Someone PLEASE HELP

[cdross]

PLEASE HELP!! I bought a veiled cham sat and he has been looking real good and temps were hight and 70% humidity was having a problem eating but he had a few meal worms monday and ate 2 meal worms today. I just checked on him his eyes are shut he normally doesn't want anything to do with me but he isn't moving and didn't mind me cleaning up the bottom. IS HE OK what do i need to do?? Someone please HELP

 

[DrRhymes]

It would be very helpful to fill out https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/
the how to ask for help. It could be a lot of things and filling that out will narrow down the possible problems.

Regards,
Nate

 

[carol5208]

where do you live? are you sure he is not sleeping? My chams have been asleep for hours.

 

[cdross]

ok so im new to this thing and didn't know where to go or what to fill out...he might be sleeping yes im a new owner here and just got home to check in on him and he just wan't all there... He is moving a round alittle he might of been asleep.

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon, male i think 3 to 4 months old. I have had him for 3 days.
Handling - Im trying not to bother him but ive had to to a lot of adjusting to his cage
Feeding - i have mealworms, crickets and wax worms w/ cal dust..he has only eaten 3 mealworms monday and 2 more today. I haven't been able to figure out how to feed him the crickets. i was told to feed him once a day.
Supplements - not sure of the brand but i have calcium dust?
Watering - little dripper on some leaves. ive seen him try to drink a little. I have a fogger
Fecal Description - i haven't seen a dropping but im not 100% sure what it looks like?
History -

Cage Info:
Cage Type - 18x18xsomething all glass w/ screen top.
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using?
Temperature - i have a analog thermeter in the middle and stays a constant 70F I think the basking spot is around 90-100
Humidity -80?
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? fogger, analog hydrometer digital is in the mail
Plants - not yet, I don't know what type of plants he can have
Placement - in my living room me an my husband walk past it alot
Location - Where are you geographically locatedColorado
Current Problem - he wasn't moving. eyes were closed didn't even move when i touched him. it is possible hewas sleeping but this is all new to me.

 

[Djturna4thakidz]

They need 12 hours of light and 12 hours of total
Darkness. At night they do not need any sort of light. Once he has gone to bed, it is best to leave him be. If you are giving him 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness and he is sleeping during the day, than it is a problem.

 

[DrRhymes]

How long are you keeping your lights on? Sounds like you are doing things right what type of lights are you using? From what you described he was probably sleeping. My chameleon usually starts to sleep 20 minutes before his lights go out for the night and he is fairly hard to wake up once he starts sleeping.

 

[Sinfulintent]

Like you and other people said he may be sleeping, getting used to his new area. They do seem to take forever to wake up sometimes Do you know how he was kept before you got him? It doesn't seem like you are doing anything wrong so far, maybe a little more info on the supplements you are giving him. You've only had him 3 days, give him some time to adjust to his new lighting schedule and such he should be ok

 

[Kate]

His poop should be brown with a white tip. It might be advisable to manually spray his viv and leaves several times a day so he has an opportunity to drink. Can you check his supplements? He should have plain calcium daily dusted lightly on his food and calcium with d3 every two weeks and a multivit every two weeks. Your basking spot for a baby is too hot. I would take it down to about 84.