Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -Blue bar Ambilobe Panther. We bought him from Clean Line Chameleons(Charlotte, NC) at the Raleigh Reptile show on 9/6/09 we were told he was 4months old.
Handling -Hardly ever until he got sick. He was a little aggressive.
Feeding -crickets and dubai roaches gut loaded with kale, baby cereal, mustard greens, oranges, apples. 10-15 a day each
Supplements -Rep-Cal phosphorous free calcium with VIT.D3 dusted once a week. Nothing else.
Watering - Hand misting 4 times a day until all plants are saturated. Bullseye learned to come to the red tip to get a drink!
Fecal Description -don't know, just looked only found an old one which was black and peachy colored. Never been tested.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -screen cage 15"x15"x29"
Lighting -repti-glow 5.0 in a zoo med fixture 30" and a 60w incandescent in a dome fixture both sit on top. 9am- to 9pm on timer
Temperature -82 at basking spot 5" under 60w light. Floor is 73 electronic gauge
Humidity -don't know humidity
Plants -live. 2 sheflera, 2 pothos and 2 hibiscus
Placement -on tall table in spare bedroom away from windows and air vents.
Location - NC
Current Problem - Bullseye is my 10yr old sons pet. We set everything up last September when we got him with help from the breeder and this forum. I have helped him for the most part but I'm afraid I didn't catch some tell tale signs and he looks like he is dying.
We were feeding only crickets and added roaches about 6months ago. We would put the roaches in a small clear plastic glad container, about 2" deep, and leave about 8 half inch roaches in it daily. He would go get them whenever he wanted.
We started to notice, about 3 months ago, that he would get to within about an inch of the cricket to catch it and not shoot out his tongue(my son named him bullseye because of the way he used to nail crickets with his tongue!) I assumed it was because he was used to getting the roaches from the cup.
I then realized last week that he didn't seem to be eating. I had checked the room, after lights out, and noticed a lot of crickets and roaches all over the screen in the dark. I then noticed he was finding branches to lay his head on while he slept. He looked like he was using the branch to support his head.
When I came home from work Thursday night the kids said Bullseye had fallen a couple of times. He wasn't hurt but he was very lethargic and didn't have the strength to hold his head up.
Last night and today he has no strength what so ever. I scoured these forums last night and inspected him again. unfortunately, I am pretty sure he has not been eating and is severely underweight(I have no way to weigh him) his ribs are protruding. I was able to get about 6, half inch roaches and 2 crickets in him with the tongs and then about 10 more roaches this morning.
I have found him just laying on the bottom of the cage twice today. We took him outside in the warm sun, after he ate, for about 30mins.
He is also hanging straight down using his tail and rear legs. His eyes are very alert and clear and he is looking around with no problem. He just has no energy or strength to even hold his head up. I took one of those triangle shaped green reptile hammocks and secured it across the fake vines, kinda like a bed, I laid him on it and he stayed laying flat for about 10mins before he slowly lowered himself down to hang from his rear legs and tail.
I called a reptile vet this morning but they were overbooked today and they gave me an emergency # to call. I have left two messages and they haven't called back yet.
I have learned that we should have been dusting vitamins too and it looks like we haven't been giving enough calcium? Do you think he has a calcium deficiency which led to him not being able to use his tongue?
Should I keep force feeding him small roaches or is there a liquid mix I can make and feed him through a syringe?
His eyes are so clear and alert that it gives me hope that he is not "sick" but starving.
Please help, I am determined to right my wrong and save this beautiful little guy. He also just got his full colors and they are amazing. I have pics from this morning on my blackberry and I will try to post them from my berry.(any help on that would be appreciated!)
Your Chameleon -Blue bar Ambilobe Panther. We bought him from Clean Line Chameleons(Charlotte, NC) at the Raleigh Reptile show on 9/6/09 we were told he was 4months old.
Handling -Hardly ever until he got sick. He was a little aggressive.
Feeding -crickets and dubai roaches gut loaded with kale, baby cereal, mustard greens, oranges, apples. 10-15 a day each
Supplements -Rep-Cal phosphorous free calcium with VIT.D3 dusted once a week. Nothing else.
Watering - Hand misting 4 times a day until all plants are saturated. Bullseye learned to come to the red tip to get a drink!
Fecal Description -don't know, just looked only found an old one which was black and peachy colored. Never been tested.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -screen cage 15"x15"x29"
Lighting -repti-glow 5.0 in a zoo med fixture 30" and a 60w incandescent in a dome fixture both sit on top. 9am- to 9pm on timer
Temperature -82 at basking spot 5" under 60w light. Floor is 73 electronic gauge
Humidity -don't know humidity
Plants -live. 2 sheflera, 2 pothos and 2 hibiscus
Placement -on tall table in spare bedroom away from windows and air vents.
Location - NC
Current Problem - Bullseye is my 10yr old sons pet. We set everything up last September when we got him with help from the breeder and this forum. I have helped him for the most part but I'm afraid I didn't catch some tell tale signs and he looks like he is dying.
We were feeding only crickets and added roaches about 6months ago. We would put the roaches in a small clear plastic glad container, about 2" deep, and leave about 8 half inch roaches in it daily. He would go get them whenever he wanted.
We started to notice, about 3 months ago, that he would get to within about an inch of the cricket to catch it and not shoot out his tongue(my son named him bullseye because of the way he used to nail crickets with his tongue!) I assumed it was because he was used to getting the roaches from the cup.
I then realized last week that he didn't seem to be eating. I had checked the room, after lights out, and noticed a lot of crickets and roaches all over the screen in the dark. I then noticed he was finding branches to lay his head on while he slept. He looked like he was using the branch to support his head.
When I came home from work Thursday night the kids said Bullseye had fallen a couple of times. He wasn't hurt but he was very lethargic and didn't have the strength to hold his head up.
Last night and today he has no strength what so ever. I scoured these forums last night and inspected him again. unfortunately, I am pretty sure he has not been eating and is severely underweight(I have no way to weigh him) his ribs are protruding. I was able to get about 6, half inch roaches and 2 crickets in him with the tongs and then about 10 more roaches this morning.
I have found him just laying on the bottom of the cage twice today. We took him outside in the warm sun, after he ate, for about 30mins.
He is also hanging straight down using his tail and rear legs. His eyes are very alert and clear and he is looking around with no problem. He just has no energy or strength to even hold his head up. I took one of those triangle shaped green reptile hammocks and secured it across the fake vines, kinda like a bed, I laid him on it and he stayed laying flat for about 10mins before he slowly lowered himself down to hang from his rear legs and tail.
I called a reptile vet this morning but they were overbooked today and they gave me an emergency # to call. I have left two messages and they haven't called back yet.
I have learned that we should have been dusting vitamins too and it looks like we haven't been giving enough calcium? Do you think he has a calcium deficiency which led to him not being able to use his tongue?
Should I keep force feeding him small roaches or is there a liquid mix I can make and feed him through a syringe?
His eyes are so clear and alert that it gives me hope that he is not "sick" but starving.
Please help, I am determined to right my wrong and save this beautiful little guy. He also just got his full colors and they are amazing. I have pics from this morning on my blackberry and I will try to post them from my berry.(any help on that would be appreciated!)
