I definitely think it could be a respiratory infection and agree with @JacksJill and @NHenn!! I would listen for popping wheezing, but I would absolutely take him to a vet specializing in small animals/reptiles.
That being said, I also agree with @OldChamKeeper about your chameleon's living...
@Decadancin thank you so much!! He is awful handsome, isn't he? Sometimes I think my boyfriend gets jealous because I tell Bames how handsome he is even more than him haha... ;)
Also, I personally agree with the guy at the shop... you just have to try and grab the cham (gently though). My roommate works with reptiles for a living and one of the most applicable things she has said to me about them is that "sometimes you just have to force reptiles to tolerate you". If...
Hey! So I'll let the more experienced members critique temps and stuff. But I've had a similar situation before, and what I realized was that my chameleon Bames was not given enough time to sleep! I'm a university student, so I sleep weird hours sometimes. When Bames was younger, he was sleeping...
My veiled chameleon HATES being misted. He deals with it better now that he's almost a year old, but he still tries to run away sometimes haha. I would just make sure there's at least a small area where he can escape being misted. I personally mist Bames (my cham) by hand twice a day for about...
Hello!
I hope this is the correct thread to post introductions. My name is Starry aka Nicole, and I am a mom to an adorable veiled named Bames (pronounced "James" but with a B), as well as a super cute beardie named Boop.
I am from Alberta, Canada and I am studying my fifth year of my BsC...