sick cham need help!

[ChamyOscar]

my female veiled chameleon just layed 40 eggs about a month ago. shortly after she got very sick and stopped eating and drinking. she turned very white and got skinnier. I have been feeding her water and calcium supplements through an eye dropper whenever she gapes her mouth open. also i have been putting crickets or super worms in her mouth when she opens. sometimes she bites them and swallows it and other times she just spits it out. she is now a black color with yellow and blue spots, but her eyes are still sunken in and she is skinny like she is dehydrated. DOES ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA WHAT IS WRONG OR WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE HER BETTER, i would appreciate feedback
thanks

 

[mrwenninger]

Go to a reptile veterinarian. She could be hypocalcemic (even though you are supplementing) or could have retained ova and secondary peritonitis. There are way too many possible causes of her illness to give a diagnosis over the internet.

 

[YJHB]

She could have any one of a number of things; she may even have worms if you fed her any bugs from the outside, and the stress of laying may have caused the worms to gain the upper hand. Please take her to a herp vet! Take the freshest stool sample with you that you have, and minimize the stress during transport by keeping her cage warm and covered; no look sees until the vet sees her. Are your lights working? Are you misting and dripping? Is her breathing audible? The stress of egg laying is hard on them, and this is when any problems with husbandry become evident.
*PLEASE* take her to a herp vet. She sounds too far along for you to help just by changing your husbandry, and you stand an excellent chance of losing her.

 

[Chameleon Company]

Frank,
Going to have to put a bit of a reality slam in here. From the moment of your first post, my belief is that your chameleon had an extremely high likelihood of rapid demise and death, regardless of your interventions. If you had gotten her to a vet, that likelihood may have been reduced by 5%, at considerable cost. As many of us know, once advanced symptoms are seen, the chance of recovery are slim. This is even more true of female chameleons at any stage of the pre or post gestation process. One advantage of seeing the vet would be a hope for an accurate diagnosis, which may point at an area where you husbandry can be improved. While the causative agent, suggested as worms, calcium problems, organ failure, etc, are all possibilities, the stress of reproduction in females makes them far more susceptable to be overwhelmed by an otherwise controllable condition than a male. This info from the vet could better prepare you for the next time.
I do not mean to minimize taking chameleons to vets, as there are many conditions which can be caught in time, and fairly easily remedied. But most birth - egg laying - gestation manifesed illnesses are fatal in female chameleons.

 

[ChamyOscar]

she is still hanging in there. I appreciate everyones input, but i still cant get her to eat on her own. she is still very skinny, she drinks on her own now but i still cant get her to eat on her own. the most i can get her to swallow is about 1-2 insects a day and i am worried that it is not enough. does any body have an idea why she wont eat

 

[coyote]

Frank
You have to take her to a qualified vet. It is too late for speculative diagnosis done sight unseen.