dehydrated panther

[chowser]

i have a 7 mouth old panther, he didn't poop for awhile then just did a big one today.
but the head was really orange, i have a mistking that mists five times a day what can i do to make him hydrate?

thanks
chris

 

[CHScrusader]

You can try giving him wet food? If you feed him like worms and stuff or even crickets just spray them or dunk works in water quick before giving it to your Cham.. I heard that works a little bit..

 

[chowser]

ok thanks i will try that

 

[carol5208]

try using a dripper along with misting. Also, try taking an eye dropper and drip the water on his nose. He may start drinking that way.

 

[chowser]

try using a dripper along with misting. Also, try taking an eye dropper and drip the water on his nose. He may start drinking that way.

so the mistking isnt enough for dripping?

 

[carol5208]

well you asked for other ways to hydrate. I was just giving you some suggestions. The mistking should be enough. Do you see your chameleon drinking? If so, then I would not worry about it. Just watch the urates and see if they are white when he goes.

 

[chowser]

well you asked for other ways to hydrate. I was just giving you some suggestions. The mistking should be enough. Do you see your chameleon drinking? If so, then I would not worry about it. Just watch the urates and see if they are white when he goes.

sorry didnt mean to be rude, i will put the dripper back on as well

 

[carol5208]

sorry didnt mean to be rude, i will put the dripper back on as well

you weren't being rude at all! I just thought you were asking how to hydrate. But yeah, if you have a dripper it would not hurt to use that. Honestly, neighter one of my chameleons drink from misting. I use drippers and when the don't drink from them on a branch of leaf or whatever, I take the dripper or an eye dropper and drip it directly on their nose. It usually works to get them drinking.

 

[Elizadolots]

When they don't poop for a long time the urate often looks orange. The body re-absorbs the moisture from it while it's hanging around waiting for the poop to happen.

While I encourage all efforts to increase hydration and support increase mistings and wet food, I also want to suggest it's not something you need to be overly worried about. Keep an eye on it, but always view a poop after a long dry spell with caution.

 

[Sir Rutherford]

One technique I have used to help with hydration when my panther was under a baytril treatment was to inject waxworms with a fair amount of water under their skin ( I like waxworms because they hold the most water). You will need a hypodermic needle for his though. I had my panther intaking an extra 2 ml. of water daily with this method in all attempt to protect his kidneys during the baytril treatment. If you are providing sufficient water supplies to your chameleon and it continues to get more dehydrated, take him to a vet immediately. Observe it your chameleon cosely. I lost a chameleon I loved dearly (not the one previously mentioned with the baytril treatment) to what seemed to be dehydration. I took him to a vet and it was unfortunately too late. There was an underlying problem that was causing the dehydration. Make sure to observe it closely during this period and everything should be fine.

 

[TreeTopChameleons]

It might also not be a bad idea, if you fear that your cham is quite dehydrated, you could try to use an eye dropper to drip some generic electrolyte water on its nose to assist in faster hydration...