AshesAshes
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I wanted to reach out here because I feel like a lot of the information I keep finding on chameleon death is due to sickness/poor husbandry and the symptoms are obvious bad things.
My sweet boy (veiled chameleon) is around 4.5 years old (got him September 2018, estimate he was about 2 months old at that point). Up to today, he's seemed fine - I feel sometimes like he has started sleeping in weird places, but my husband thinks I'm a worrywart. I've also noticed over the last few months that he isn't as apt to chase crickets as he was before (maybe around the beginning of this year). He's more content to sit and wait for them to climb the sides of the cage.
Today, I noticed he seemed especially slow. He isn't climbing around much. He's near his light, but not really in what I would call his favorite basking spot. Every time I walk by, he seems dark. He ate earlier, and he seemed as excited as usual about his hornworm treat, but he also didn't seem nearly as hungry. He ate and drank earlier, he was excited for his hornworm treat, but he didn't seem as hungry as I expected.
Is it possible these are signs his time is coming? His eyes aren't sunken in, his skin isn't saggy. His grip seems strong still. He still seems alert, just... not as active?
I feel like I see people talking about male veileds living to 7 years, and I feel like I've failed him.
My sweet boy (veiled chameleon) is around 4.5 years old (got him September 2018, estimate he was about 2 months old at that point). Up to today, he's seemed fine - I feel sometimes like he has started sleeping in weird places, but my husband thinks I'm a worrywart. I've also noticed over the last few months that he isn't as apt to chase crickets as he was before (maybe around the beginning of this year). He's more content to sit and wait for them to climb the sides of the cage.
Today, I noticed he seemed especially slow. He isn't climbing around much. He's near his light, but not really in what I would call his favorite basking spot. Every time I walk by, he seems dark. He ate earlier, and he seemed as excited as usual about his hornworm treat, but he also didn't seem nearly as hungry. He ate and drank earlier, he was excited for his hornworm treat, but he didn't seem as hungry as I expected.
Is it possible these are signs his time is coming? His eyes aren't sunken in, his skin isn't saggy. His grip seems strong still. He still seems alert, just... not as active?
I feel like I see people talking about male veileds living to 7 years, and I feel like I've failed him.