I had a pygmy chameleon that died a few days ago, and here are the symptoms: Their eyes turn black and they don't move. When you touch them they move but their eyes are unresponsive. I have a picture of him and would like for someone to tell me what it is. This is my aunt's chameleon and it died today:
Chameleons Dying Overnight?
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hawaiianice99
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you need to fill this out. Are they WC?
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage construction (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and type of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Location - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Current Problem - The current problem that you are concerned about.
Pictures are helpful
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage construction (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and type of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Location - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Current Problem - The current problem that you are concerned about.
Pictures are helpful
Info
They are Captive born
Cage type: Glass 12x12x18
Lighting: Exoterra 13W 5.0 UVB, we keep the lights on during the day and turn them off at night.
Temp: 70 degrease farenheight, overnight stays pretty much the same(room temp), temperature gauge
Humidity: 60, misting, exoterra hydrometer
Plants: All Plastic or silk
Location: They were in the living room but due to a infestation of black ants eating our crickets, we moved them to the dining room table.
Chameleon: Pygmy, Male, had for 7 months give or take
Handling: every once in a while
Feeding: We buy our crickets from petco, put them in a cricket cage with their food, and we normally put 6 to 7 in at a time, feed them every two days.
Supplements: none other than what they got from the crickets.
Watering: we mist the cage every day, sometimes see them drinking.
Fecal: normally brownish but have seen white, no they have not been tested
History: We got them at a a pet store that got them from a dealer(have no clue who)
PROBLEM: Last night i went to check on them and the female was fine but the male was in the back not moving at all, so i touched him and he moved, his eyes were black and he wasn't looking back and forth just still. When i got up this morning he was still in the same place but his eyes were sunk in and he was black around his tummy and eyes. I thought that he may be alive but when i touched him he fell over and he was dead. My chameleon did the same thing a week ago. I really need help because my juvenile Peanut is so cute and i couldn't replace him, so I need to know what we need to do to keep them alive.
They are Captive born
Cage type: Glass 12x12x18
Lighting: Exoterra 13W 5.0 UVB, we keep the lights on during the day and turn them off at night.
Temp: 70 degrease farenheight, overnight stays pretty much the same(room temp), temperature gauge
Humidity: 60, misting, exoterra hydrometer
Plants: All Plastic or silk
Location: They were in the living room but due to a infestation of black ants eating our crickets, we moved them to the dining room table.
Chameleon: Pygmy, Male, had for 7 months give or take
Handling: every once in a while
Feeding: We buy our crickets from petco, put them in a cricket cage with their food, and we normally put 6 to 7 in at a time, feed them every two days.
Supplements: none other than what they got from the crickets.
Watering: we mist the cage every day, sometimes see them drinking.
Fecal: normally brownish but have seen white, no they have not been tested
History: We got them at a a pet store that got them from a dealer(have no clue who)
PROBLEM: Last night i went to check on them and the female was fine but the male was in the back not moving at all, so i touched him and he moved, his eyes were black and he wasn't looking back and forth just still. When i got up this morning he was still in the same place but his eyes were sunk in and he was black around his tummy and eyes. I thought that he may be alive but when i touched him he fell over and he was dead. My chameleon did the same thing a week ago. I really need help because my juvenile Peanut is so cute and i couldn't replace him, so I need to know what we need to do to keep them alive.
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Julirs
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The turning black eyes sinking in thing is just chameleon death. That is what they do when they are dieing..
You should not have a 5.0, esp. not a compact, on pygmies. That is way too much UVB. You also should have live plants and should be watering more than once a day to keep the humidity up. Are you sure he was eating up until the time he died? Sometimes pygmies are tricky, and they don't live very long natural lives.
What happened to your other chameleon?
You should not have a 5.0, esp. not a compact, on pygmies. That is way too much UVB. You also should have live plants and should be watering more than once a day to keep the humidity up. Are you sure he was eating up until the time he died? Sometimes pygmies are tricky, and they don't live very long natural lives.
What happened to your other chameleon?
hawaiianice99
New Member
i think that you could use more plants at the bottom to drink from, pygmys are low area dwellers, they dont climb high.
your temps need to drop a little at night, chams need the temps to drop at night to help with digestion.
you need to supplement your chams, they need their feeders dusted with multivites to compensate for vites they would get in the wild. you need someting with D3 and something w/o that has the other vites they need.
*Where's Julirs!? That is who you want to talk to i think that she is the pygmy guru.
your temps need to drop a little at night, chams need the temps to drop at night to help with digestion.
you need to supplement your chams, they need their feeders dusted with multivites to compensate for vites they would get in the wild. you need someting with D3 and something w/o that has the other vites they need.
*Where's Julirs!? That is who you want to talk to i think that she is the pygmy guru.
hawaiianice99
New Member
AH HA! Julirs has arrived!
Brad Ramsey
Retired Moderator
Oops.
I think you mean that the other way around.
Chameleons need to warm up to an acceptable temperature in the daytime in order for them to digest their food properly.
-Brad
