Recent content by DDHackett

I got him from a local pet shop, who deal in reptiles and other exotics. I had her order him for me from one of her trusted breeders. No more Corporate pet stores for me. I lost my female to cancer because of pet stores. I now have another female and got her from my same lady. She even hand...

So....I just watched him snag a cricket and as soon as he was done, he pancaked out, started rocking, and was flexing his tail in and out. He is cracking me up!

No, off and on since I put in the new light yesterday. When I open the door, he comes right out to me. Could the bulb be bad and he isn't getting enough UVA/UVB rays?

yes....everything is normal. Poop and urate is normal and eating habits haven't changed.

Here is a pic of him from a few minutes ago. I did replace it with the same bulb....just new. The other was as old as he was. I think he likes it!

I just wanted to get everyones opinion on the behavior my 7 month old male veiled chameleon is presenting. He loves to come out of his cage, he climbs up and down the door until I open it and he climbs right out no problem. It's actually really funny to watch. It's almost like he begs to...

I still have this little guy and he is doing great. I fed him some fruit the other day and apparently he likes blueberries most. He just shed, so he still has skin hanging....lol. I appreciate everyone's concerns and thoughts. I'll post when I get my new little baby.

There was no better news given to me yesterday. She was in acute renal failure and her kidneys were so enlarged they were overlapping her pelvic bone. I could see them and feel them, which is not normal. Also her kidneys were severely malformed. She was being gavage fed, given fluids, and...

Had some very very disheartening news today. X-ray shows no eggs, but shows enlarged kidneys. He is suspecting kidney cancer. He says she is too young to have a disease attacking her kidneys. I am taking her out tomorrow and taking her to a vet highly recommended who will do a blood panel...

She wasn't doing any better, so I demanded he x-ray her for eggs. He is doing it this morning and I will know more then. If she does have them, he will give her oxytocin and hopefully she will pass them.

If I have learned one thing from this forum is to follow it regularly. Do what the experts say and don't listen to pet shops about gut loading and feeding. This is what has happened to my poor Keemosabee.

Also....first thing tomorrow I am going to be getting a tube UVB lamp to span the top of her cage. Also plenty of things to gut load the crickets properly. I have been given so much information between here and some reptile pet stores that I obviously wasn't giving them the right gut load...

He told me that she was having some calcium issues and for her to be showing signs all of a sudden, doesn't signify her having serious MBD. Maybe I misrepresented it, when I said she doesn't have MBD. I should have said "doesn't have serious MBD". He said her limbs are not swollen and they do...

So far so good...... After calling every exotic vet in my area, and NOBODY was available until tonight and most were out until Friday....I found an AWESOME VET! 45 minutes from my house, but their specialty is avian and reptile care. I got her to drink water this morning and she opened her...

That's just it......Her bulbs are UVB and I dust with calcium w/ D3. This is the first sign I have ever seen that she is having an issue. Once again...I am taking her to the vet in the morning and will update from there. Thank you for all the help.