hey iv got two lovely chameleons but the one has little bumps on both sides of her ribs, to me they look like they are broken.
She still eats,drinks,walks,digs and climbs and has no problem doing all of these things.
juat wondered if anyone could give me any advise and if they are broken is there anything u can do to help fix this.

thanks rebecca

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6.6 F. Lat. Lateralis, 4.6 F. Pardalis, 1.1 jacksonii xanth, 1.0 Veiled, 1.3 Rieppeleon brev., 0.0.1 Melleri

Things poking out of the side...digging? She could be gravid.

yeah she has only just started digging around the viv for the past week....if she did have broken ribs she wudnt be able to move right ??

photo posted tell me what u think? im very worried

I have never seen that before... If she was gravid I would think the bumps would be much lower and she'd be fatter. They could possibly be worms??? some sort of parasite, but poking out in a bump shape? IDK... could some of the experienced keepers participate on this one, this doesn't look right.

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yeah its very worrying, i dont want people thinking i dont look after her. i love my chams so much and i know i look after, feed and water them well.

i dont think its worms or a bug it doesnt move they are always there, she is abit fat and those things only show up wen she sucks in like she's doin on the photo.
im gonna have to take her to the vets......but apart from her having them lumps on her ribs she's fine

Have they always been there? It looks like she fell on that side when she was younger and it has healed back. That would be my guess.

-chris

yeah have been there for about 2 weeks now, she did fall when she was younger and i gave her a look over and she seemed fine, theres wasnt any sign of broken bones or anything and she was moving about as normal

they look like bone deformations, a rescued veiled i got had them.

im sorry to add to your stress but it could be the start of mbd which my veiled has along with those bumps. what are your uvb lighting setups and supplementation like?

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