CasqueAbove
Chameleon Enthusiast
Oh no what can I do?
Also did I mention I have a male with no tongue, and he is doing well. His issue is getting the bug positioned.
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Oh no what can I do?
We all need you, lol. Your advice is invaluable to me.Geesh...you didn't need me....you did great without me.... @AmandaS and @MissSkittles and all!
I don't see my serious signs of MBD but without regular proper supplements he could be on the edge...however the tongue could have been injured as well.
If the supplements are brought back into balance then hopefully the bones will be ok and by the time that is done it will give the tongue time to heal if it's an injury.
I'm not a vet and since I can't say for sure its MBD, I don't want to give you any recommendations on liquid calcium...you should talk to a good reptile vet about that...to make sure it is the onset of MBD.
As for supplements...as was already suggested...I would recommend dusting lightly with a phos free calcium powder at all but 4 feedings a month to ensure that the chameleon gets enough calcium to maintain things the way they are (remember this won't fix the MBD...if your chameleon does he MBD he will need the liquid calcium too) I use RepCal. I would recommend a phos free calcium/D3 powder (I use RepCal) dusted lightly on the insects every two weeks. This provides some D3 without overdosing the chameleon and letting the chameleon produce the rest of the D3 it needs from its exposure to the UVB light. D3 from supplements can lead to overdoses if overdone but D3 produced from the UVB from the light won't as long as the chameleon can move in and out of it at will. I also recommend dusting lightly with a vitamin powder (I use Herptivite) with a beta carotene prOformed source of vitamin A at two feedings a month two weeks apart. Vitamin A from prOformed sources won't build up in the system but prEformed sources will. This leaves it so you can use the prEformed separately if it needs to be used.
Proper lighting, feeding/gutloading the insects, proper temperatures, etc all play a part too.
Hope this helps!
We all need you, lol. Your advice is invaluable to me.
A great big ditto!We all need you, lol. Your advice is invaluable to me.
He has got a small sore in his lip but his gums look ok..Managed to get him to eat some melon and crickets both dusted with calcium out of a feeding cup.. so far so good ?
Although... I’ve just checked and he seems to have spat it out..Managed to get him to eat some melon and crickets both dusted with calcium out of a feeding cup.. so far so good ?
Ok update
I’ve taken him to an exotic vet specialist a the vet hospital. He prescribed calcium liquid supplement twice a day and a pain killer once a day - very very difficult to give him this in by mouth as he won’t open up!
Today Cham tried to eat a wax worm, chomped on it for a bit then spat it out. There were spat out crickets all over the place when I came downstairs this morning. I did see his tongue and it was grey, very cylindrical and odd looking ☹
Any thoughts guys? Am so worried ?
@CasqueAbove @MissSkittles xx