Females back legs are not moving

[Minihuey]

Hey guys,


Today, I found my female veiled lying at the bottom of her 6 foot cage. It seems her back legs are not moving. Also her back is brown while her front half is green.


Can anyone help diagnose this problem? What should I do and what the heck is wrong with my baby Aegean?

Oh!

Her name is Aegean. She is about 8 months old and is a little longer than seven inches with tail extended.


I will keep you update if she somehow knocks herself out of it.

Thanks!

Also, I have included some pictures of her.

 

[jannb]

Where do you live? Get her to a vet ASAP. She looks bad.

 

[Julirs]

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[Minihuey]

Thanks for the reply

here is the info you requested



Cage Info:
1.Cage Type - Converted bird cage (Screen) 6'x2'x2'
2. Lighting - I have a UVB light with a 75 basking lamp towards the top
3. Temperature - Top of the Cage is 100 degrees for basking and cage floor is room temperature which rages from 68-75 degrees

4.Humidity - Humidity is 50 percent
5.Placement - In the patio with low traffic
6.Location - Located in San Leandro, CA

Chameleon Info:
1.Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon, Female, 8 or 9 months old.
2. Handling - Handle her very rarely like once every 2 weeks
3. Feeding - Superworms and crickets, gut loaded with oatmeal and carrots
4. Supplements - Zoo Med Repti calcium with D3 and Rep-cal Multivitamin. Dust her food every other feeding which is every other day
5. Watering - Hand Spray. Everyday and female will go up to spray and drink it. I continue to let her drink till she walks away.

6.Chameleon has never been to vet.

7.History - Aegean has never had a problem. She has always seemed to be the strongest of all 3 of mine.

Current Problem - Her back legs do not seem to be working. They are very tense and also the back half of her body is brown. she Sits on the ground all day.

 

[Julirs]

Could she be eggbound? Does she have a laying container? Impacted? Seen poops lately?

 

[Minihuey]

She could possibly be eggbound. I do not have an egg laying container set up for her because I did not think she was old enough. I suppose I shall go make one.


I have been researching a lot on that whole eggbound curse but it seems all sources have mixed reviews. They all say I should noticed my female moving about the bottom of the cage but she has not been doing anything out of the ordinary.

 

[jannb]

100 for basking is way to hot.

You also need plain calcium for dusting at just about every feeding. Calcium with d3 only twice a month and the multi once a month.

I agree she could be egg bound.....at those temps she could have eggs.

Is San Leandro close to LA? There are allot of good chameleon vet in CA.

 

[codiwatkins]

she does look rather round to me...

 

[jannb]

She looks in such bad shape would she be able to dig and lay a clutch? Below is a link to some great infor for female veileds.
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html

 

[Minihuey]

San Leandro is in the San Francisco Bay.

Thanks for the insight about the calcium and multivitamin. The local reptile store owner said it had to be every feeding with the D3 and vitamins but I shall adjust accordingly.

 

[Minihuey]

She is moving about still. Her front legs are dragging her around the branches strong. Strange girl

 

[Minihuey]

She is round because she just ate hella crickets yesterday evening

 

[Minihuey]

What kind of dirt should I use for the laying chamber?

 

[jannb]

CA vets link: http://www.herpvetconnection.com/calif.shtml

 

[insert name here]

I have heard a mixture of potting soil and potting soil. Or a peat moss type dirt thing.

 

[codiwatkins]

I read on here to do a half sand half/ organic soil, that is damp enough to make a tunnel that holds up......I have never owned a female so you might want to wait for a senior member to answer you. I think you should take her to the vet asap jannb posted a vet link for u

 

[jannb]

What kind of dirt should I use for the laying chamber?

Washed play sand. The link about for females veileds will tell you how to set it up.

 

[Minihuey]

Thanks a lot guys! You are all very knowledgeable.

 

[jojackson]

You didnt answer about if shes pooped lately and mentiond shes eating lots of crickets?
Has she been drinking? can you describe the poop if any? What size were the crickets?

I ask these questions because sudden loss of rear limb function/paralysis is a common sign of impaction in many lizard species. This also needs to be investigated. Best advice given was to see a vet.

I hope she recovers, best wishes.

 

[Minihuey]

I have not noticed if she pooped in the past week. She usually poops in her food dish and for that reason I took it out so I cannot tell.