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since my flapneck chameleon layed her eggs.....I havn't seen her drink at all. Her eyes appear to be sunken a little too and I am worried. I mist her alot....but what do I do? I am really concerned!!!

Try dripping water on her nose at about the rate of a drip or two per second. It might take a few minutes of "encouragement" to get her started.

If that doesn't work, you can give her water with a needleless syringe or an eye dropper...but be careful not to squirt it down her throat or put too much in her mouth at once or she could aspirate it.

Let me know if she drinks.

Is she eating at all?

Does she still have access to the egglaying container?

no she does not have access to the egg laying container. And she isn't eating....she is doing worse now and I am scared I am losing her. We are trying to force feed her a electrolyte/appetite stimulants, but she won't open her mouth. She can berally support herself. HELP!!!!!!!!!!

She is definitely in trouble. Do you have a good vet that you could take her to?

I know you said that they were CB....but do you know how old they are? (I don't know of many people who have had success breeding flaps...so I'm wondering if the could have been WC's?)

Often with WC's you will hear about them laying eggs and then dying. If this is what's happening, then I don't know if a vet could help or not.

Eggbinding/retention would cause her to go down hill too...but it doesn't seem like its been long enough for this to affect her this badly already IMHO.

there isn't a good vet around here. I was able to get some of the electrolyte liquid into her mouth so I am hoping that she will perk up a little. I am going to be watching her closely!

My fingers are crossed.

If shes eating, then you could offer freashly fed silkworms- which contain much liquid.