Cage Info:
Cage Type - Combo (Glass bottom, net top) 18"x18"x5'
Lighting - 100w Basking Lamp, 2x Rzilla 9w Desert 50 (UVB), 26w 5.0UVB Exo Terra
Temperature - Basking=100 Top of cage=80-90 Bottom of cage 75-80 Night=75
Humidity - 40-70%
Plants - Currently only fake plants
Placement - Bedroom corner
Location - Vancouver, BC
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male Veiled, had him for about 1.5 years
Handling - Once or twice per week
Feeding - 3-6 crickets/day 1-2 mealworms/day dusted with ZooMeds Reptivite (multivitamin) Gut-Loading crickets with apple and carrot
Watering - Drip cup 2x daily, Spray bottle 2x daily
Fecal Description - generally constant. first wet white part, then solid brown part. has not been checked for parasites.
History - Generally really happy, climbing around cage. Has his ups and downs though. the odd days he will be grumpy and not each much (a cricket or two)
Current Problem -
48 hours ago right now my chameleon (Lenny) was seeming to have trouble climbing to the top of the cage. He wasn't shakey, he just kept getting stuck in certain spots. Yesterday morning I found him stuck on a vine as if he had fallen onto it. I took him out of his cage and put him on a blanket. He couldnt seem to stand on his back legs and his front legs seemed sluggish. I took him to a Vet that knew some stuff about Exotic pets. He said that it could be a calcium deficiency (MBD) and told us to get some Calcium Glucolactate and feed him baby food if he wasn't eating insects. We have given him the calcium supplement (0.15ml 2x daily) baby food (about 10ml daily) and water (about 10ml daily). Today he seems unable to move any of his limbs and keeps his eyes shut most of the time. From reading online I hear that in most cases there tends to be many fractures in the limbs as the disease progresses, but I cannot see any on him.
I think that it may be MBD, but also that it could be something else.
Anything you guys can help me with would be great.
thank you
Cage Type - Combo (Glass bottom, net top) 18"x18"x5'
Lighting - 100w Basking Lamp, 2x Rzilla 9w Desert 50 (UVB), 26w 5.0UVB Exo Terra
Temperature - Basking=100 Top of cage=80-90 Bottom of cage 75-80 Night=75
Humidity - 40-70%
Plants - Currently only fake plants
Placement - Bedroom corner
Location - Vancouver, BC
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male Veiled, had him for about 1.5 years
Handling - Once or twice per week
Feeding - 3-6 crickets/day 1-2 mealworms/day dusted with ZooMeds Reptivite (multivitamin) Gut-Loading crickets with apple and carrot
Watering - Drip cup 2x daily, Spray bottle 2x daily
Fecal Description - generally constant. first wet white part, then solid brown part. has not been checked for parasites.
History - Generally really happy, climbing around cage. Has his ups and downs though. the odd days he will be grumpy and not each much (a cricket or two)
Current Problem -
48 hours ago right now my chameleon (Lenny) was seeming to have trouble climbing to the top of the cage. He wasn't shakey, he just kept getting stuck in certain spots. Yesterday morning I found him stuck on a vine as if he had fallen onto it. I took him out of his cage and put him on a blanket. He couldnt seem to stand on his back legs and his front legs seemed sluggish. I took him to a Vet that knew some stuff about Exotic pets. He said that it could be a calcium deficiency (MBD) and told us to get some Calcium Glucolactate and feed him baby food if he wasn't eating insects. We have given him the calcium supplement (0.15ml 2x daily) baby food (about 10ml daily) and water (about 10ml daily). Today he seems unable to move any of his limbs and keeps his eyes shut most of the time. From reading online I hear that in most cases there tends to be many fractures in the limbs as the disease progresses, but I cannot see any on him.
I think that it may be MBD, but also that it could be something else.
Anything you guys can help me with would be great.
thank you