Ok, about last year i bought 2 chameleons from a pet store, a small veiled and a dwarf leaf. i admit it was an impulse buy bu t i researched them like crazy and thought i knew enough. they were very small when i got them, mabye 4'' long. i had them for about 4-5 months, the veiled was great, growing very well and feeding great. they were in a 10 gallon tank (i was about to build a open cage but they died before i could). i had a dripper system, and i supplemented their crickets. i rarely if ever held them and i don't see anything that would have stressed them. in hindsight, the basking spot was a little too cold, only in the 80's. well they were doing fine and then one day i notince the sagging eyes on the veiled. i looked it up on the net and it said it was dehydration, so i used a dropper and gave it pedialite for the next 2 days. it got worse and very lethargic so i took it to the vet, but they said it was too late. it died later that day. overall i only could notice the problem for about 4 days before it died. the dwarf leaf was fine and died a few weeks later without any warning at all. so my question is what did i do wrong. i realize that keeping them in the same tank was not good but they were like that in the store for a long time and they never interacted negatively, they really ignored each other. i would love to get another one, especially now that i know about this site, but i don't want that to happen again. any help?
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What did i do wrong?
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Well first off, you know you were wrong in putting a veiled in a glass tank. Up to 3 months old is ok but you had it for 4-5 months, it should have went right into a screen cage! (leaf chams are ok in glass).
Second, if you are planning on buying another one, get everything ready "BEFORE" buying your cham. Research and ask questions on here.
We cannot tell you if you did anything else wrong without knowing more information.
The dust you used on your crickets, did it have vitamin a,d,k or e in it? a dust with any of these is bad and can kill your cham. (vitamin d3 is nessasary IF he does not get natural sunlight, if it does D3 can be very bad.) How often did you dust also?
Did you have a UVB light? or did it get natural sunlight? (sunlight through a window is no good)
Did you mist the chameleons? they require humidity as well as a dripper.
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