Dehydration

Preekoo

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My male veiled chameleon had been looken a lil dehydrated the past few days because his eyes were a lil sunken. Not to bad though, and his stool looked perfectly fine. But this morning I had to wake up and go to a driving class like around 7 and I usually dont turn his lights on till 9 and feed him and get his day started. After my classes were over, my mom decided to Freaken tote me around until 1 pm. When I got back I turned his lights on, fed him a super worm and some crickets. After an hour or so he took a dump and Thats what it looked like. I gave him a shower method the other day when I noticed the sunken eyes. I am giving him one right now. What else can I do to rehydrate him. His grip wasnt all to great either, i'm feelen pretty bad right about now. What am I supposed to mix with water and drip on his nose to potentially help rehydrate him.

Thanks guys :(
 

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And the othrr day when I first noticed the sunken eyes I set up a humidifier next to his cage as well. It obviously hasnt helped all to much. I mist his cage heavily 4-5 times a day with bottled spring water.
 
And I also realize I should lower his basking temp as well, its way to freaken high. What wattage and what kind of bulb should i replace his basking bulb with?
 
Your Chameleon- Male/"Leon"
Age- 6 Months
Handling- Every other day.
Feeding- 6-8 crickets a day in 3-5 intervals, meal worms, super worms, and wax worms in between cricket servings.
Supplements- calcium powder daily. Ca+d3/multi vitamins twice month
Watering- Dripper system, spray cage thoroughly 4-5 times a day. Humidity level is at around 60-70%
Fecal Description- see above picture
History- Bought him from a local E & L Pet Store
Cage Info:
Cage Type- Small Zoo Med Reptibreeze open air screen
Lighting- UVA 75 watt / UVB 5.0 26 watt (not the tube)
Temperature- Basking spot - 91 degrees / Rest - 74-84
Humidity- have humidifier set up and the % is 60-70%
Plants- All fake vines, and some sticks. No real plants, im worken on getting a live plant when I get his bigger cage in a few weeks
Placement- On my desk, not near any windows but there is an air vent blowing above one of my windows, but it doesnt blow into his cage at all.
Location- My room
 
You might want to consider getting a timer for your lights, that way you won't have to worry about them. I think you can get one for under $10. I would make sure that the dripper is running for at least 4 hours a day.

You definitely want to get him into a bigger cage sooner rather than later. And, real plants are your friend!
 
Yah i bought a timer the other day, i even posted a thread asking how to get it to work : / had to get my step dad to get it worken right lol. Idk the one i got was weird but its worken now :D I usually leave the dripper running most of the day. and what plant do you recomend? I'm not to sure on what I wana get.
 
I'm only working on the info in this thread so you can't expect me to know what you've posted elsewhere.

I am the biggest fan of pothos plants. I love them. You can pin the vines to the sides of the cage and create a very natural climbing environment.
 
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