JaneB
New Member
Hi everyone. So a week ago me and my boyfriend got a veiled chameleon from the pet store. He’s been eating and drinking fine. Good colors. He has a misting set up a UVB light, two “veiled tested” real plant and fake vines and such to crawl on. His tank is in the 70s at night and around 80 ish during the day. Last night instead of settling on a branch and going to bed like usual he made his way to bottom of cage and appeared to be almost flailing/digging around. At first I feared impaction but he did poop the next day. He did this all night. In the morning I took him and and held him. It seemed once he had my fingers to grip too he calmed down I then placed up to bask and he started acting fairly normal again. My boyfriend said he moved around and was misted and pooped during the day. I got home late and once again he was on the floor almost writhing around moving arms slowly as if trying to find something to grip. I picked him up and he seemed to calm down again. I can feel almost a clicking in his throat/stomach. Can’t really hear it just feel it every other second. He also occasionally opens his mouth. He can’t seem to sit still at night and he won’t sleep. I know holding him isn’t good for his stress but he only seems to be able to sit still if he has all my fingers to grab onto. Also not entirely sure how old he is or if he’s even a boy at all. Pet store said he was but who knows how reliable they are