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Update I wanted to thank everyone for all their help and pass along an update. We ended up taking the little guy to the vet today and it turns out that he had a spinal fracture from his fall. The vet said there was nothing that could be done and we had to put him down. It was a very sad day.

Syn, When I was in the pet store here in Cottonwood with a self professed chameleon expert he said I needed to add a coconut husk substrate to the bottom of the cage in order to help maintain humidity in the cage, which I was struggling with. I am now worried that when he fell onto the...

One thought I had regarding the possibility of impaction was he may have ingested something when he fell off the branch onto the substrate. Does anyone know how the vets typically treat impaction in chameleons?

Thanks everyone for all the help and suggestions.

Syn, I wish I were closer to Mesa. I live in Northern Arizona, about 2 hours from Mesa. Any recomendations in the Sedona/Cottonwood area? The only reason to suspect injury is because he has fallen. If he is injured it is not obvious.

Thanks Thanks everyone for all the input and suggestions.

The eyes look fine and are not sunken and the skin in not wrinkled. He does not look like he has lost alot of weight. His front legs work and he can grip the branches and hold himself up. His back legs work but it seems like he isn't strong enough to hold himself up. I will be taking...

Sandra, His weight still looks ok. It doesn't appear that he has lost much weight.

Jo, I do have substrate on the floor, but I have never seen the chameleon anywhere near the bottom of the cage. I am sure the problem with the chameleon was the temps inside the cage. We had a cold spell that dropped the temps in the house into the 60's during the day and 50's at night...

I am using a linear tube Exo Terra 15W Repti Glo bulb and Repti Cal for the calcium supplement. He tries to hiss and I have gotten him to eat 1 1/2 wax worms that way. I also take that opportunity to get him to drink some water with a syringe. He is starting to catch on because as soon as I...

More Info Cage Info: Cage Type - He is in a screen cage approximately 3 foot high by 18" deep Lighting - We use several different types of lighting. We have a UV bulb that we purchased new when we bought the chameleon back in August? We also use a 75 watt bulb to add heat to the cage...

I have a pretty sick chameleon that is not able to climb or hang onto the sticks in his cage. He is currently very weak as is not able to hunt or eat. This all started when the temps in his cage got to high and he became very dehydrated. I have been giving him water through a syringe which...