Rescue Cham not doing to good...

[levibescos]

Ok so I have been on this forum for awhile just doing a lot of reading. We have to veiled chameleons right now. One small guy (Pascal) that we got from a pet store. Then we just recently rescued a large male (Finnegan). Finnegan was in a small cage with the wrong lighting so he has MBD pretty bad. His spine is tilted to the left really bad and his casque is tilted to the right. Also his bottom lip is swollen. The owners didn't take very good care of him. When they gave him up they also transported him with another large male and they fought. Resulting in him gaining a few battle scars. So what I am here for is that the day we picked him up he threw up two super worms. He hasn't eaten since then , that I know of, and then today he threw up another super worm. Me and my girlfriend have been giving him lots of liquids (as much as he will take in a day) We also give him peralite every other day. He has a 175 reptibreeze cage with a nice heat lamp and uvb strip. I take him outside in the morning to get some extra uvb and other essential vitamins.

 

[dtwenty3]

aw poor Finnegan.. is he still moving around his terrarium? do you notice him falling around? I cannot believe they transported him with another male what a bunch of idiot's!

 

[laurie]

Hello, how long has the cham been with you, do you know how old he is, can you post a picture and where are you located? Maybe we can help but I am not sure.

 

[levibescos]

He is moving around but not really eating. What ever he does eat he throws up. I have been forcing liquids into him for the past week. We got him last sunday. We knew he was going to be a work in progress but we have been taking in a lot of rescues. I don't know how to upload photos here. If you send me your email I can send it to that. He did fall once but I think it was because he is a little big for the plant. I am going to try and get him on wax worms due to the softer exo-skeleton.