Parson's chameleon spits bad language

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Dmitriy Risht

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hello to all
ask for advice,
problem - chameleon cannot shoot his tongue out to eat, the trouble with his tongue began a year ago

Parson's chameleon, man, age of 5 years, from nature;
I lived for 4 years;
vitamins and calcium Zoomed with D3, calcium every day, vitamins every 15 days;
food - Nauphoeta cinerea & Acheta domesticus 5-7 every 2 days;
watering - automatically 4 times a day for 12 seconds; 2 times a day, drinks water from a syringe 50 ml, 2 X 50 ml
UV - Exo-terra Repti Glo 5.0 Т8 20 Vt & Exo-terra Repti Glo 5.0 Т8 30 Vt & Exo-Terra Repti Glo 5.0 Compact 13 Vt
replacement lamps 1 times 6 months;
terr - flexarium EXO-TERRA 100, 76x42x122 sm
 
Your parson's chameleon has trouble with his tongue?

He is wild caught and you have had him for 4 years. The trouble with his tongue began a year ago?

A lot of tongue issues are related to nutritional deficiencies. We have several members on the forum who have experience with Parson's chameleons and might be able to help.

Can you fill out this form as well as you can?
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/

Google translate might help you, too. It works well.
https://translate.google.com/
 
oh that's ok it is just hard to understand what you are asking. As the other member asked, he cannot shoot his tongue out to eat? Can you post some pictures of him by any chance?
 
Lathis said:
Your parson's chameleon has trouble with his tongue?

He is wild caught and you have had him for 4 years. The trouble with his tongue began a year ago?

A lot of tongue issues are related to nutritional deficiencies. We have several members on the forum who have experience with Parson's chameleons and might be able to help.

Can you fill out this form as well as you can?
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/

Google translate might help you, too. It works well.
https://translate.google.com/
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meaning you have understood correctly
all written with the help of google
 
Dmitriy Risht said:
meaning you have understood correctly
all written with the help of google
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Good. Try to fill out the "How to Ask for Help" link above. That information is very important for people to help you. This forum is a great place and the people are very nice. We will help if we can.

Do you have a veterinarian (animal doctor) who knows about chameleons?
 
I owned Parson's back in the 80's and 90's before the import ban came down.


Fill out the needed info and I'll give you a hand. Sounds like a nutritional issue. I dealt with a female who had the same problem but I need more info to help.
 
OldChamKeeper said:
I owned Parson's back in the 80's and 90's before the import ban came down.


Fill out the needed info and I'll give you a hand. Sounds like a nutritional issue. I dealt with a female who had the same problem but I need more info to help.
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thanks, I'm in the first post answered questions form,
what information is needed more?
 
Well, it's not a lot of info you posted.


To start with too much D3 can cause issues in these animals. I only give my animal D3 once a week and even then it's a small amount. Too much D3 can cause the tongue issue over time. Your lights are fine, I'd increase your misting just because they like more. Ever soak him in the shower on a tree for 25 mins? Mine liked that and they drank a lot of water that way. I used to do it three times a week. in addition to the daily water.

Also there are other reasons he could be having this problem. Any chance of looking inside his mouth? You'd be looking for obvious swelling or redness. You might be dealing with an infection. I don't know since I don't have enough info or pictures. The D3 can cause issues however if overdosed.

The animal I had this issue with was fine after about a month of only being given straight calcium and sunlight. I fed the insect fruits and veggies before feeding them to the Parson and that handled her nutritional needs. After she was acting normal I went back to giving her one food item a week lightly dusted with a multi vitamin/ mineral supp. All other food items were dusted with straight calcium.
 
OldChamKeeper said:
Well, it's not a lot of info you posted.


To start with too much D3 can cause issues in these animals. I only give my animal D3 once a week and even then it's a small amount. Too much D3 can cause the tongue issue over time. Your lights are fine, I'd increase your misting just because they like more. Ever soak him in the shower on a tree for 25 mins? Mine liked that and they drank a lot of water that way. I used to do it three times a week. in addition to the daily water.

Also there are other reasons he could be having this problem. Any chance of looking inside his mouth? You'd be looking for obvious swelling or redness. You might be dealing with an infection. I don't know since I don't have enough info or pictures. The D3 can cause issues however if overdosed.

The animal I had this issue with was fine after about a month of only being given straight calcium and sunlight. I fed the insect fruits and veggies before feeding them to the Parson and that handled her nutritional needs. After she was acting normal I went back to giving her one food item a week lightly dusted with a multi vitamin/ mineral supp. All other food items were dusted with straight calcium.
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probably you are right, 2 years ago I used vitamin D3 without and everything was fine, two years used with D3 and a year of using a problem

in the mouth is clean, just at this chameleon no infection

question - how to restore the health of the chameleon?
 

thank you very much for the advice, I'll start feeding without D3 and increase moisture

allow one more question - I live 3 Parson of nature, the better to treat parasites?
 
I think you are trying to say you have 3 wild caught Parsons from the wild. We call those "imports".

Use Panacur for parasites. Give one dose every two weeks for a total of three doses. I don't want to tell you to use Flagyl since that can be overdosed easily. However for my personal animals, I use Panacur first then Flagyl.

You said you don't have access to a vet, I would find a good one and take sample of their crap to the vet to check for parasites.
 
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