Dehydrated Veiled Chameleon

[Noagu]

Chameleon info:

• Your chameleon- Male veiled chameleon. 4 months old have had for 2 months.
• Handling- Doesn't like being handled.
  
• Feeding- 10-15 crickets dusted a day gut loaded with an "ice cube" shaped mixture of lettuce, carrots. oranges, bananas, apples, and potatoes and idea i got from Stacyah's channel.
• Supplements- Zoomed repticalcium everyday, flukers reptacalcium with D3 twice a month, and flukers spray vitamins once a week.
  
• Watering- Spray bottle misting 4-5 times a day for 2 minutes and Dripper. I have never seen it drink.
• Fecal description- dark brown poop and slightly orange urate.

Cage info:

• Cage type- Screen cage 16"Lx16"Wx30"H
• Lighting- 5.0 fluorescent UVB bulb and blue 60 Watt daylight/heat bulb. Automatically turn on and off at 8pm and am.
• Temperature- 80-85 in basking spot lower 70's at the bottom, 60's in the night.
• Humidity- 50-70% humidity,sprayed 4-5 times a day.
• Plants- 5 fake plants all around the cage.

Current problem- I have never seen my chameleon drink but i assumed he only drank while no one was present because up until a week ago he was fine. His eyes were fine and was bright green all the time. But I noticed about a week ago that my chameleons eyes are sunken and his urate is slightly orange. I tried increasing his misting's but he hasn't gotten better. He is now dark and appears stressed throughout the day.He still eats just fine from a cup or hand fed, and is still strong and able to move quickly What do i do? This is him before going to sleep.

 

[rminnis]

I suggest getting some live plants I think they hold water better and give ur cham longer to drink also I would try spraying the top of the cage or side to where water drops slowly fall thru the top of the cage near where it spends lots of time I feel like they see this and it triggers them to drink! These are just my thoughts and things that have helped me keep mine hydrated. Also what kind of water do you use? I think your supposed to use reverse Osmosis water or distilled water only mayb it doesnt like the taste of the water but Im guessing it just needs more of a chance to drink in other words more longer misting and live plants and yes a way for there to be water available when noone is around and they feel safe is pretty important even if its just a dripper

 

[rminnis]

Also you can try offering food high in water content like a fat jucy hornworm or silkworm to help hydrate your cham

 

[Noagu]

He won't eat any type of worm, but i'll definitely try the methods of your first comment and look into live plants.Thanks for the advice!