Hey,



First of all, as Will said remove the waterfalls. If you have a misting system they are useless anyway. While like Will said, each cham does not have it's own water fall at the bottom of their tree, where there are waterfalls it is thousands, or even millions of gallons of water, not half a gallon like you waterfalls. So it is very different. Also, I saw that you keep your misting systems on for 1 minute 14x a day. I am guessing this is a typo, but I will address it anyway. Chameleons need water in duration. Many breeders keep it on for 1 minute for 3 times a day. If you want to go more than this, raise them up to 2 mins for 3 times a day. You should not need it more than this.







This is something I wrote a couple posts back, a day or so ago. I am just copying and pasting cause I have a headache, lol.



Here are the probable things it is:





1.) Respritory infection- This is the most likely cause. This is normally caused from having the chameleon constantly breathing stagnant air, i.e. having them in a tank or having very poor ventilation(in your case, having 3 sides covered in plastic wrap. Put him in a screen cage to prevent this prob from happening again, without any sort of plastic around it, or atleast leave the front, back and top open. You will have to bring him to the vet for this. If they do have this, they will have very thick saliva and even bubbles in the back of their throat. Open their mouths and take a look.



2.) Parasites- I don't have time to discuss the different types of reptile parasites, causes and treatments right now. However, this is a definite possibility. Simply wait for your animal to deficate and bring it to the vet within the next few hours (within 24 hours I believe). He will examine it under a microscope and perscribe meds from there.



Eyes are ussually the first sign that a chameleon has a problem. Chances are they have had problems for a long time without you knowing. Animals don't show signs when they first get sick. If they did, the predators would know to catch them first cause they are an easy catch. They do not show signs until they are far along, and the sickness has manifested throughout the chameleons body for a while. You will have to bring it to a vet either way(again). Find a vet that will deal with exotics, ask him if he has any experience with chameleons, and after calling a bunch, pic the best and schedule an appointment ASAP!!! *****In your case, just make sure that the vet knows what he is doing.*****





Well, why are you still reading this thing!!! Go find a vet!!!



Feel free to post any other questions you have here.





Ank-Inc.

Adam.



P.S.- It is spelled chameleon, not cameleon.

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