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You said…”Even Veiled Chameleons tend to do it to push caterpillars down their digestive system instead of actually digesting the plant matter”…I don’t think this has ever been proven but is just a theory. Do you know of any studies that have proven it? I’m looking for an explanation as to why...

You said…If the chameleons “depend on bacteria, we will see that antibiotics would significantly damage their digestive system for lengths of time, specifically, a chameleon’s ability to break down the chitin in their food”…this is very interesting! In your second link…it says…”Alpha and beta...

Don’t forget…I’m not a vet so I can’t be sure this is what happens…so keep an eye on things and find a good chameleon vet if he doesn’t appear to be recovering. You don’t want him to continue to decline and ignore something that needs attention.

In my previous post I meant cellulase. (Darned auto correct.)

I’m not a vet and can only speak from what I’ve learned over many years of keeping chameleons and many other reptiles. If the parasite load is heavy, killing off all the worms at once, can create too much “garbage” (dead worms; eggs) that the chameleon’s system has to get rid of. It can be too...

You make me work…reading all these studies…but it’s interesting stuff! Thanks for posting! So…now I have a question for you…do chameleons have cellulose in their digestive system? Do they get any from their insect diet that they can use to digest cellulose in their digestive system?

How heavy was the parasite load? What was the parasite? What medication was used to treat it. Can you post a couple more photos of him please…showing all of him?

It should be fine for him to scratch/pull off the shed with his feet.

Exactly what I was wondering.

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I added more to my last post.

So sorry for your loss. Keep her in your heart.

Re: hydration… You might like to read these…and look for a different vet… https://www.chameleons.info/l/myth-15-warm-water-soaking-and-shower-helps-chameleons/ https://www.chameleons.info/l/chameleon-skin-is-not-permeable-for-water/ And this…...

Interesting idea.

If that’s truly when he mated her and true that she’s gravid, then she’s likely eggbound. They usually lay the eggs about 30 or so days after the mating. An X-ray would show wether she’s full of eggs or not. The problem is, that if she really is egg bound, at this point, because she’s going...

Was she mated with a male? If not, the eggs would be infertile.

The one I used for years is this one…it’s produced by Kings and comes in a white bag with red, blue and yellow sand toys on the front of it. I have used this sand for years and it has never caused any issues if ingested or if it gets in their eyes. I can’t find a link for it now…it may have...

When she’s drinking try sticking a cricket head first into her mouth so that as Moshe shuts her mouth while drinking she will bite down on the cricket. She may eat that way…and you won’t have to stress her out giving her food in a syringe. Here’s a recipe for feeding her that should be better...

You said…”I also want to switch to the bigger crickets but I still have...lots of the smaller ones. Is there a good way to dispense of crickets? I wanna ask before I either dump them in my grass or anywhere else.”…why not just keep them and grow the up, looking after them properly, so you can...

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