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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon (F) 1week in my care
Handling - Every day. It's a must due to medication administration
Feeding - I try to feed mealworms, crickets, locusts and dubia roaches but she does not take any. So I use bug juice.
This is the recipe I used for BugJuice;
10g of mealworms
10 medium crickets (1cm)
2 big dubias (Nymphs around 4.5cm)
0.5g of Rephasy SuperCal NoD
10ml of water
6 drops of diluted BSP multivitamins
Supplements - Repashy Supercal NoD. Diluted BSP Multivitamin
Watering - Misting. Once in the morning 1hour after lights are on. Once in the evening 2hours before lights are off. A warm shower in between mid-day and 3pm
Fecal Description - Runny/watery, light brown, urates are white with a little yellow
History - None.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen cage. 18 x 18 x 24
Lighting - 12hours on/12hours off. 90W turtle tuff halogen bulb. Arcadia 10.0
Temperature - 85.7F basking. 73.2 - 69.5F Ambient. Lowest temp at night is 59.1F
Humidity - Digital Hygrometer. Humidity ranges from 57% - 73%. I mist in the morning and in the evening for 2mins.
Plants - Ficus plants (real)
Placement - Cage is about 20inches off the ground. It is in my room where traffic is low and I spent the majority of the time on the computer writing and doing assignments with headphones on. Windows are open all the time for ventilation. The only traffic there is is me.
Location - Malta, GMT+1, Southern Europe.
Current Problem
This is a very difficult question and I am only asking because I am seriously losing hope.
I have not kept chameleons for a long time, barely a week, and so far it's just been a total uphill battle, incredibly frustrating and a very unpleasant experience in general.
Once one illness is gone another seems to crop up and I don't know how smart it is to continue shedding out money on medication for an animal that looks to be doomed. So far, in this week alone, I've spent over 200euros (approx 223$) on medication and vet visits alone. This is not counting the initial cost on basic reptile needs.
I am mostly concerned about my female veiled who is only a couple of months old. She came to me with a respiratory infection which I was treating and it looked like it was going away.
She has not eaten anything in 4-5days, the bug juice is not working, she refuses to accept food, barely drinks and has been constantly black for the past 3-4days, ever since I started administering antibiotics.
Her fecal tests came and now she has pinworms and coccidia. Still won't accept food and looks dehydrated (sunken eyes). I mist twice-three times a day with luke-warm water and in the afternoons I give her a shower for 20-30mins.
This morning I even found the female with diarrhea.
She has also retained shedding. She had started to shed when she came to me. Has a little bit of shedding on her sides that won't come off. A little on her head and I think her feet as well. I am not sure about her feet, sometimes they have color, sometimes they appear all white. When I ran a light on her feet it had a red glow to it suggestion there was circulation
This animal is not even mine to care for. It was supposed to be my girlfriend's but so far she has shown little interest in caring for it because she lost all hope in the animal and is starting to doubt how smart it is to continue fighting this off.
I have another veiled, a male, who is also positive for respiratory infection, coccidia and pinworms but his attitude is a lot better. His colors are bright, his infection seems to be gone, takes food, drinks and is well hydrated. He is of no problem at all and I have time to care for him.
With the female however it's taking a lot of my time and no one wants to help me to share the load. On top of that I live alone and also go to university.
Please forum don't take this the wrong way.
I am trying my absolute best to care for her and provide a good environment. I am just doubting on how smart it is to continue trying to cure and stress the animal with medication when she looks in obvious pain, distress and is showing no signs of recovery.
The vet is also limited. I live on an Island and we have one exotic vet with little experience in chameleon but he's all I got. I feel like there is nothing else I can do to help her.
What should I do? Should I just euthanize and chuck this as a loss or should I continue fighting? is there any hope left for her?
Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon (F) 1week in my care
Handling - Every day. It's a must due to medication administration
Feeding - I try to feed mealworms, crickets, locusts and dubia roaches but she does not take any. So I use bug juice.
This is the recipe I used for BugJuice;
10g of mealworms
10 medium crickets (1cm)
2 big dubias (Nymphs around 4.5cm)
0.5g of Rephasy SuperCal NoD
10ml of water
6 drops of diluted BSP multivitamins
Supplements - Repashy Supercal NoD. Diluted BSP Multivitamin
Watering - Misting. Once in the morning 1hour after lights are on. Once in the evening 2hours before lights are off. A warm shower in between mid-day and 3pm
Fecal Description - Runny/watery, light brown, urates are white with a little yellow
History - None.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen cage. 18 x 18 x 24
Lighting - 12hours on/12hours off. 90W turtle tuff halogen bulb. Arcadia 10.0
Temperature - 85.7F basking. 73.2 - 69.5F Ambient. Lowest temp at night is 59.1F
Humidity - Digital Hygrometer. Humidity ranges from 57% - 73%. I mist in the morning and in the evening for 2mins.
Plants - Ficus plants (real)
Placement - Cage is about 20inches off the ground. It is in my room where traffic is low and I spent the majority of the time on the computer writing and doing assignments with headphones on. Windows are open all the time for ventilation. The only traffic there is is me.
Location - Malta, GMT+1, Southern Europe.
Current Problem
This is a very difficult question and I am only asking because I am seriously losing hope.
I have not kept chameleons for a long time, barely a week, and so far it's just been a total uphill battle, incredibly frustrating and a very unpleasant experience in general.
Once one illness is gone another seems to crop up and I don't know how smart it is to continue shedding out money on medication for an animal that looks to be doomed. So far, in this week alone, I've spent over 200euros (approx 223$) on medication and vet visits alone. This is not counting the initial cost on basic reptile needs.
I am mostly concerned about my female veiled who is only a couple of months old. She came to me with a respiratory infection which I was treating and it looked like it was going away.
She has not eaten anything in 4-5days, the bug juice is not working, she refuses to accept food, barely drinks and has been constantly black for the past 3-4days, ever since I started administering antibiotics.
Her fecal tests came and now she has pinworms and coccidia. Still won't accept food and looks dehydrated (sunken eyes). I mist twice-three times a day with luke-warm water and in the afternoons I give her a shower for 20-30mins.
This morning I even found the female with diarrhea.
She has also retained shedding. She had started to shed when she came to me. Has a little bit of shedding on her sides that won't come off. A little on her head and I think her feet as well. I am not sure about her feet, sometimes they have color, sometimes they appear all white. When I ran a light on her feet it had a red glow to it suggestion there was circulation
This animal is not even mine to care for. It was supposed to be my girlfriend's but so far she has shown little interest in caring for it because she lost all hope in the animal and is starting to doubt how smart it is to continue fighting this off.
I have another veiled, a male, who is also positive for respiratory infection, coccidia and pinworms but his attitude is a lot better. His colors are bright, his infection seems to be gone, takes food, drinks and is well hydrated. He is of no problem at all and I have time to care for him.
With the female however it's taking a lot of my time and no one wants to help me to share the load. On top of that I live alone and also go to university.
Please forum don't take this the wrong way.
I am trying my absolute best to care for her and provide a good environment. I am just doubting on how smart it is to continue trying to cure and stress the animal with medication when she looks in obvious pain, distress and is showing no signs of recovery.
The vet is also limited. I live on an Island and we have one exotic vet with little experience in chameleon but he's all I got. I feel like there is nothing else I can do to help her.
What should I do? Should I just euthanize and chuck this as a loss or should I continue fighting? is there any hope left for her?
