My chameleon has been shedding for a whole week and still hasn't finished. Today I checked her out to find that the midpoint between her elbow and wrist is bent outwards like it got cracked in half. I was in Cuba this past week so I left my chameleon with my grandparents since I really didn't have any choice. I'm coming to the conclusion that she might have MBD. Whether it is severe or not I do not know which is what I came to ask. Attatched are some photos of her leg, shedding, and rest of body. Thank you ahead of time. If you need more detailed photos feel free to ask. Thank you
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So my chameleon is a veiled female 4-5 month old chameleon and has been in my care for all but 1 month of that time period.
I used to handle my chameleon a lot but now I just leave her alone and let her do her thing.
I feed her crickets and tried mealworms here and there but she doesn't go for them. I usually feed her between 5 to 8 crickets but they are 2-3 week old crikets. I usually feed her everyday or every 2 days depending on if she goes for crickets at all within 1 hour of placing *she usually does*. I feed her anywhere from 4pm to 6pm. The crickets I feed her are kept by me in a bin so I throw in lettuce or spinach or oatmeal and they eat it.
I use repticalcium from Zoo Med and once a month put some reptivitamins from Zoo Med in however I have not been doing that within the past 6 weeks at all.
My watering technique is misting her cage 3 times a day for 30 seconds if I'm rushed to 2 minutes at a time. And if I'm scared she is not drinking water I fill a tank full of water and let her drink from it which she does if she wishes. So with the last part yes and I've only seen her drink twice from misting alone.
Fecal stuff. She has normal colored fecal brown and big but I haven't seen it immediately after coming out except for once about 3 months ago. But her poop is brown and the urates ranges from white to white with a little bit of orange in the part that connects the urate and the poop but not much. She has not been tested for parasites and how do I do that is it by going to the vet?
And no extra info as I'm pretty sure I gave what I needed
My cage is screen 16×16×30 inches.
These are the lights I am using
And with this heater
And with these kinds of hoods
I keep the heater on whenever the temperature is super cold so she can stay warm but when it is also warm naturally I turn it off as I have a temperature gauge to tell me everything. And the UVB is turned on during the day. And yes it's compact but it also reaches around the whole center of the cage it just doesn't reach the corners. But she never goes there anyway.
The temp range is approximately 60°F at the coolest area as of now because it is cold in Florida and a little over 100 right on the cage. She usually stays withing 4-5 inches of the heater. And like I said earlier I measure the temp with a temp gauge.
Humidity ranges from 40 at night to like 70 during the day. I keep it there by misting her and I also measure with a in cage humidity gauge.
I am not using live plants as my mom won't let me.
My cage is located by a window where the sun hits everyday so that way all light isn't solely from the UVB. It is not near a fan, high traffic area, or air vent it is approximately 2 and a half feet from the room floor to the cage floor.
And I am located in central Florida
As Kaizen suggested, it may be best to look into rehoming her, perhaps with a reptile rescue.
