Dehydrated?

[d 2the aNieL]

Cage Info:
Cage Type - What kind of cage are you using? What is the size? I thinks its 18x 18x 36x, all screen cage
Lighting - What kind of lighting are you using? How long do you keep the lights on during the day? Reptisun 5.0, 50 watt basking zoomed, from 7pm-7pm
Temperature - What temperature range have you created? Basking spot temp? What is the temperature at night?Bask=85-90, At night 68-73,
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? 50% i think
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Scfhlerra
Location - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? How are you creating and maintaining these levels?to my bed, during the day its pretty low, Window around it , one ceiling fan

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. baby male veiled, age the guy said he was a couple weeks old
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What kind of schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?small one lol
Supplements - What are you dusting your feeders with and what kind of schedule do you use? Geting them to day
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? Do you see your chameleon drinking?Mist x3 day, 4-5 min. Nope never seen him drink maybe 1 or 2
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings.Solid black, with orange and white,
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 aboutWell i think he dehydrated, and he eats about 4-6 cricket aday . Basically i cant shower the little man since hes a baby. How do i rehydrate him? Also his eyes go like hes squinting, but when im in the room its all open, when he bask he keeps them closed sometime

 

[Billyjack187]

A common scare , my chams shy away at first but the "instinct" to drink kicks in after about the second full minute of misting. I know if he is thirsty because he will haul it over to the nearest bunch of leaves and lick the droplets. If he is eating I sure he is drinking, just keep an eye on temps, little ones dry out real fast.

 

[Chase]

Looks fine. If your worried about it. Just spray it longer or more often. Or both. So maybe 10 minutes of spraying for four times a day.

 

[d 2the aNieL]

So just do longer sessions of misting, as well his droppings have orange in it whihc means dehydration so just more misting then?
Could i give him silkies or not since hes a baby

 

[Dyesub Dave]

Silkies are soft and pliable and a good source of calcium. Usually you can get smaller ones or just buy some silkworm eggs and hatch your own. As far as I know there are no issues with feeding small silkworms.

Dyesub Dave.

 

[d 2the aNieL]

Thanks, alos when i mist should i like not mist him directly just so he gets wet?
But he gets kinda mad like

 

[ChromaChameleons]

ya, I second the worm suggestion. Great way to add water to your cham , through juicy worms. Butters would work well also.

 

[d 2the aNieL]

The squiting eyes

When underneath his basking spot he does it

 

[Dyesub Dave]

I have recent veiled babies as well. They sometimes close their eyes in the middle of the day ... I think they're just napping and content. That basking temp may be a little warm for a young veiled though. I believe that low to mid 80's is enough until he's a few months old. Perhaps just move the basiking light a bit farther from the closest point the cham can get to it.

I've read many articles that say not to mist the babies directly but this is almost impossible. They go a little crazy when sprayed but seem fine a minute or two later. Mine are only a couple of weeks old and I just hand mist 3-4 times a day and feed 2-3 times a day.

Hey .... I just read the type of cage that you were using and that is HUGE for a 2 week old veiled. Most people don't even let their baby veileds go until they're a month or two old. I have my young babies in a 10 gal. tall aquarium with a screen top and vents in the side and the slightly older ones in an opaque tupperware container that's slightly larger. The smaller enclosure has a small 25W desklamp pointing down at one end and the tupperware container being more open has a 50 or 60W incanscent bulb pointed down at one end. This way they can get away from the heat if they like. A small mesh enclosure would be fine but I would think that your little guy would have a hard time finding his food in an enclosure that large.

I just read the part about the eyes squinting too. You may want to use a 2.0 bulb instead of the 5.0. Also make sure that you're using the tube type and not the spiral type of UVB bulb. There have been problems associated with the compact fluorescents. If he's squinting a lot it sounds as if the lighting is too bright or perhaps too warm for him.

Good luck and keep us posted !!!

Dyesub Dave.

 

[Chase]

Thanks, alos when i mist should i like not mist him directly just so he gets wet?
But he gets kinda mad like

Ya, get him a little wet. Silkworms are great staples! They don't have the hard exoskeleton. But sometimes their poo looks different from them.