Sick Cham Went to Vet no help

[sccrstr870]

i just bought a heated vaporizer to keep the humidity up in between misting and in hopes of softening whatever is keeping his eyes closed i also called the vet today and have a appointment at 5:30 at the same place with a different doctor and i will definitely tell him about the vitamin A

 

[Chameleon Company]

.... and i will definitely tell him about the vitamin A

That's fine, but I would challenge any vet that said that following a vitamin A regiman as recommended here is not advisable. There's plenty of clueless vets out there when it comes to chameleons. The vitamin A regimens that you were given were developed, in part, based on work done by some of the finest herp vets in the known Universe, to include Stahl, Ferguson, and Alfonso. If you've got one or two in Podunk that aren't quite up to speed, whatcha gonna do

 

[Dave Weldon]

Supplements - Rep cal no phosphorus no d3 and repcal herpitive vitamins once a week when he was eating

Fecal Description -

...some yellow powdery stuff called carnivore rx...

Howdy Justin,

Is he getting any supplemented vitamin D3? If not then you'll want to add a source such as the pink labeled Rep-Cal w/D3 maybe once a week or so. You'll want to get some more feedback on D3 schedules to form your own schedule based on his current access to unfiltered natural sunlight etc. Also, Herptivite (doesn't have D3) vitamins and minerals supplement is usually given 1-2 times a month so you probably want to back-off on that a bit.

Toss us a description (better yet, a photo) of the dark poop and the white urates. Any yellow/orange coloring in the "white" urates?

FYI - Regarding carnivore rx: The other powdered product that was brought up is probably Emeraid "Critical Care" or one in their series of emergency food products. They might require a prescription.
http://lafebervet.com/pinnacle/index.php?p=catalog&parent=31&pg=1

Many Vets recommend the human product: "Ensure" as a temporary emergency food product. Maybe a combo of Ensure and squished feeders would be a benefit too.

Post photos of your chameleon and also of his enclosure. The more, the better . I can't tell you how many times a vet could have used photos of a keeper's setup to help diagnose a critical health problem. Years ago, I met with one soon-to-be friend who blew through $3000 across half a dozen vets trying to bring a Veiled back to health. It was all husbandry related . He was one of my first freebie house-calls. It always helps to have another set of eyeballs look things over .