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I have a veiled chameleon, I've had him for about 2 years. He was fine a few days ago, but yesterday I found him on the floor or his cage. He is laying there with his eyes closed, they look a little sucken in. Is there anything I can do for him? If he makes it through the night, I can take him to the vet tomorrow, but I wonder if he is too far gone. Is there anything I can do to pull him through?

I tried giving him some Pedialite with an eye dropper, but he won't drink. He barely moves when I pick him up.

drops way in the back of his throat. The hole they breath through is on the bottom of his mouth. Near the front I think kinda under his tongue so you want the liquid to go towards the back of his throat especially in the condition he is in. Not too much at one time. A few drops and see if he is strong enough to swallow it. You will see a swallowing motion and the thing under his throat moving up and down.
I would get him to drink a few drops several times rather than a whole bunch at once and try to get him to a vet in the morning.
Also see www.icomm.ca/dragon/hydrate.htm

I have to disagree with your advice here. If a cham is in this bad of shape he probably cannot digest or handle anything put down his throat. Fluids may not do him any good if he is not able to process them. Keep him warm, quiet, in a humid place and get him to the vet ASAP. He may not have the muscle tone to keep fluids in his stomach from leaking back to the trachea and ending up in lungs. Chams do not have a sphincter between stomach and esophagus to keep contents in. Force fluids or food ONLY on a cham who can swallow, and even then it is a last resort. It's just too easy to injure or aspirate.

try putting him in the shower with warm water and put a branch from his cage in were the water is hittin it and put him on it and leave him there for an hour or so