I think he's got a glandular problem

My 4 month (17 weeks to be exact) ambilobe panther looks so big when compared to others on the site. I got him when he was 4 inches and was told he was hatched in the middle of May. Being only 4 inches and healthy he couldn't have been much older than the breeder told me he was.

So here's jellybean

The title is a joke btw

he looks as big as my 7.5 month old who hatched feb 2. just went back to my photo thread of my cham going up and my guy at 4 months looks as if he can be eaten by these guys lol. had a big growth spurt by 5 months but still no where near this.

regardless he looks great, you;re doing a great job

My first thought too was "wow that's a big boy". I tried to zoom in as much as I could to take a look at his chest and arm pits, and honestly didn't see anything that thru up any flags. Is his chest periodically puffy? Are his front arm pits the same way? I have dealt with this issue w/ my male. I read as many threads about gular edema, and took some advice from a few many members on things to try to control it. Some folks were able to control it and never had any problems, and some it was just about just controlling it. It would come and go regardless of what they tried. No real worries, as long as its controlled, they can live perfectly happy lives.

I did a couple of things that I read about. One was not using pure tap water due to the typically mineral content of your water. I now only mist and drip w/ my filtered water from my kitchen sink filter. Its the kind that's about 35-45 bucks a filter change every 6 months. I also changed my daily calcium to Rep-Cal Calcium w/ no phosphorus and no d3. Since I've made those to changes, I have not ever seen his chest puffy, or really bad puffyness in his arm pits. I look all the time, and I haven't seen anything to worry about.

adrouin said:

My 4 month (17 weeks to be exact) ambilobe panther looks so big when compared to others on the site. I got him when he was 4 inches and was told he was hatched in the middle of May. Being only 4 inches and healthy he couldn't have been much older than the breeder told me he was.

So here's jellybean

The title is a joke btw

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Ok, your title and original post just offically soaked in. That was a proper usage of a fun "trolling". I completely mis-read and mis-understood. You actually were razzing that you have a over active glandular problem, and not galur edema. .

I will agree and once again say "wow that is a big boy".

You're so funny melble! I didn't know that was actually a problem! This is my first panther chameleon so I am like a proud new parent!