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I recieved My flapneck chameleon last Friday and it was doing great it was fairly active and ate 2 crickets but now Its barly moving at all and never opens its eyes. My setup is a large wooden cage with a screen door and screen top with a mini dripper, a bunch of grape vines from the woods near my house, a variegated pothos, a regular pothos, and a couple other plants from lowes that I had for a month before the chameleon ever got here at the bottom of the tank there is a small homemade waterfall and some moss. for my lighting I have a regular light bulb and a an exo terra 6.0 tube light and for night I have an exo terra moonlight bulb, and the temperature for the main basking spot is about 85 degrees and the rest of the cage is about 80 degrees and I don't know what the humidity is but I mist the enclosure 3 times a day. and add in the humidity of the waterfall its probably pretty good. If you want to know anything else just ask. hope you can help.

Thanks DC

If conditions haven't improved then a visit to a herp-oriented vet is in order. There is a possibility of parasites, as WC chameleons of this species tend to have high parasite loads. I would re-check your husbandry, too. All introduced cage items should be sterilized & any introduced plants should be free of pesticides. Many store-bought plants may have residual pesticides & need to be washed & rinsed thoroughly. At night, there should be a 10 degree temp drop, so a night lamp may not be needed. Below is a link to check husbandry re: this species.
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