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I know about the water fountain thing with bacteria and such. I actually only put it in there for extra humidity; I didn't think he would drink from it (it's really small). I was surprised to watch him last night; actually bathing in it too. I am eventually going all screen, but since he is...

Well, just an update. Today, he started climbing again, and is now at the top of the cage. Oh, and I felt like such a bad mother, so now I have a humidity gauge and thermometer in the cage (80 degrees and 50%). And we discovered the problem..dehydration mostly. We have a fountain in his...

I gave him pedialyte for 2 days; the recommended time on the bottle. Is it bad after a couple of days or can I still give him some from the original bottle? That is the only reason I stopped was because of the "expiration"

Lethargic and weak The problem is that I came back from being out of town a few days and found a lethargic, weak, chameleon who will not eat or drink. I have given him pedialyte for two days, and now feeding with a dropper a warm high protein dog food/water/calcium mix. I don't know if he...

The lighting is a Reptisun 5.0 and I'm not sure which heat light I purchased, but it was recommended by the representative at the pet store who has owned several chameleons. He is also the one who recommended the high protein dog food to gain strength back. We started with pedialyte for the...

We have been using a calcium spray, and just recently found out that we should be dusting his food. We have been gutloading his food (yeah), and although his lights were relatively new(3 months), we replaced all of them three days ago with new ones, just to be sure he was getting the maximum...

I have a male veiled, approximately 3 months old. I was out of town a few days and left his care to someone with specific instructions. Unfortunately, when I came back, my cham was low energy, and I noticed his eyes were beginning to sink in (only very slightly, but enough for me to notice...