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Why do you think he's underweight?

Sunken eyes can be a sign of general illness and eye muscle atrophy, too. It doesn't need to be caused by dehydration only. Sick chameleons - and you said your chameleon has a coccidia problem which causes gut inflammations - may have sunken eyes. I don't think anyone with a hurting gut and bile...

I know few chameleons with malformed spines (hatched like this, no metabolic bone disease). I read he was rescued, so probably you don't know his history. Therefore I would suggest x-rays and other tests to exclude MBD. If he is malformed since hatched, you should be aware of more malformations...

It's Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim (I used google cause I don't know active agents just from product name ;)). Both may work, but as Jann said hopefully a resistance test was done to assure this. I would not use this medication in patients with kidney issues (which your chameleon shouldn't...

That's wrong. There are still a lot of dangerous bulbs on the European market, and lots of of them are produced in the USA, so the problem should be still the same (maybe somewhat less due to warnings). We got chameleons and other reptiles with ceratoconjunctivitis often over here, mostly caused...

How old is your chameleon? If it is adult, it should be able to stay for two weeks without food without any problems. Then the health issues may have another reason which you should get checked by your reptile vet immediately. If your chameleon is only a couple of month old, it would be in...

Honestly, your chameleon's not looking "thin" at all. You can always see a chameleon's ribs, the hip and the tips of the vertebrae, even in an overfed chameleon. I don't know why you should get him fatty and obese, which only would worsen his health condition. 5 or 6 feeders a day is really...

Yes and most insects don't taste that bad. I would recommend the "Eat-a-bug-cookbook", it contains a lot of recipes with different kind of feeders (meal worms, ants, bees, crickets, spiders...) and gives good hints how to prepare insects before eating. I tried meal worms first, they're easy to...

A Chamaeleo senegalensis female. This species has a very "original" anatomy, no nose appendages, no big casque or anything, but still quite fascinating.

Depends on your vet, his skills, your chameleon and the stage of his infected gland. You can do a swab and take a blood sample in some minutes, but there are always individuals which need a bit longer, which struggle more against the helping hands or just don't allow you to take blood. You can...

Well, I personally would seize the chance now to specify medication with further examinations which aren't that invasive before he's worsening every day on and on. But that's your and your vet's decision. Just tried to give some helping ideas.