and runs it for 15+ minutes, has any dehydration problems . It may be overkill with some chameleons but it sure seems to take dehydration issues out of the equation. One of the biggest tasks to successfully keeping thriving chameleons is to eliminate as many of the health related variables as possible even if your particular chameleon could do with less. Larger enclosures, longer mist sessions, extra foliage, quieter living area, higher enclosure positioning etc. are all variables that if we error on the side of excess, we may be preventing future health issues.

Drainage: http://www.chameleonnews.com/watering.html

I really like the drain pan that the smart guy built in the photo: "Custom Built Collection Tray, Photo courtesy Dave Weldon."

Howdy,

If your enclosure is setup for it, you can do the heavy misting/showering without going to your human shower. This helps eliminate sharing parasites .

Here's an old photo of my misting system and drainage hardware. Things are a bit more organized these days (but not much more orgainzed .)

Howdy,

Misting session:

DNA said:

...How to make Chameleon drink -

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Howdy,

From http://www.drinkswap.com/drinks/detail.asp?recipe_id=10329

I couldn't resist :

Green Chameleon Drink Recipe
This drink is a variation of
Chameleon Drink Recipe

Ingredients:
cubes Ice
glass (Fill With) 7-Up
30 ml Creme de Menthe
1/2 glass Orange Juice

Directions
Pour Creme de Menthe over ice cubes in a Highball glass. Add Orange juice and fill up with 7-Up. Stir. Garnish with orange slices and mint leaf.

Thank you very very very very .......much .

To Dave Weldon
I have watched your Misting session picture. Do you set misting only a bit of area ? not all around the top of cage ?
What is the function of Green Chameleon Drink Recipe ?
Is it necessary that I run misting system for 15mins everyday for the others ?

To JustinIgor
She don't like shower, she must run away from fake plant when I take her out and squirt.

DNA said..."My female that had spawned haven't eat and drink for one week"...assuming that by "spawned" you mean "laid eggs"...its not a good sign that she has not been eating or drinking since she has laid the eggs.

I have a panther that drinks instantly when misted but my veiled has to be misted for no less than 15 minutes and he will not even start to drink till almost a gallon of water has been spraying on him. Sometimes the drinking is subtle too. My guy was dehydrated and every time he hissed at me I squirted water with electrodize in his mouth with a syringe. He is now doing very well. It worked after using it faithfully.

DNA said:

Thank you very very very very .......much .

To Dave Weldon
I have watched your Misting session picture. Do you set misting only a bit of area ? not all around the top of cage ?
What is the function of Green Chameleon Drink Recipe ?
Is it necessary that I run misting system for 15mins everyday for the others ?

To JustinIgor
She don't like shower, she must run away from fake plant when I take her out and squirt.

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I believe that one is for you to enjoy

DNA said:

Thank you very very very very .......much .

To Dave Weldon
I have watched your Misting session picture. Do you set misting only a bit of area ? not all around the top of cage ?


What is the function of Green Chameleon Drink Recipe ?


Is it necessary that I run misting system for 15mins everyday for the others ?

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Howdy DNA,

The nozzle mist pattern is cone shaped and at a distance of about 4-5 inches from the chameleon this pattern diameter is probably 8 inches in diameter. At a distance of about 1 foot, it is probably 1 foot in diameter (just a guess.) Adjust the height to get the pattern diameter that you want. Also different nozzles are available to change the volume and pattern of the mist.

As was mentioned by Dodolah, the "Green Chameleon Drink Recipe" is for human consumption . Just a little American humor .

I normally run my misting system twice a day for 15-20 minutes per session every day for every chameleon, even day-old newborns. This is how I ensure that I don't ever have to worry about sub-optimal hydration. The goal is to increase the chances that the chameleon has taken the opportunity to drink. If you can reach that goal in less time and or less water then you are done .

To kinyonga
Thank you for correcting my Enlgish grammar and I am so sorry for my poor English. If you find any mistake of English garmmar again, Please tell me. Thank you a million.

To herpluva
My male panther is coming over to drink from the mouth of spray bottle when I squirt. A majority of my guys drink at the pot that I provide. I have never tried to squirt for 15 min, only squirt-squirt-squirt-squirt.....(10+). I am going to try it tonight. Thank you very much.

To dodolah
I think so too. But... Please help me to translate then tell him that I don't wanna open coffee house. lol~~~
Please tell me that What is the function of Green Chameleon Drink Recipe ? Does Chameleon drink it?

Hi Dave Weldon

There are too many American slang in your this words. I need to find a dictionary out.
you said " Just a little American humor ". Do you mean Green Chameleon Drink Recipe is offered Chameleon to drink is a joke ?

"sub-optimal hydration" and "If you can reach that goal in less time and or less water then you are done "
I don't understand both of them.

Thanks

DNA...don't worry about your English! My comment wasn't intended to correct it...just to understand what you meant!

You said your chameleon's eyes are becoming sunken in and that she has not been eating or drinking since she laid the eggs. This is something that I would be concerned about. Its not normal....not good. I think she is in trouble.

How many eggs did she lay? Did she dig a hole, lay them and then bury them?
Are the eggs fertile? How old is she?

DNA said:

To kinyonga
Thank you for correcting my Enlgish grammar and I am so sorry for my poor English. If you find any mistake of English garmmar again, Please tell me. Thank you a million.

To herpluva
My male panther is coming over to drink from the mouth of spray bottle when I squirt. A majority of my guys drink at the pot that I provide. I have never tried to squirt for 15 min, only squirt-squirt-squirt-squirt.....(10+). I am going to try it tonight. Thank you very much.

To dodolah
I think so too. But... Please help me to translate then tell him that I don't wanna open coffee house. lol~~~
Please tell me that What is the function of Green Chameleon Drink Recipe ? Does Chameleon drink it?

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bu2 shi4...
"Green Chameleon" is a name of a drink for human.
not for chameleon.