chameleon claws

[lanaya]

I didn't want to put this in the health clinic cause it doesn't really seem like an emergency or anything but my veiled lost a claw, don't know how, but its still hanging on kinda like a really bad hangnail. Now i would assume they grow back i just never thought about it before. Does this happen a lot? does anyone know how long it takes to grow back? I'm just curious really. (it's hard to get a pic of the nail cause its on the inside of her back leg, otherwise i would post one)

 

[nimmitz]

Sadly their nails do not grow back

As far as I know it's from climbing around on the screen and are too heavy. Maybe give her more branches to roam around on?
Or there is some other cause though I would not know what.

 

[deadhd5]

There is just no keeping some chams off of the screen when they are younger short of building an inner wall of more porous mesh.

 

[lanaya]

That is unfortunate that they don't grow back! She loves climbing around on her cage. She has a ton of branches to climb around on but i think i'm gonna maybe add some more now. i don't want her to break any more claws!

 

[nimmitz]

There is just no keeping some chams off of the screen when they are younger short of building an inner wall of more porous mesh.

Very true.

 

[Chamlo]

My chams nails have partially grown back over the course of about 6 months. I think if there is still some nail and not down to the very tip they can grow back