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Uh oh..Steve would be a strange name for a female. Petsmart told me he was male, but I mean...it's Petsmart...

Wow thank you for all this information! I thought about creating my own "bug juice" but wasnt sure if I should just follow the vet instructions. I feel like bugs would definitely be more benefitial for my little guy. If he still wont eat on his own I'll try it out.

He said Steve wasn't eating because he couldn't see. I had already assumed that, though. He rubbed his eyes with a qtip and examined his body condition. I feel like he said Steve was dehydrated since he couldn't see anything else wrong with him. However, he has improved since feeding him with...

I'm making a little drainage system for him tomorrow, I'll make sure to move him away from the window after I finish that.

I used the syringe to feed him some water earlier. I also used a qtip soaked with saline solution to lightly wash his bad eye and he finally opened it! He kept it open for most of the night after that too :) Now that he can see I'm going to try feeding him crickets again.

Oops i forgot to edit that section! Since i added the ceramic heater, the basking area is now about 90 and the lower part of the cage is 70. Sphagnum moss is being used as substrate, it was recommended by the vet to keep help the humidity levels up.

I read from multiple sources that the coil UVB bulbs have been known to cause eye issues and even blindness. I didn't want to risk it (and I already had a 15" light fixture) so I went with a tube. Apparently, they disperse the light more evenly, so it's less irritating.

Yeah I agree with you. I live in a rural area, so I didn't have many options for a vet that deals with exotics. If Steve gets any worse I'll definitely be willing to drive farther, but he does seem to be improving with one eye. His other eye seems to be getting worse though :/

The vet stated that they have experience with exotic animals. When I asked him directly he did sort of avoid answering and told me that he deals with bearded dragons and such. So, I have a feeling he may not have had hands-on experience with chameleons before, but he did seem knowledgeable about...

The reason I have to force feed him is because he has been keeping his eyes shut for about a week. I'm pretty sure it was due to the coil uvb bulb I had been using, but now that I've replaced that with a tube I think he's still having trouble opening them because he's dehydrated. He did open one...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - Male veiled, unsure of age Handling - Every other day Feeding - Ate around 6 crickets a day when I first got him. He hasn't been eating the past 3 days. Supplements - Repticalcium without D3 Watering - I spray his foliage 3-4x a day Fecal Description - Normal...

I went to the vet yesterday, because my veiled hasn't been eating, and he instructed me to feed Steve a/d prescription diet by Hills. It has a photo of a dog and cat on the front...I'm feeling a little uneasy about feeding him this. Is this actually safe for my veiled?

Today the basking temp was still 75, but the ambient was about 68, so I replaced my 60w bulb with 100w. I haven't seen a difference in temperature yet, but it's only been about 10 minutes. I bought a dozen crickets and cut up some veggies that I had on hand (potato, zucchini, cucumber) along...

I moved his cage onto a little ottoman, maybe about 2 feet high. I've turned the space heater off and stored it away from his cage. I've ran it near his cage before but this was the first time I had left it directly on him all weekend. Maybe it was the frequent hot air that was bothering him...

I just checked him out after misting his cage. He's developed some brown/black spots along his side. Not sure if this is a symptom or if he's just developing patterns.

Okay I'll switch to greenery. Why aren't orange cubes good? I keep them in one of those small aquariums with the slits along the top. I keep them next to steve's cage on the ground, so probably around 70 degrees. I do have egg carton pieces in there with them.

Thanks for all the information! When I was buying another thermometer I went ahead and grabbed some plain calcium powder without D3. I'll use that daily and then every Friday I'll supplement with D3 or reptivite, interchangeably. I'll pick up some more crickets tomorrow. I'm not sure why they're...

Is reptivite without D3 good, or can he overdose on those vitamins as well? That's what I've been feeding him daily this past week. I wasn't feeding him that much because he didn't seem interested and the girl at petsmart told me not to leave the crickets in there if he wasn't eating them. Half...

Well tonight he did actually go to bed before his lights went out. I'll buy another thermometer tomorrow. I watched him more closely and he was blinking both of his eyes quite a lot. He kind of squished his eyes around. And sometimes he even kept them closed while he was walking, which is...

I'm not completely sure what temperature his basking spot is, I just assumed it's warmer than where the thermometer is. I'll buy a thermometer soon for that spot as well. His most recent movement had almost no urate. It was slightly yellow but almost seemed to kind of be a little puddle around...