MichelleNFrankie
New Member
Hello 
, I'm new to the chameleon forums, also a new Cham mom. I need advice for my male 2 1/2 month old veiled chameleon. I've had him for a 9 days, bought him from petsmart, put him in a 4 foot tall x 3 1/2 foot wide x 2 foot screened in cage my husband and I built. I noticed he wasn't moving around much, just basking a lot, not sleeping just basking, he also has shaky feet when he walks around, so I took him to the vet, she said he's not getting enough calcium, he has some pain in his feet because he's not getting enough calcium and that he needed the reptisun 10.0 instead of the reptisun 5.0 because his cage is so big, she also said I should get 2 of the reptisun 10.0 for each side and that I needed to cut the screen out on top so the screen doesn't filter out the UVB he needs, I have the screen with the little squares but I've read so much that 10.0 is too much for a veiled chameleon and I'm also not sure what to do about the crickets, they'll get out if I cut out the screen on top???
I also need help with giving medication, she gave him metacam once daily for 10-21 daily for pain, neocalglucon syrup once daily for 30-60 days for the calcium he needs and ponazuril 30 mg which she give to him there and I'm suppose to give it to him once more for coccidia but she doesn't even know if he needs this but said I should give it to him just in case. When they give him the medication there they had to force his mouth open by gently pulling at his chin, this scared him so bad that he pooped, I felt so bad for him :'( I don't want to scare him again when I give him his medicine, does anyone have any techniques on how to give it to him or advice, I don't want to hurt him or scare him. Please help!!
I'll take anyone's advice about anything, I'm new to this and want to make sure I'm doing the right thing, I want my little guy to grow up happy and healthy.
, I'm new to the chameleon forums, also a new Cham mom. I need advice for my male 2 1/2 month old veiled chameleon. I've had him for a 9 days, bought him from petsmart, put him in a 4 foot tall x 3 1/2 foot wide x 2 foot screened in cage my husband and I built. I noticed he wasn't moving around much, just basking a lot, not sleeping just basking, he also has shaky feet when he walks around, so I took him to the vet, she said he's not getting enough calcium, he has some pain in his feet because he's not getting enough calcium and that he needed the reptisun 10.0 instead of the reptisun 5.0 because his cage is so big, she also said I should get 2 of the reptisun 10.0 for each side and that I needed to cut the screen out on top so the screen doesn't filter out the UVB he needs, I have the screen with the little squares but I've read so much that 10.0 is too much for a veiled chameleon and I'm also not sure what to do about the crickets, they'll get out if I cut out the screen on top??? I also need help with giving medication, she gave him metacam once daily for 10-21 daily for pain, neocalglucon syrup once daily for 30-60 days for the calcium he needs and ponazuril 30 mg which she give to him there and I'm suppose to give it to him once more for coccidia but she doesn't even know if he needs this but said I should give it to him just in case. When they give him the medication there they had to force his mouth open by gently pulling at his chin, this scared him so bad that he pooped, I felt so bad for him :'( I don't want to scare him again when I give him his medicine, does anyone have any techniques on how to give it to him or advice, I don't want to hurt him or scare him. Please help!!
I'll take anyone's advice about anything, I'm new to this and want to make sure I'm doing the right thing, I want my little guy to grow up happy and healthy.
