edema??

caroline?

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Honestly i didn't know edema existed until today, and i noticed my jackson chameleon cleo seems to have what i think is edema, can someone help me out?
 

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I know you recently had your husbandry reviewed, and my questions may be a bit redundant:

What do you feed her? How much? How often?
What supplements do you use? How often?
 
dubia roaches mainly she loves them and i feed crickets and super worms occasionally

she eats about five roaches and i feed her every other day
and i dust her food with calcium without d3 every feeding
 
i got this picture just now and it looks pretty bad
 

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no multivitamin, I've been trying to get one, any recommended brands?
here's a full picture of her
 

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The reason I asked is because Jackson's tend to be a little more sensitive to artificial supplements as opposed to other species/ have slightly different requirements. She looks big to me. Is this the girl that just recently had a clutch of babies? She might look big if she's expecting more. I'm not sure if the edema is related.

@JacksJill @Kaizen
 
sweet potatoes, carrots, mustard greens i think and oats
she definitely had the edema before i got her so im not sure how long she's had it
 
Some chameleons get edema when they are heavily gravid...does it come and go at all?

Try not using oats and add things like dandelion greens, sweet red pepper, squash to the insect food. It might help...but I'm not sure.
 
okay thank you, it went away a little bit when she had her last clutch but then came back a couple weeks later

are oats okay for superworms? isn't that what they put in their containers at the pet store?
if not what should i put them in instead
 
I was told by a person at a zoo who raised the insects not to use oats. I wish I could remember why...but I can't. I just knew he was right and stopped using oats. I feed my superworms greens, veggies, etc. For a substrate I used old pieces of rotting wood.
 
I was told by a person at a zoo who raised the insects not to use oats. I wish I could remember why...but I can't. I just knew he was right and stopped using oats. I feed my superworms greens, veggies, etc. For a substrate I used old pieces of rotting wood.

I think I was told that oats are high in phytic acid, which is calcium binding & would prevent proper absorption when ingested
 
I was told by a person at a zoo who raised the insects not to use oats. I wish I could remember why...but I can't. I just knew he was right and stopped using oats. I feed my superworms greens, veggies, etc. For a substrate I used old pieces of rotting wood.
Phytic acid?
 
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