Tetsuo
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I just noticed she has black spots under her eyes could she have bruised them and thats why she wont open them?
Needing some help. D:
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I just noticed she has black spots under her eyes could she have bruised them and thats why she wont open them?
camimom
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post a pic?
Tetsuo
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I'll try but I highly doubt my resolution will be high enough.
camimom
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just do what you can.
camimom
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Tetsuo
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I don't use a basking bulb... Should I? And 6 inches.
camimom
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what is the basking temp?
normally we use one yes.
can you get her outside at all? for natural sun?
picture of the set up please?
what is she doing right now?
Does you chameleon sit up in the branches? In the left photo your chameleon looks very sick and I would recommend taking it to a vet right away. It doesn't look good at all....sorry to say.
You said your cage is by the window...your chameleon could be getting a draft from the window or cold air flow. You mentioned 60 for the temperature...IMHO that's quite cold for such a young chameleon.
Some UVB bulbs have been known to cause eye problems and although they were supposed to have been corrected it might be possible that there are still some out there.
You said your cage is by the window...your chameleon could be getting a draft from the window or cold air flow. You mentioned 60 for the temperature...IMHO that's quite cold for such a young chameleon.
Some UVB bulbs have been known to cause eye problems and although they were supposed to have been corrected it might be possible that there are still some out there.
Tetsuo
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60 for the night time temperature I bought her a basking bulb and a new lamp and moved her into a 10 gallon and she is already doing much and all I did was raise the temperature and change her enclosure.
SmellyHiker
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We experienced a similar problem..
Hey, we also visit Go Lizards! in KS. Nice people. We have a Graceful Chameleon that stopped eating/drinking and kept its eyes closed. My hubby and I have been reading these forums for a month learning what we can about chameleons (thanks everyone!). We just saw Dr Wood at Pioneer Hospital in Leavenworth. He told us that problems come on slow and once taken care of the chameleons take awhile to recover. I'm glad we didn't wait too long for help. Our graceful, Herbert Curlybottom, ended up having an abscess in his mouth. Plus there are some wounds (bad peeling from shed and we suspect cricket bites). He prescribed something stronger than Neosporin for the wounds. Now I have to figure out how to force-feed him
We've had ours for just over 30 days (Valentine gift). We noticed when the heat and humidity were up he was eating well and alert. So we did a bit of tweaking to try to make sure we were where we wanted to be with temps (not as much info about graceful chameleons out there).
I soaked my guy with warm dechlorinated water (um, gross results). He seemed to pick up after that though.
Good luck to you.
Hey, we also visit Go Lizards! in KS. Nice people. We have a Graceful Chameleon that stopped eating/drinking and kept its eyes closed. My hubby and I have been reading these forums for a month learning what we can about chameleons (thanks everyone!). We just saw Dr Wood at Pioneer Hospital in Leavenworth. He told us that problems come on slow and once taken care of the chameleons take awhile to recover. I'm glad we didn't wait too long for help. Our graceful, Herbert Curlybottom, ended up having an abscess in his mouth. Plus there are some wounds (bad peeling from shed and we suspect cricket bites). He prescribed something stronger than Neosporin for the wounds. Now I have to figure out how to force-feed him
We've had ours for just over 30 days (Valentine gift). We noticed when the heat and humidity were up he was eating well and alert. So we did a bit of tweaking to try to make sure we were where we wanted to be with temps (not as much info about graceful chameleons out there).
I soaked my guy with warm dechlorinated water (um, gross results). He seemed to pick up after that though.
Good luck to you.
Tetsuo
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Hey, we also visit Go Lizards! in KS. Nice people. We have a Graceful Chameleon that stopped eating/drinking and kept its eyes closed. My hubby and I have been reading these forums for a month learning what we can about chameleons (thanks everyone!). We just saw Dr Wood at Pioneer Hospital in Leavenworth. He told us that problems come on slow and once taken care of the chameleons take awhile to recover. I'm glad we didn't wait too long for help. Our graceful, Herbert Curlybottom, ended up having an abscess in his mouth. Plus there are some wounds (bad peeling from shed and we suspect cricket bites). He prescribed something stronger than Neosporin for the wounds. Now I have to figure out how to force-feed him
We've had ours for just over 30 days (Valentine gift). We noticed when the heat and humidity were up he was eating well and alert. So we did a bit of tweaking to try to make sure we were where we wanted to be with temps (not as much info about graceful chameleons out there).
I soaked my guy with warm dechlorinated water (um, gross results). He seemed to pick up after that though.
Good luck to you.
I really enjoy going to Go! Lizards! I'm there at the least once a week the staff is amazing, helpful, intelligent, and also fun to talk to plus their animals are phenomenal.
