Recent content by paulbates

Hi Thiago, my veiled has sometimes got black marks like these from scraping or banging himself on the sticks or vines and they clear up in a week or two. Also, the very small black spots can be caused by a hungry cricket left in the viv trying to take a nibble on your chameleon, I have seen this...

Thanks Kate, he is looking much stronger and he 'fed' again from the syringe this afternoon. Seems like he now understands what it is. He is much nicer green colour and his eyes look bbrighter and he is moving around a lot more. Still looks miserable but I think thats just the face he was born...

some joy I am so happy!!! Today little Sal made a conscious effort to come and feed from the syringe. As soon as I opened his viv he opened his mouth and came towards my hand and turned spotty like he used to do when he went for a drink. He opened his mouth and reached for the syringe and had a...

Thanks for the advice guys, I will get some of this. Main problem now is how to get him to eat enough to build his strength up. At the moment I am only able to get him to take tiny amounts as he refuses to open his mouth and I am trying to feed him in the least stressful way possible. Any tips...

Ha ha, last post should say thanks for ANY HELP! Stupid predictive text...

Well, force feeding isn't the most accurate description of what I am doing but I don't know what else to call it... 4 month old veiled has been poorly with URI which is now receding but it has left him so weak he cannot hunt for himself. I have been crushing locusts with small amount of...

Oh sorry bout that, it's an exo terra reptiglo bulb? Thanks. Paul

Also, in answer to question about the uv bulb it is coil 5% uvb

nebulising has begun... I just got a nebuliser and have used for the first time so hoping this makes the difference. I have managed to get him to have some bug soup twice now and he already doesn't look so thin although little else has changed. I have noticed he is closing what looks like...

No improvements to report for Saladin the baby veiled Thank you all for your advice, I appreciate that you all have the best interest of the animals at heart and that you are far more experienced than me and so I really appreciate hearing from you. I have lowered the temp in the basking...

Hi, thank you for the advice. I tried moving the heat bulb to cool it a bit but he just tried to get nearer to to it so thought he wanted to be warmer? I guess I could not be sure he hadn't drank from the waterfall but I do look at him a LOT :) and he always drank when I listed so just...

VerConditions in the UK are a bit different so we have to so some things you guys would not not recommend in terms of husbandry like using glass viv for example. I keep him I'm glass viv with mesh top and ventilation at the front to allow air flow. It measures 60w x 45d x 90h. He has...

Hi, the vet did get him to open his mouth on the consecutive visits afterwards and they are recommended by all reptile stores in the area so I hope I didnt imply the vet doesn't know what they are doing as this is not the case at all. I will complete the form and hope someone can help. Thanks

Hello people I am new to this site and desperately need some help/ advice. I have a three month old veiled male chameleon and he is sick. About a month ago I noticed slight signs of URI - slight bubbling from his mouth and immediately took him to a recognised herpatolgist who gave a shot of...