Frank_O
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My veiled chameleon name Cannon I've had her since about April we bought her as a juvenile she was very healthy and yes it is a female well she is I mean but she is very friendly and loves to be handled and come out of her cage and plll but of course even though she does like those things I still try to give her own space cuz you know that's what you're supposed to do with chameleons and the past 2 months I noticed some health problems she tore out a couple of her nails from trying to climb the cage the mesh screen part but I realized that it is actually common for that to happen I have noticed that it's probably because maybe I don't have enough Vines for her to get to every part or a space of her cage environment but that's not my main concern I haven't noticed her fall and I've never dropped her although I do suspect that she has fallen once from what I was told why wasn't at the house someone that was watching her for me but she never seemed to be injured from it and just the past few weeks I've noticed that she has a hunch on her lower back and it seems like it's a fracture from something or somehow I don't know how it happened but she was still moving around pretty good and I've always gave her plenty of calcium in vitamins but not too much but just enough to sustain her and have Healthy Growth and diet and everything and then I noticed her starting to get a big bulge in her stomach area all the way from the back of her neck to the bottom of her legs and I don't have you no soil or anything in her cage I have a padding at the bottom I have very good basking area I basically have everything I need for her UVB light and all that one side of the cage has hiding spaces like branches and driftwood and stuff like that and there's plenty of vines in there she gets plenty of water and everything but she hasn't pooped or urinated she hasn't for like a week and a half and I was afraid to feed her anymore until she's able to get rid of everything inside of her belly because she's so heavy and Bloated she's having a hard time holding herself up and she's not full grown yet which I'm also concerned about cuz they're supposed to reach full growth within a short period of months from what I'm aware of I've been trying to give her warm baths and massaging her lower abdomen and finally I got her to use the bathroom just now I'm hoping that I can save her and get the rest of it out of her because she's still really bloated I thought she was going to die or something because she wasn't using the bathroom at all and she just kept getting more and more bloated and I didn't want to give her too much water and I haven't fed her since I notice how bloated she was cuz I don't want to make it worse I gave her a couple drops of mineral oil the past two days and I'm thinking maybe that might help too but I don't want to give her too much of that either I don't I'm not sure but my concern right now is I'm happy I was able to get her to go but how many more times should I continue this and how often can I give her warm baths until she gets everything out and her digestive system gets back to normal and how long do I hold her and warm water for it to be safe.