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the florescent bulb does not give heat right? my boyfriend suggested i leave the uvb on overnight? would that be ok? or is to much bad

how many worms should he be eating daily?

where can i get other types of worms?? in my area there are like NO reptile stores! i found that he has gotten attached to the wax worms when i noticed he stopped eating crickets i gave him both wax and meal- he at the wax lol so silk worms i can give as a normal diet? not just teats?

the cage is 14' tall and he has branches that go almost to the top...so he should be like 8' at min? unless he is on the ground

yes i have a 46' cage that i had him in...the vet asked me to act. keep him in a 10 gal tank! i couldnt do that! so i found that one-- i was told he needs to be no more than 18' from the uvb light

So now that i know my chameleon has MBD i read up and found this... CASE REPORT: The juvenile veiled chameleons in the images to follow were from a clutch of about 35 affected animals. The entire clutch developed limb deformities as a result of a type of metabolic bone disease called...

uvb is a florescent bulb uva is a normal light bulb

as i understand.... the uvb is like milk for a baby- gives them the vit d and calcium uva has other nutrients that are needed

i dont know i this helps but these are the 3 types of meds -anj, avian-fortaz#1 -panacur -neo-calglucon

the vet wanted to do xrays but at this time i cant afford it. the vet did mention that he may have a bone disease will call first thing in the morning and make sure i have everything right

OMG! i googled metabolic bone disease and that is what it looks like!!! what can i do???????!!!!!!!!

he said that the only thing is he may have a fracture so i have antibiotic for his bones, and it was a specialized with reptiles and chameleons

here are some pics of hi tep. enclosure and new photos of him

i used to put him out for 4-5 hours a day at min as many times as i could during the week... then when we moved for a month stayed in a condo so i did keep him in front for a bay window (i know a window stops most of the uv but i had no other option) then when we moved into the new house is when...

i have to give him 2 types by mouth both .05mls then a shot of .01 i managed to give him about 20 cc of water also

as i believe the repti-sun is much stronger light power...

ill try what i can. thanks for the advice :)

the cage hight is 14' and currently he is sitting in the middle almost directly under the florescent light

yes that is basking- normal is about 80 -85 ill measure the cage quick to check the hight

i have sticks that go quite close to the top- the vet said i need to keep him low b/c he is still weak....