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Jaxygirl is right. Vitamin A deficiency causes loss of normal gland function. Those glands can be temporal glands or tear glands in the eyes. A lack of vitamin A causes glandular epithelium to become dyplastic and it becomes squamous epithelium instead of glandular epithelium. I know there is...

Besides the color change is there anything to make you think something is wrong? Unless you changed your basking bulb to a higher wattage or your air con died his temps shouldn't have changed that dramatically. If he is still bright and active and he is eating I would think that he is in a mood...

She looks dehydrated and she is very round (eggs?). The dangling legs indicate a possible calcium deficiency. I would recommend a vet visit very soon.

There seems to be a group here who knows when and where to get wild caught chameleons. While these animals are not suitable for a beginners, it would be nice to know where you get this information. Do you just know importers or is it posted somewhere?

So jealous. He is gorgeous. Any women coming into his life?

"In this case, the classification of the tumour would not affect the outcome of the case so I did not send any tissue samples for pathological classification." What a wasted opportunity to identify a tumor in a chameleon. Tumors are rarely reported in chameleons and each report adds to the...

Microfilaria are difficult to treat and honestly may not need to be treated. Most fillarial infections are asymptomatic and only diagnosed at necropsy. Fun fact...the most commonly diagnosed filarial infection is heartworms found in dogs. It is much more harmful in dogs because the adults live...

Chameleons are merely the protrusion into our dimension of vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings. its not unusual for them to appear to teleport.

Foggers are good for visual effect but generally don't help much with humidity. You want a mister.

These are often due to vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A is needed for the lacrimal glands to form tears and it is needed to maintain tear ducts. The epithelial metaplasia of the glands and ducts can lead to infection. The bilateral nature suggests a metabolic disorder like vitamin A deficiency...

Stool samples may not find all parasites in a wild caught animal. They often have lung worms and filaria. Sometimes the lung worms can be found on a fresh fecal but a tracheal wash is more likely to find them. The only way to diagnose a filarial worm is a blood smear. Filaria produce live young...

Take a look at Jannb's veileds. They are amazing. https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-beautiful-veileds-142194/

Was talking about the air sac under the mandible (chin) not in the intestines.

She does indeed have a lot of follicles. She also has a prominent gular air sac seen on the x-ray. A little while back someone was asking about gular edema of their gravid females and I think as we see on the xray that the follicles push into the lung space and the air sac becomes (hyper?)...

If she was diagnosed with follicular stasis then there are no eggs to be laid, only pre-ovulatory follicles. Dystocia is when eggs are present but not being laid. It can be difficult to diagnose follicular stasis because the distinction between normal follicle development and stasis is time. If...

More likely papillomavirus. There is only one report of poxvirus in chameleons and it wasn't a skin lesion. It was a red blood cell inclusion. You can get a diagnosis with a biopsy or you can just continue to monitor. Unless it spreads it is generally non-life threatening and there isn't...

If it just appeared and then went away, gotta wonder if it was an air sac that inflated. Some chameleons have air sacs under their throats and around their casques and puff them up to look bigger during displays. Sometimes you will see them inflated under the front armpits. I would just monitor...

Looks like inflammation of the temporal glands in the corners of the mouth. It can be initiated by vitamin A deficiency but is likely infected or impacted now. Best to have it cleaned out by a vet.

Probably either pre-ovulatory stasis or egg bound. Either way should see a vet while she is still in relatively good health.

Kansas Veterinary School does have an Exotic and Zoo Animal Medicine Department. Dr Carpenter lists exotic parasites as an interest. I think their department is more geared to exotic mammals though. I'm sure they would be able to do a simple fecal exam for parasites on a chameleon. The parasites...