Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. Female veiled. How long has it been in your care? About 2 1/2 months
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Before not really at all..now about every 2 or 3 days to try to feed or shower..
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? Mealworms and crickets..she used to eat like 8 ro 10 mealworms daily
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Repticalcium and reptivite with d3..before was once a month each..now I give her a little bit of the vitamins once a week since she is not eating.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? I have a dripper and I mist about 2 minutes 3-4 times daily..yes she drinks
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Never tested.. hasnt pooped in a week since she hasnt been eating..I force fed her a few times and she pooped out yellowish gooey poop the day after each time..
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. She was normal for about three weeks..she shed the first week I had her then again a month later or so..and since then she has been not eating not roaming her cage and she kept her eyes shut..her eyes were actually the first thing I noticed. .she kept rubbing them on everything and grabbing at them..buldging them out then back in..I figured she maybe had skin left and she was trying to get it off..then her eyes stayed shut..figured she was either dehydrated or scrached them or something
.. now about a month later she is starting to open them back up..
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? Glass aquarium 20 gal...this is just temp until I build her a screen cage.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? Light ballast 5.0 uva uvb tube light and a day light. Nothing at night time. We keep it about 76-78 degrees inside. I leave on about 8-10 hrs
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? To be honest I havnt been measuring the temp..but I have a few plants and branches and vines at different levels..
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? I mist throughout the day..again I haven't been measuring it.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Cant remember what its called but I checked when I bought it to make sure it was safe
. And pothos
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? Livingroom, on a bookshelf. Not super high traffic but we are in the room most of the time and there is plenty of talking and tv or music noise...nothing too loud though. A ceiling fan but we have high ceilings and its not on all the time.
Location - Where are you geographically located?
Central Valley, CA
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. My female veiled is not eating and hasn't been eating on her own for over a month now!! I have force fed her about 4times and she has pooped it out the next day each time. She is awake during the day and moves around a lite bit but stays in the same area. .she does not go to her food area at all and doesn't seem to be looking for food either..she had her eyes closed since it started happening but within the last week they are opening back up.. she doesn't seem to mind me handling her at all.. she has good grip..tail curls good and has good color..she looks thinner but not too much. Doesnt look like she has eggs..I did try putting her in a bin to see if that is maybe what she needed, left her there overnight but nothing..just scratched at the walls... im not sure whats wrong.. any info would be appreciated. Oh and this all started after her second shed with me. I will submit photos
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. Female veiled. How long has it been in your care? About 2 1/2 months
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Before not really at all..now about every 2 or 3 days to try to feed or shower..
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? Mealworms and crickets..she used to eat like 8 ro 10 mealworms daily
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Repticalcium and reptivite with d3..before was once a month each..now I give her a little bit of the vitamins once a week since she is not eating.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? I have a dripper and I mist about 2 minutes 3-4 times daily..yes she drinks
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Never tested.. hasnt pooped in a week since she hasnt been eating..I force fed her a few times and she pooped out yellowish gooey poop the day after each time..
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. She was normal for about three weeks..she shed the first week I had her then again a month later or so..and since then she has been not eating not roaming her cage and she kept her eyes shut..her eyes were actually the first thing I noticed. .she kept rubbing them on everything and grabbing at them..buldging them out then back in..I figured she maybe had skin left and she was trying to get it off..then her eyes stayed shut..figured she was either dehydrated or scrached them or something
.. now about a month later she is starting to open them back up..
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? Glass aquarium 20 gal...this is just temp until I build her a screen cage.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? Light ballast 5.0 uva uvb tube light and a day light. Nothing at night time. We keep it about 76-78 degrees inside. I leave on about 8-10 hrs
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? To be honest I havnt been measuring the temp..but I have a few plants and branches and vines at different levels..
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? I mist throughout the day..again I haven't been measuring it.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Cant remember what its called but I checked when I bought it to make sure it was safe
. And pothos
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? Livingroom, on a bookshelf. Not super high traffic but we are in the room most of the time and there is plenty of talking and tv or music noise...nothing too loud though. A ceiling fan but we have high ceilings and its not on all the time.
Location - Where are you geographically located?
Central Valley, CA
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. My female veiled is not eating and hasn't been eating on her own for over a month now!! I have force fed her about 4times and she has pooped it out the next day each time. She is awake during the day and moves around a lite bit but stays in the same area. .she does not go to her food area at all and doesn't seem to be looking for food either..she had her eyes closed since it started happening but within the last week they are opening back up.. she doesn't seem to mind me handling her at all.. she has good grip..tail curls good and has good color..she looks thinner but not too much. Doesnt look like she has eggs..I did try putting her in a bin to see if that is maybe what she needed, left her there overnight but nothing..just scratched at the walls... im not sure whats wrong.. any info would be appreciated. Oh and this all started after her second shed with me. I will submit photos
