Help?? Sick Panther chameleon

[MickiiMouse]

View attachment 107903So I bought a panther chameleon a few weeks back. I'm not sure how old she is but she's not an adult yet. She was great when I first got her but she's been eating less and less and now she isn't eating at all and hasn't for about 4 days. She was looking dehydrated despite the fact that I mist 3+ times a day so I put her in a sink with a shower type attachment and got her to drink a bit that way but now she won't drink from the misting or from the shower. I've offered her crickets, butter worms and wax worms (her favourite) but she won't eat anything. Her eyes are very sunken in and barely opening. Today I had to mash up some food and feed her by having her open her mouth and me put the food in. I also had to give her water via a syringe when she opened her mouth. I'm not sure what to do or what's wrong with her. I've been giving her calcium drops in her water but since she stopped drinking I've tried with regular water and there is no difference. any ideas what could be wrong? It's obvious if she continues like this she will die. She's extremly lethargic at this point. I would post pictures but I'm not sure how. Any help is appreciated!

Your Chameleon - Panther, female , unsure of age, 3-4 weeks in my care
Handling - Once a day. She actually loves to sit on my stomAch and relax I promise
Feeding - Offering crickets, wax worms, butter worms all daily offered gut loading with jelly cubes
Supplements - adding reptile calcium drops to the water
Watering - Mist with a spray bottle for a few minutes, I've seen her drink before but not anymore
Fecal Description - No very recent droppings. Previously moist brown with seperate white
History - Had one baby veiled chameleon in the past who died of similar circumstances.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Combo cage glass walls with screen top, very large compared to her
Lighting - UVB and heat lamps, in dome holders on top of cage, both on during day (6am-9pm) both off at night
Temperature - cage floor- 75, basking spot- 91
Humidity - 55%-90%, digital thermometer / hygrometer combo
Plants - no live plants
Placement - On top of a dresser in rarely used bedroom, little traffic, no fans or vents nearby
Location - Just outside of Toronto Ontario Canada

 

[Carlton]

View attachment 107903So I bought a panther chameleon a few weeks back. I'm not sure how old she is but she's not an adult yet. She was great when I first got her but she's been eating less and less and now she isn't eating at all and hasn't for about 4 days. She was looking dehydrated despite the fact that I mist 3+ times a day so I put her in a sink with a shower type attachment and got her to drink a bit that way but now she won't drink from the misting or from the shower. I've offered her crickets, butter worms and wax worms (her favourite) but she won't eat anything. Her eyes are very sunken in and barely opening. Today I had to mash up some food and feed her by having her open her mouth and me put the food in. I also had to give her water via a syringe when she opened her mouth. I'm not sure what to do or what's wrong with her. I've been giving her calcium drops in her water but since she stopped drinking I've tried with regular water and there is no difference. any ideas what could be wrong? It's obvious if she continues like this she will die. She's extremly lethargic at this point. I would post pictures but I'm not sure how. Any help is appreciated!

Your Chameleon - Panther, female , unsure of age, 3-4 weeks in my care
Handling - Once a day. She actually loves to sit on my stomAch and relax I promise
Feeding - Offering crickets, wax worms, butter worms all daily offered gut loading with jelly cubes
Supplements - adding reptile calcium drops to the water
Watering - Mist with a spray bottle for a few minutes, I've seen her drink before but not anymore
Fecal Description - No very recent droppings. Previously moist brown with seperate white
History - Had one baby veiled chameleon in the past who died of similar circumstances.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Combo cage glass walls with screen top, very large compared to her
Lighting - UVB and heat lamps, in dome holders on top of cage, both on during day (6am-9pm) both off at night
Temperature - cage floor- 75, basking spot- 91
Humidity - 55%-90%, digital thermometer / hygrometer combo
Plants - no live plants
Placement - On top of a dresser in rarely used bedroom, little traffic, no fans or vents nearby
Location - Just outside of Toronto Ontario Canada

She looks very gravid and must be about ready to expel her eggs. Do you have a laying bin for her? She may be eggbound if she isn't trying to find a place to lay. Does she roam around on the floor of the cage or try to dig?

Also, adding anything to her water isn't a good idea. She's not going to get the benefit of calcium this way. She may be calcium deficient which will affect her ability to lay her clutch.

Those cricket cube gutloads aren't very good. There are much better gutloads available from forum sponsors. Please read the husbandry article on nutrition located under the Resources tab. Again, there may be some nutritional deficiencies going on at this point.

 

[Emieloss]

Hey there, sad to hear about the bad news.

I would try misting until about 70% and let it dry up till about 50% before misting again. Too much humidity can cause problems to their breathing system (can't find the correct words, sorry ^^)

Also, did you thoroughly clean and desinfect the cage before putting in the new cham? It's a possibility your precious cham died because of parasites and passed onto your new cham.

I would take his poo and/or him to a vet to let it/him get examined.

Hope this helps.

 

[MickiiMouse]

Thank you for your help. Unfortunately my girl passed away today around 3.