Baby Senegal Pics - What do you think?

[KathrynD]

Please take a look at the pics of my new baby Senegal and let me know what kind of health you think he's in by his appearance. I'm kind of obsessing over whether or not his eyes are sunken, since they are more or less full depending on the direction he's pointing them.

disclaimer - most pics were taken in a glass tank I had him in while I set up his screen cage. He was only in there 1 day and is now in a 30X16X16 Reptibreeze =)


Thank You!!!

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[mattcast1214]

Well in the first few pics he looks pretty good, but in the 2nd set of pics if it's day time he should not be taking a "nap". What kind of lights do you have on the cage? Other than that just make sure he's eating and drinking well, especially drinking

 

[laurie]

When he has his eyes open, they look pretty good, but when they are closed they look a bit sunken. The one on your finger sleeping looks the worst. I don't know what to offer except mist him. That may not be the answer, as other things could cause what you are seeing, what I offered is the only easy fix. Good luck, let me know how it goes. Sure is a nice looking senegal, is it cb?

 

[KathrynD]

Thanks everyone.

Found out from the pet store today that he was imported I was hoping he was at least captive-born being so young.

He has not eaten anything all day today and has slept most of the day. I've gotten him to drink a few drops of water by putting the end of the dropper right in his mouth. I heard Pedialyte can be used to hydrate chameleons?
I've been misting him a lot and keeping the humidity way up i his cage, about 70 percent...

As far as lights I'm having a hard time keeping the temps stable, the mercury vapor bulb gets it too hot, so i keep having to shut it off and put up my compact reptisun 5.0 alongside an infrared heat lamp. Those too just don't provide enough light I'm afraid. Need to switch to a regular basking light that emits more visible light.

He hasn't been exposed to any dangerous temps, I've caught them in time before any areas he was in were too hot, but do you think just the changing back and forth between the MV and other lights could be messing up his sleep cycles and/or causing the lethargy? (I don't have any lights or heat sources on at night, because I know they need darkness and a temperature drop)




Another issue that has come up is that he has a lot of mucus in his stools. I read this could be caused by illness or by certain uncommon feeder insects. (All I've fed him is crickets). The pet store said it could be caused by pin worms or round worms and recommened I give him a weight-based dose of Panacur. I'm not sure if I should give him that or not.... a cham breeder and importer once told me they do not administer panacur because it is not studied in reptiles.

What do you guys think? If this lethargy is caused by parasites does anyone know how long it will take for the Panacur to rid him of them?

I just don't know what to do. So scared of losing this little guy. Wondering if it's the unstable temp and lighting that is wearing him out if I should just take him back to the pet store and maybe he would have a better shot there? There cham enclosure is a very small (about 12X15 glass enclosure only about 4 feet off the floor....with lots of substrate and a waterfall (both I read are dangerous to chams).


What would you do?

 

[KathrynD]

Took him back to the pet store =( I hope they can save him. Hopefully it was just my messy lighting and heating situation that was causing the problem and he will do well in their more regulated environment. I plan to stop by in the morning to check in on him.

No more chams for me for awhile :/

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Can you post the pics in non FB format? I'd love to see them!