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You're very welcome. We fret over these little creatures as much as kids, sometimes. Out of curiosity, is there any plastic or glass cover on the light fixture or the top of his enclosure? I ask because if there is any glass or plastic between the UV bulb and the cham, then the UV gets blocked...

Glad the soaking helped to to get the plug out. It must have been quite firmly stuck to have caused bleeding. Ouch! Poor guy!

Tongue issues have a variety of causes and I hope your vet sees something obvious and easily remedied. If you can, bring a fresh poop sample with you to the vet visit, as parasites are one of the known causes of tongue troubles. Here is one of my favorite write-ups about tongue problems, by...

I can remember when, in the USA, we did not have any safety seals on packages. It wasn't thought to be necessary---and really wasn't, until 1982. That's when some devious lunatic decided it would be fun to poison people by pulling apart Tylenol capsules and filling them with cyanide. That...

It's always nice to get updates about chams that we know were having problems. Since you hadn't mentioned anything about the male since your first posts, I was wondering how he is doing. It's great to hear that he has recovered nicely. Was it you who asked how to solidify bug gutload...

You can rinse your cham's eyes with a gentle saline solution to help prevent infection from setting in and soothe the eye. You want to gently squirt the saline solution into the eye and fill it up so the lid puffs out temporarily. Even with closed eyes the gentle stream can penetrate the...

So glad that she has resumed eating. I hope you will consider making the switch to calcium without D3 for most feedings and add a multivitamin and only use the one with D3 sparingly. Most petstores will look at you like you're crazy for seeking calcium without D3 because they do not have...

Yay---someone more insane with chams than I am! :D Congrats on the houseful of babies--especially the new human one! How wonderful! I also hope that Gizmo heals up quickly.

No apology necessary. Glad you followed through with those good links :)

Congrats on your new boy Gizmo! Who knows what other creative caretaking took place before you got him. I hope he thrives in your care and is long lived :)

Interesting discussion. I am always delighted when successful keepers share their experiences and unconventional ones, in particular. Kudos to you all for sharing! Congrats to SCharton74 for getting yet another fascinating type of cham!

Oh, that is sad news, indeed. Sorry he has taken a turn for the worse. :(

The strange this is, I had selected both those links to post here and then I must have forgotten. Good links, both of them!

Wow, no, you are NOT wrong. It is indeed 150IU per gram, so the 150,000IU per kg calculation is 100% correct. Good catch. Thanks, Loadout. http://www.vetark.co.uk/pages/Nutrobal-for-reptiles.aspx

I'm glad you've removed the substrate and have moved her so she isn't next to the others. You can also just use something to completely block a cham's view of other creatures, instead of moving an entire setup. I hope you didn't miss what I said earlier about a laying bin. I do see a couple...

Chance Leon, I believe that your chameleon is getting far too much D3---which is known to cause serious health problems in chameleons. Vitamin D3 is a fat soluble "vitamin" which means that excesses are stored in the body, rather than being easily flushed out. The Repashy Lo D isn't really as...

Crickets, when gutloaded and dusted with calcium are a good feeder. My Jackson's have never liked Dubias. As others have mentioned, there are food preferences even in chams. As long as he eats a variety of feeders--not just the fatty ones--and you gutload and dust your feeders to ensure...

Chameleons in the US don't get their feeders dusted with calcium with D3 2x a week , because it's considered too much D3 for a cham of any age. I was mistaken when I said that Nutrobal contains far less D3 than most of the US supplements do (Nutrobal has 150,000 IU D3 versus Repashy Calcium...

Glad you got him to a vet. I'm not sure that only 7 days of antibiotics will be long enough. My vet has always prescribed at least 14 days of antibiotics because chams heal slowly. That is a very interesting use of chamomile tea. I did some online searching and found that it is sometimes...

I agree with Kinyonga, he needs the help of a good vet. Not all vets know much about treating chams properly. You can look here for vets https://www.chameleonforums.com/veterinarian-resources-67/ If we had some idea where you're located, someone might know of a good one in your area...