Advice needed - maybe be ill

[Karancon]

A shower would help with the dehydration part. place a live plant in the shower. room temp water, place her in the plant, and then lightly aim the water at the wall so it bounces off and hits the cham/plant

Going to vet today - would the shower help get her eyes open?

 

[Karancon]

Yeah, it has happened to most or all of us at some point @Karancon the best we can do is move forward doing the right things. Now you know to not trust petco. You want a regular halogen bulb or similar. The watt just depends on temperature, 60 should be fine just move it up or down to get the correct temperature you want. You're right, don't use the blue or red lights.

Thanks = she needs to get better - just placed a food order with Joshus' Frogs - got some good stuff coming.

 

[Tortdad]

Yes a shower can help with her eyes

 

[Karancon]

Will try - would I be able to achieve the same by putting the mister on continuous spray right on her and the plant?

 

[jamest0o0]

Yes, people just do the shower in fear of a flood lol. I like the idea of a long rain in the enclosure if you can

 

[Karancon]

LOL - her in the ficus right now is an issue because she can't see and insists on climbing and then she slips My son is sitting in the shower with her and she goes from the tree to his hands to the tee to his hands....vet at 3 He thinks she may have open one eye a little

 

[Karancon]

ONE EYE IS OPEN!!!!!

 

[serenaj25]

that is great news! maybe you can lower her basking temp a little bit since over 100 degrees is too hot.

 

[Tortdad]

She's moving in the right direction

 

[ColeCham333]

They tried to sell us stuff we didn't need - no one ever mentioned w/o D3 or vitamins. I've been learning on my own. The fact that I've done something to make her sick is making me sick. She has a bitchy little attitude - but it suits her. The basking light has driven me crazy - I don't need a blue light, right? So if I replace the 75 with a 60 I should be good? Is it just a coincidence that her color improved when I went with a higher wattage?

She should have a calcium dust WITHOUT d3 at pretty much every feeding. She should get a multivitamin/ calcium with d3 every 2 weeks. too much D3 can be fatal and lead to the death of your chameleon. too much d3 is actually toxic for her

 

[Karancon]

AT the vet - best she has looked in days

 

[Karancon]

getting a shot under skin, VET said she looked good but weak - eyes are responsive to light - said too small and weak to take blood. Giving us a powder food to mix with water and feed with a syringe This should be tons of fun

 

[kinyonga]

Does she always sit low like that...never up on her feet??

What's the food the vet is giving you?

 

[Karancon]

she walks fine - sometimes she lats like that. Vet said her bones are fine, she is just dehydrated. There has been an issue with her drinking since day 1 - don't know how to make her drink. We are to syringe feed her Carnivore care 2x daily and calciliquid. She as given an injection of fluids, was hoping that would jump start her. Although she did try to bite this morning, so the attitude is still there, so she must have seen my hand coming. Her grip isn't very strong right now. Her "dad" is home with her today...and the dog who is feeling neglected I think. Swapped out the 75 watt for a 60 and he is going to shower her again. Right now I am probably over misting, she sits in it, but never opens her mouth until it stops. One of the times she went at me this morning I did manage to hand mist her a mouthful. Hoping that was okay. I need a trick for the syringe feeding This forum is great - thank you all - everyone is so kind

 

[EveryGreen]

she walks fine - sometimes she lats like that. Vet said her bones are fine, she is just dehydrated. There has been an issue with her drinking since day 1 - don't know how to make her drink. We are to syringe feed her Carnivore care 2x daily and calciliquid. She as given an injection of fluids, was hoping that would jump start her. Although she did try to bite this morning, so the attitude is still there, so she must have seen my hand coming. Her grip isn't very strong right now. Her "dad" is home with her today...and the dog who is feeling neglected I think. Swapped out the 75 watt for a 60 and he is going to shower her again. Right now I am probably over misting, she sits in it, but never opens her mouth until it stops. One of the times she went at me this morning I did manage to hand mist her a mouthful. Hoping that was okay. I need a trick for the syringe feeding This forum is great - thank you all - everyone is so kind

keep shwoering her 2 times a week if you can. and bump up your sprayer times

 

[Karancon]

keep shwoering her 2 times a week if you can. and bump up your sprayer times

Probably going to shower every day - since she can't see - she doesn't react to the misting - and she has fallen a few times Vet (knew reptiles, but not alot about chameleons) said she just looked a bit dehydrated. Needs to be a reason she went off of the crickets after 3 weeks - then would ony sometimes take a worm for me - hard because she wont cup feed. Perches above them an just stares at them

 

[Nursemaia]

A shower is stressful and if you have a mistking there's no reason to put her in the shower. Just use your mister and figure out a way to handle the drainage. The mister will give you a much finer spray than the shower. Was she tested for parasites

 

[Andee]

I actually feel she is showing some early signs of either a calcium deficiency or a vitamin deficiency of some sort. Closing eyes, not eating well, the falling, weak grip etc. Are all early signs of deficiencies and I wouldn't be surprised if her bones aren't showing it this early. It also could be signs of kidney issues. Unless you did an xray and a blood test you likely wouldn't know 100%. She needs some emergent care at home to head it off. Lots of long mistings to encourage drinking. Make the Carnivore Care, either more liquidy if you are opening her mouth and going into her throat with it, or pastey if you are just painting it on the outside of her mouth for her to lick it up. You can combine a few drops of liquid vitamin A caps (lowest UI you can find at a pharmacy store) and do it a couple times a month. focus on doing just that, the liquid calcium, and her d3 and multivitamin supplements as a dusting since you will be doing liquid calcium everyday. If you can take her outside for an hour a day for natural uvb you don't even have to worry about d3 and should just get a multivitamin without a d3 addition.

 

[Nursemaia]

I agree with Andee, there's something else going on. Her symptoms do point to some sort of deficiency. The watery poops also make me think parasites too though and pet store chams are not usually sold in the best of health.

 

[OrangeJuice]

A great hydration method (that works for Yoyo) is to continuously pour water (distilled from the gallon works best) and let it catch in a bowl. Yoyo will drink from it since he recognizes the moving water. I let him drink until he tries to climb up the stream. Also, one good way to tell if your Cham is dehydrated or wants water is to put a shiny object in front of them. This worked with two of my Veileds. If they try to eat it or lick it, they want some water!