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Oh, one more bit of information I think may be important enough I should share as a potential caution to others... It did not occur to me till way into this but I later remembered a possible OTHER cause to all this. I may have exposed her to CHLORINE poisoning... We live in a smallish...

Very sad day...had to have poor Bungee euthanized :( All was going just as it has been...not great but still staying out of the woods and hanging in there. I had just finished giving her an enjoyable luke-warm soak and feeding of fresh ground batch of cricket puree. All seemed as normal as...

Yes, been to Vet 3 times with her. Calcium deficiency believed at root, giving her liquid by syringe. In earlier shots she was letting tongue hang all way out, but she hasn't for a good while now. She is keeping the tongue (almost) fully retracted now...But...the swollen end is still too large...

Lil Bungee is still hanging on... Tip of her tongue has dried and blackened, and the last 1 inch or so has become somewhat rigid...like a lil club :( Nothing I can do to keep it moist 24/7...she hasn't been able to fully close her mouth since this all began. She is a lil trooper though...

Bungee is still hanging on. :) She's certainly a lil fighter. She seems to be regaining some strength and spirit. Still weak, but improving strength a bit...putting up a dignified fuss at (force) feeding/medicine time. I'm continuing with pedialight, and 2 medicines, and 1 dose of liquid calcium...

Thank You! :)

Bungee is still hanging on, she's a fighter and I'm still doing my best to help her any way I can. Tongue swelled up even more over weekend, giving her hell, annoying her...every step she tries to take she trips on it, or catches her lil claws on it. She does seem to be regaining the slightest...

Well, damn....a little rougher day today. Started out ok, but upon returning from sons baseball game...I find Bungee's tongue has swollen more :( She's totally bugged by it and keeps trying to swallow/pull it inside but it's too darn big now. She keeps tripping over it and stepping on it with...

Thanks, yes been worried about that...1000 ways to kill them it seems :-\ I've been real careful and patient inserting this 1cc syringe...wait till she opens up and push it long way down her throat when I feel it open..slides in easy. Then, I squeeze and gut-load poor lil Cham. I pureed...

Thanks for the links! Encouraging to read there is life after loosing tongue for a chameleon. Seems so central to their survival, oddly it's a delicate structure...crazy evolution. I still don't know the cause...or yet if I'm even on path to cure. Time will tell. First signs were a gradual...

Has anyone seen this condition/appearance in tongue? Witnessed this behavior letting tongue hang out? Any aware what may have caused it to swell like this if not from injury? Trying to determine if there is any hope for it healing and returning to normal :confused: Olimpia, what was...

This evening I syringed about 2.5 cc fresh cricket puree down her. It went way easier than expected. Thinking god why didn't I do this earlier...? Oh, that's right, the guy at the reptile store said he didn't advise it at all cuz the tongue/throat so delicate I could easily mess it up...

Poor Bungee! Here are pix of her tongue today :( You can see a dark line dividing area that looks healthier, and part the looks not right. Although I was told not to worry about grossing anyone out...best way I can describe it looks color of phlem when one has a chest cold turned to an...

Amputate her tongue? OMG :eek: How did yours get along and live without a tongue? Yes the Vet examined closely and said she did not see any actual injury, but said possible areas of potential necrosis...but she wasn't sure of it. Kind of gray/puss filled portion of her tongue. I will try and...