Not using back legs

[Crackinskulls99]

Hey I have a 9 month old female veiled chameleon, she laid her first batch of eggs about 2 months ago and she laid 30 eggs total in 2 days and lost a lot of weight and she barely ever uses her back legs since. And about every 3-4 days she lays an egg. When she is resting she just lays on the branch holding it with her front legs and the back ones just hang and when she tries to use her back legs when she walks she can barely find the branch to grab onto or she just drags them behind her. Please help.

 

[jannb]

Where do you live? Maybe I can recommend a good chameleon vet so you can get your girl some help.

 

[junglefries]

Most likely needs a vet to administer oxytocin. If she becomes completely eggbound, she will DIE! Make sure she is getting enough Ca, also.
Does she have a good UVB?

 

[kinyonga]

You definitely should get her to a vet ASAP IMHO.

The clutch she laid...was it laid in a hole? Did she then go out of the hole and return to it later to lay more eggs? Were you allowing her to see you when she was in the hole?

Please post some recent photos of her.

What supplements specifically do you use for her and how often for each? What do you feed/gutload the insects with? How old is your UVB light?

 

[Crackinskulls99]

She didn't go into a hole to lay the eggs. I dust her crickets and superworms with Repticalcium without D3 every feeding, and every 4 days I use Reptocal with D3. I gutload them with carrots and mostly mustard greens but kale also and she gets 15 crickets every 2 days and superworms once a week. The UVB bulb is also 9 months old and I think it is still good tonight I will check.

 

[junglefries]

Reptisun should [usually] be replaced every 6 months. Arcadia 6% and 12% every year. Ca w/ D3 every 2 weeks and a Multivitamin every 2 weeks on rotating weeks. Chameleons benefit from a variety of feeders. Just crickets and superworms isn't fully giving the nutrients your female needs. Try: mantids, silkworms, hornworms, walking stick bugs, butterflies, moths, Blue Bottle Flies [spiderpharm.com and mantisplace.com], grasshoppers, roaches, etc... Your feeders should be eating Bug Burger, Cricket Crack, or a similar homemade feed. For veggies, you really shouldn't limit it to just kale and carrots. Organic spring salad mixes, sweet potato, kale, mustard greens, pumpkin, etc... the list goes on and on. Try looking at sandrachameleon's list of recommended veggies. There is a great abundance of choices. GOOD LUCK

 

[kinyonga]

If she has never laid any of her eggs in a hole and buried them properly than she has had reproductive issues for quite a while.
All I can say is I would get her to a vet ASAP to get it dealt with.

The UVB light should be replaced. Your supplementing needs to be changed and your feeding/gutloading improved.

What is the temperature in the basking area?

 

[Crackinskulls99]

I pulled out the UVB bulb and found that it wasn't good so tomorrow morning I'm going to go to the store to buy a new one. I'm going to also buy some reptiworms and vitacrickets online to help her with the calcium deficiency because reading more into I believe she has MBD. Her basking area temp is 90-95 degrees. I'm also going to start looking for other feeders to give her, I was going to try roaches a few months ago but I couldn't find any small enough to give her.

 

[JaniP]

I pulled out the UVB bulb and found that it wasn't good so tomorrow morning I'm going to go to the store to buy a new one. I'm going to also buy some reptiworms and vitacrickets online to help her with the calcium deficiency because reading more into I believe she has MBD. Her basking area temp is 90-95 degrees. I'm also going to start looking for other feeders to give her, I was going to try roaches a few months ago but I couldn't find any small enough to give her.

That is great, but your girl still needs to see a vet ASAP.

 

[Bush baby]

I pulled out the UVB bulb and found that it wasn't good so tomorrow morning I'm going to go to the store to buy a new one. I'm going to also buy some reptiworms and vitacrickets online to help her with the calcium deficiency because reading more into I believe she has MBD. Her basking area temp is 90-95 degrees. I'm also going to start looking for other feeders to give her, I was going to try roaches a few months ago but I couldn't find any small enough to give her.

Take her outside for some natural sunlight. Even if it's not really warm outside they can benefit immensely from 30 minutes of direct sunlight; it has more UV power than any bulb you can buy…..also try butter worms for calcium…..