Sick Baby Veiled

[meaghan]

Cage Info:
Cage Type - 22 Gallon flexarium
Lighting - 8:00am- 8:00 pm --- 40W sunglow linear heat bulb, reptisun 5.0
Temperature - 75-85 daytime, 70-75 at night
Humidity - mist 3x daily, humidity level 40-60
Plants - No live plants
Placement - Cage in my room away from noise near a window
Location - Calgary, AB

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - 2 month female veiled chameleon, in my care for a week now
Handling - only a couple times to try and get some pictures
Feeding - Crickets mostly, some super worms. Gut loading with oranges, carrot sweet potatoe
Supplements - Repcal w/o D3 5x/week
Watering - HAVE NOT SEEN HER DRINK THE LAST TWO DAYS!
Fecal Description - normal, dark not runny
Current Problem - A few days ago she closed one eye, then she closed the other. She keeps them closed most of the time and is not active. I heard her sneeze today so I am taking her to the vet first thing tomorrow morning. She was eating normally, though today she only ate 3 crickets. I have not seen her drink for the past two days and this is what is really starting to worry me the most. Also just now I noticed a couple dark spots around her lips. I know this is not good! I need tips to help her make it through the night, I really dont want to loose her.

 

[Jakedn]

In the fecal description you didn't mention anything about the urate, is her urate orange, yellow, white, or a combination of those. If it is a combination of those describe how much of each color if you can. This will give us an idea if she is really not drinking or if she is just drinking behind your back. If the urate is mainly orange or yellow, this means that she is indeed dehydrated. If the urate is white, this means that she is hydrated and is drinking behind your back.

 

[meaghan]

it is white, so i guess she is being sneaky
i will update if anything changes in the next little while

 

[Jakedn]

it is white, so i guess she is being sneaky
i will update if anything changes in the next little while

The fact that she is drinking still is great, but the closed eyes and the 'sneeze' still calls for a vet visit in my opinion.

Good luck, hope things improve!

 

[kinyonga]

Is the window open or closed? Any draft from it?

 

[meaghan]

Window is closed, no draft. Our house temp dropped quite a bit a couple nights ago and I suspect that is the cause if this is a cold. If she did have a cold would she be very lethargic and have her eyes shut often?

 

[summoner12]

what is a 40w linear heat bulb?... I assume it looks like a hot dog? with a screw style base? What color is it?

what kind of Reptisun 5.0? linear? or screw in style?

 

[meaghan]

402 linear heat bulb it is slightly red, linear reptisun 5.0