dehydrated baby veiled chameleon

[david23w2]

i believe she has become dehydrated cuz she is keeping one eye shut all day and closes the other from time to time. i mist cage several times a day and keep drip come on top of cage for constant drip and access of water. in past 24 hours she has eatin to crickets that where dusted with vitamin dust. what else can i do to help out this sweet little girl

 

[nightanole]

You could try some peach baby food from an eye dropper for the time being.

In the mean time you can fill out the standard form and we can really see whats going on. It might be an eye irritant from something in the cage and not dehydration.

 

[camimom]

Can you post photos of her please?

eye closing does not necessarily mean dehydration.

she could have an eye infection.

 

[david23w2]

give me a few minutes ill take a few pics of her and setup

 

[camimom]

it would help if you filled this out too.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/

 

[david23w2]

... she is in a 16x16x20 repti breeze cage. her day light is a 100 watt zilla brand day light and its in a flukers 8.5 inch lamp with a dimmer to control the wattage. her vub light is reptisun 5.0 bulb. her cage is in my bedroom for less traffic flow. her temps range between coolest of 75 degrees and 95 degrees and her humidity stays around 60%.. ill send more pics

 

[david23w2]

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[camimom]

Ok couple things.
First- her basking spot is too hot.

lower that temp to about 84 at the hottest,

Next, the basking bulb you are using could be too bright for her eyes, try replacing that with a regular house bulb of a lower wattage.

how often do yo umist?

fill in te form so we can get an accurate background of your husbandry.

 

[CarlyMK]

100Watt day light are concentrated to a couple inches for better basking spots, I think that is much much too hot for her imo

 

[david23w2]

here is cage setup

 

[david23w2]

. and she has never turned real dark in colors they have always stayed pretty bright and patterns have looked good too.

 

[camimom]

Im going to go ahead and say alot of her issues is the lighting.

she seems a bit skinny too, how much do you feed?

 

[david23w2]

we got her friday she has eating two crickets since then. i dont keep the light turned all the way up and its not directly on top of cage. she was that size when i got her.

 

[camimom]

Ok so dont worryu about food yet.

But the light needs to go. use a house bulb, they are alot less intense.

 

[david23w2]

so watt house bulb should i use or should i get a lower watt day light for her.

 

[camimom]

I use a 75 on my girl.

but shes in a much bigger cage.

I would suggest maybe a 50..
mainly, just play aroudn with them until you get the right basking temp.

 

[david23w2]

she gets mist 3 or 4 times a day. is what we have been doin. plus i use a drip cup.

 

[camimom]

for how long is she misted?
how long does the cage stay wet?

 

[david23w2]

i have the dimmer on her light turned up to about 60% so her light isnt at full power. temp cage is in back of cage under uvb and it reads 80 degrees

 

[camimom]

well uvb bulbs dont put off any heat. so that may not actually be the right temp.

try moving the prob to the basking spot under her light,