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Hi! I'm nymphs brother, and I'm posting something something for her. Anyway, we stoped by her place today to check on Navis eye, and Nigel was asleep. Not the strange part yet lol. Well she scooped him up, and he was so asleep, that he just let her pick him up when he normally hisses and makes a big fuss. Then he just sat there in her hand all zoned out and kept his eyes closed. Then 10 miniutes later, he was fine. Is this cause he may have been too cold? Or cause he's a baby? Or something else?

P.S. Navi's eye looks better!! Yay!

Those are possibilities, yes. But it is most likely that he is extremely ill and won't last much longer if those symptoms you speak of are true. Perhaps it is time to take him to a vet?

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0.2 Chameleo Chameleo Calyptratus
1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0 Furcifer Pardalis (Nosy Be)-Hooloovoo

Hey, it was only that one time. When I came home he was asleep, and I picked him right up, I held him for a few until he woke up, then I left. I came back about 5 min later because I forgot some things and he was awake, and fine. I think he may have been cold because the heat was on low, so I turned it up. Is that a possibility?? I have tried to keep the heat up but with the temp changes so much here, it's been difficult. We have a wall mount heater since it is an older 1 bedroom but we are moving out in about a month. So, he is acting totally fine now, eating moving around drinking. I have been monitoring him and he is fine, it was a one time thing, so far, so could he have been just cold?? Thanks.

it's really important to keep the temps up, not just for his comfort but for proper digestion and other internal systems. If he is unable to bask at high temps for several hours (especially before lights out) his food may not be fully digested it then sits and ferments in his cold belly all night, which can lead to health problems.

You should be able to keep the temps up with his lights and you may need to get a ceramic heater (be sure to use in a ceramic socket, not plastic). You may want to drape a thick towel on one or more sides. I keep my house quite cool at night so I cover Darwin and Cyrus' cages with towels/blankets to keep it from getting TOO cold, especially for my little guy.

What are you using to measure his cage temps? If I haven't said it before, the $25 investment in a temp gun (www.tempgun.com) is worth it.

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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she's back!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

I am using a digital temp gauge. I may as well get the one you recommend. I am monitoriong the temps to make sure they are good!!! Thanks.

The nice thing about the temp gun (you only need the PE-1 model) is that you can read anything! When i first got mine I was not only checking Darwin and Luna's temps, but my cat's fur, the counter top, my shirt, the floor! lol! You sort of go nuts at first!

I got mine on ebay so you might want to check there for a break on shipping

Have you perfected your cmaera skills yet? hehe Maybe you were too close in all those pics, would love to see him "unblurry." are you using a digi-cam?
PE-1

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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she's back!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

No, it's my moms camera, yes it's digital, but she has a new one, much better, and has not gotten it out yet. But I am going to try again. I want to get better ones. I think he is ok though, because he ran from my finger today, lol, almost ran right into Navi!!! She is so funny. She will crawl across him, and that is fine but if he comes to close to her on his own, she hisses, and walks away. It's like she is playing hard to get, lol, much to young for love yet!!!