It would be a very good idea to take it to a vet.



In the meantime, do you know anything about its husbandry? Did it have a UVB light? Basking light? Was it fed gutloaded insects? Were the insects dusted? How was it watered? Temperature? Substrate?



Can you give me answers to these same questions concerning the way you are keeping it now please?



Does it have any signs of MBD? (Flexible jaw, flexible or crooked casque? What looks like an extra elbow? Crooked legs?)



You said..."You said..."its considerably underweight and refuses to open its eyes."...has it eaten at all since you have had it (I'm aasuming not since it doesn't open its eyes)? If so, does it extend its tongue fairly far out to get the insect? Does it drink? If it drinks but doesn't eat, try putting the head-end of a cricket in its mouth so it bites it when its drinking. I'm hoping it will chew and swallow it. These things need to be addressed quickly along with appropriate cage set-up and nutrition IMHO.



You said..."someone said it was stress and that beyond a certian point they just give up, is that true, and could that actually be it? "...the stress/giving up thing is usually experiences with wild caught chameleons....and usually happens a short time after first being in captivity. I'm leaning more toward nutritional too.



I hope you can help it.

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