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youre going to need to fill out the how to ask for help form in full in order to get anything really constructive. easy on the caps tiger :)
 
Have you been to a vet to see if he has MBD? DR Tom Greek is excellent. Maybe a hour from you (in good traffic)
 
i dont have money for a vet and can someone please post the how to ask for help now because i hope nothing is wrong with him
 
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - veiled chameleon, male, 10-11 months. for 10 months since he was 3 weeks old
Handling - at least once a day
Feeding - crickets, silkworms, 5-7 crickets a day(large), gutloading with chamalot chameleons king cricket feast
Supplements - using rep-cal d3 twice a month, vit. twice a month, calium every other feeding
Watering - ice cube and misting, i mist till evrythink is wet, i see him drink
Fecal Description - poop is black pee is white, never been tested for parasites
History - none

Cage Info:
Cage Type - cage is all screen, i dont know the dimensions im building a 2 feet by 2feet by 4 feet cage that will be done today
Lighting - i have a zilla, i dont know what is the model, i have a zoo med basking and a 18'' 5.0 zilla, he gets up at around 11:00-12:00 and bed at around 11
Temperature - i dont know the temps if wanted ill post pics to see where the light is
Humidity - i dont know the humidity levels but i spray 2-3 times a day and gunna put live plants in his new cage
Plants - im gunna put a pothos umbrella hibiscus and a ficus
Placement - Wim putting it outside not sure yet and it will be 4 feet tall
Location - east Los angeles its really hot right now

Current Problem - his tounge isnt functioning right and he grabs his tail with his legs sometimes and thats all
 
tongue is slapping the cricket. are the crickets heavily dusted? is his tongue doing this after the first few crickets?

lightly dust every feeding with plain calcium.

pics of the cham?

would like to especially see a pic of him grabbing his tail.
 
Yu said..."his tounge isnt functioning right and he grabs his tail with his legs sometimes and thats all"...sounds like a calcium issue to me. A vet could test its levels.

It would be good if you knew the temperature because if its been too cool all along it wouldn't be able to digest its food properly nor absorb the nutrients properly either.

Phos.-free calcium should be used at almost every feeding.
You said you use chamalot chameleons king cricket feast...what's in it in the way of vitamin A, D3, calcium and phosphorus?
 
if it slaps from time to time after the first two crickets. i would start lightly dusting when you supplement. make sure your cham is getting proper hydration.

also the only chams i have witness doing this had mbd at one time.

how old are your u/v bulbs?
 
its beyond time of replacement. get a new uvb as soon as you can. he needs this to prevent mbd. please post a pic of him.
 
I'd ditch the zilla uvb light (I've never heard anything good about them, and have heard some bad reports on them) . I'd go with a tube style repti-sun 5.0 OR repti-glo 5.0
 
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