We can't diagnose him online without a lot more information or seeing him, and you may not want to wait for this. Seeing the hipbones in itself isn't a huge concern (the more accurate way to judge body weight is to look at the cross section of the tail at the base), but not eating or drinking and sitting on the cage bottom is. He's probably been fighting a problem for quite a while. Chams hide their problems until they are really in trouble. What brand of lighting? Most "full spectrum" lighting sold for herps is useless. ReptiSuns are great. When was it last replaced? You need to replace the UVB lighting about every 6 months. What are you feeding and how is it gutloaded? If you aren't gutloading your feeders well your cham will develop nutritional problems. What are you dusting with, how often? There are a lot of poor "cricket dusts" on the market and you can over and underdose them fairly easily. How does he get drinking water? If you provide water by misting do you know for sure he's drinking? What are the temps and the cage humidity levels? Just spraying and not knowing the cage humidity levels is asking for trouble. If you go to a vet without waiting to give us all this information, a good herp vet will ask you the same kinds of questions anyway.

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