Panther tongue has no stick!

[Ninjahobo]

Hey
I have just rescued a female panther of about 11months old with no records or history apart from being posted through the letter box of my friends reptile store, anyway she seems to have really perked up and put on wait since coming home with me but we have noticed her tongue doesn't seem to stick to her food, I have even noticed her push locusts of branches using her tongue, wondering if anyone has had something similar?
She is misted plenty, eats well and has plenty of uv, wondering if a possible calcium deficiency?
Never seen it in any of my others
Cheers

 

[Lathelia]

Probably calcium deficiency. Does she has any signs of MBD? Could you post a picture of her?

 

[Ninjahobo]

She is grumpy in this pic as she had just got back to ours, she has a fluid filled lump on front left leg which you can see which has been seen by a vet and am told to just drain as and when it needs to, no clear signs of MBD to my knowledge, photos seem to come out sideways when I use my phone sorry
Cheers

 

[sandrachameleon]

What colour is the urate?

What tests did the vet run on the fluid? "just drain as and when it needs to" seems like sketchy advice to me

 

[Ninjahobo]

Her urates are a white and look healthy
The lump when drained contained clear fluid, was told to drain when started to look big again, but that there was nothing really we could do for her :/
Anyone else seen a lump like this on a panther if so what was the outcome?

 

[ReptiGeek]

I haven't seen anything like that before. Was your vet trained in exotic animals/ history with chameleons? Because that sounds like some pretty crappy advice.

 

[Ninjahobo]

The vet I took her to was recommended by a freind, I too was suspicios of this advice and also have never seen something like this before
I am good friends with a zoo vet who is interested to see this lump but is currently busy for a while once she has seen it I will let you guys know what she says
The lump doesn't effect her day to day activities so not massively concerned, more her tongue lacking stickiness!
Possible that the two things are linked though, like I said she was posted through a letter box by her previous owner so who knows what they fed her or kept her in