taquarius
New Member
Hello! I work at a pet store, and a chameleon was surrendered to us. He was in really bad shape, you can tell he was given no calcium, probably no UVB, because his arma flail all weird like. His eyes wouldnt open properly, one of his nostrils were clogged, his eyes were closed and sunken in, and thats only the physical problems, did I mention he doesnt willingly eat ?
Now at my job, he wasn’t being taken care of well either because we are a all around pet store and not just a reptile store. One day when I came in he was literally collecting dust so I felt bad for him and I took him home.
In my care he was doing way better, he was shedding a little, I was misting him 2x a day, his eyes opened up, his nose unclogged, I did have to force feed him, I started with 2 crickets morning and night and i also have to drip water on his face for him to drink. He was progressing slowly and in the span of like 2 weeks I had him eating around 4 crickets morning and night.
So one morning I fed him and let him drink from a syringe and he spit up all the water but I let him be because I figured he just overloaded, later that night he threw up all of his food so I decided to drop back down to 2 crickets and he still does the same thing.. so hes not eating anymore.
I feel like hes circling the drain, is there any suggestions as to what I can feed in replacement or what other ways to help ??
I know they can get stressed out from force feeding but what other alternatives are there to it ? I researched and thats the option I found, but im open to anything. I wanna help him.
Now at my job, he wasn’t being taken care of well either because we are a all around pet store and not just a reptile store. One day when I came in he was literally collecting dust so I felt bad for him and I took him home.
In my care he was doing way better, he was shedding a little, I was misting him 2x a day, his eyes opened up, his nose unclogged, I did have to force feed him, I started with 2 crickets morning and night and i also have to drip water on his face for him to drink. He was progressing slowly and in the span of like 2 weeks I had him eating around 4 crickets morning and night.
So one morning I fed him and let him drink from a syringe and he spit up all the water but I let him be because I figured he just overloaded, later that night he threw up all of his food so I decided to drop back down to 2 crickets and he still does the same thing.. so hes not eating anymore.
I feel like hes circling the drain, is there any suggestions as to what I can feed in replacement or what other ways to help ??
I know they can get stressed out from force feeding but what other alternatives are there to it ? I researched and thats the option I found, but im open to anything. I wanna help him.