I got him from a reptile handler at South Central Herpetological, a company up in Palm Bay, Florida... drove 3 1/2 hours to pick up the little guy... The handler said he was feeding well and hydrated, an obvious overstatement... He really was a beautiful little guy though, thanks!
Bad morning :'(
So he didnt make it... :(
I woke up this morning and he had lost his grip on the mesh, eyes extremely sunken in and dehydrated, tried to give him some water through the syringe (as he was throwing up pedialyte) and it came out of his nose and closed eyelids... skipped school...
UPDATED PIC W/ LAMP
I really hope so because it sure was a pain in the butt to build, ended up looking pretty cool though :)
Can't hang the UVB so I did the best I could with this floor lamp with the UVB bulb in it and faced it downwards on the tree...
Thanks Skittles!! He (Quilligan) is not in too bad of shape, but he literally has not eaten or drank in 5 days and I don't want to let it get to the point where there is no hope... my last cham, my beloved nosy be (Lalashoop), passed at the vets office about a month ago... went to sleep fine...
his 5 ft free range tree I built... there is a floor lamp next to it that ends right above, with a UVB bulb inside that I turn on when he goes on it...
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - male ambanja panther, age unknown
Handling - only to force feed him pedialyte and medicate
Feeding - gut loaded crickets with fruits and veggies, just got in silk worms eating the food provided by silkwormshop, i have put in two crickets a day since sunday so...
So I posted another thread recently about how I had just gotten a new chameleon (sunday) and that he hadn't eaten and the response was to let him acclimate for a few days before starting to worry, however I notice that he was also sleeping during the day (which my research showed could be a sign...