We got Cams in December at four months old very small with severe Mbd, she eats like a champ, and is moving around amazingly! Just a little worried that her improvement has plateaued. She gets misted often, and her crickets dusted with a supplement that includes vitD3 and calcium. I just wonder if there is anything more I can do to get her over this hump.
Baby veiled cham w/mbd
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carol5208
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I was just wondering what her symptoms were to be diagnosed with MBD. Are her limbs curvy, or was she falling, etc.? Natural sunshine is great, a good uvb light and calcium supplementation are all things she will need to help her improve.. If you are supplying UVB, be careful on supplementing with artificial d3. It can cause many problems for them in the future.
Yes her limbs were really bad, falling often, but she's a trooper, she couldn't even lift her body off of the branch, she dragged herself. But now she's SO MUCH BETTER! She's fast! Lol eats great! And is quite acrobatic in her cricket hunting lol and get legs even started to straighten out some! But she's kind of slowed down on improvement, and I was wondering if I could give her a little boost 
she gets natural sun most of the day, and like I said vits often.
she gets natural sun most of the day, and like I said vits often.When chameleon has MBD you need to first bring the calcium etc back into balance and then do regular dusting to keep it there. The regular dusting consists of phosphorous - free calcium powder at most feedings, phosphorous - free calcium with D3 powder twice a month and a vitamin powder that contains a beta carotene ( prOformed ) source of vitamin A twice a month.
Appropriate temperatures and exposure to UVB are also important. It's also important to feed/gutload the insects properly.
Appropriate temperatures and exposure to UVB are also important. It's also important to feed/gutload the insects properly.
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