Please help URI- Tongue issue

[zsazsa85]

Hi everyone,
I have a juvenile veiled cham,about months old.
I have a tongue issue for a month now.
She has appetite,but sometimes when she tries to shoot I can see the bone coming but not the tongue. And then everything works properly again. I mean you can never know,once it works,then it doesn't.
I am soooo worried now!
I started a thread about this not long ago. It turned out, I overdosed her with D3 and multi.
So I stopped giving D3 and multi every day for 3 weeks now,but no change.
Lately I figured out she has URI,so I'll take her to the vet on Monday. But there is a big problem,they have never had chameleon before and don't know anything about them. They will do some research till Monday...So I am worried pretty much...
She would have appetite,but the tongue doesn't work. And lately she seems she is tired of trying.
Is it possible that URI cause this tongue problem?
She should have shed already,but it is late too.
I am just hoping they will give her good antibiotics and she can hold on until Monday!

 

[qdude46]

Fill out the how to ask for help sticky under the health clinic forum so we can accurately help you. I think you should look into a better vet though due to how sick she is.

 

[zsazsa85]

Chameleon Info:
My Chameleon - I have a (probably) female about 3-4 months old veiled chameleon. She is been with us for 1,5 months now.
Handling - I would say lately about 5 times a week. I always wash my hand before.
Feeding - I feed her small-medium size crickets, 10 pcs a day,in two portions+ waxworms 2 times a week. They eat oatmeal and apple,carrot,celery, whatever vegetable I have+ drink Flukers gel with calcium.
Supplements - Zoo Med Repti Calcium every day,everything she eats is dusted with it+ I used Zoo Med's Reptivite with D3 every day mixed with the calcium until 3 weeks ago. Now I use it in every two weeks only.
Watering - I spray water about 4 times a day,plus now she has a fogger. I offer water to her from sprayer every day,she drinks every day.
Fecal Description - She has never been tested for parasites. She pooped every day or two days;it was moist,had a white pee part and a dark brown solid part.
History - N.A


Cage Info:

Cage Type - Screen cage, 16’'x16''x20''. Two sides and back are enclosed.
Lighting - UVB: Exo Terra 10.0. Heat lamp is Exo Terra sun glo 75 Watts. Plus I sometimes use Infra lamp for extra heat.
Temperature - Exo Terra thermometer. At night 19-20 Celsius,during the day about 26-30. It is the 3/4 of the way up in the cage, in the middle.
Humidity - Exo Terra hygrometer. 30-80 %. Spray water+ fogger. ( I am waiting for the MistKing I ordered.)
Plants - 1 live plant, Ficus. I have plastic plant too+ Exo terra climbing sticks/branches.
Placement - In our bedroom,it is not near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas. The top of the cage is 55'' from the floor.
Location - Whitehorse, YT, Canada

I live in the Yukon,Canada, there is no other vet....

 

[NHenn]

Sorry to hear about her tongue problems. I can't be much help with that as I have no experience with tongue injuries.

As for the URI, they will most likely give you Baytril. How do you know she has an URI?

 

[zsazsa85]

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Thank you though!
I found the following website: http://www.chameleonden.co.uk/respiratory.html The listed symptoms has my little juvenile, almost all of it.
It is a UK website and panther cham, but I think it doesn't really matter...

 

[zsazsa85]

Anybody?
Oh and I asked them if they could do blood test and the vet said they can not do it, never did...

 

[zsazsa85]

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Hi there,
I am not sure, anybody is reading this thread. But I took her today to the vet and she gave her Baytril 0,01 ml once a day. I hope it will help!
She was so brave wasn't even scared,just interested in everything!Cutest!

 

[jacksonchams321]

My chameleon had a bone to, but after a while, it just went away. I hope its the same for yours!

 

[zsazsa85]

Oh thank you!
That would be wonderful! I am glad yours healed up! But you mean yours sticked out the bone but not the tongue sometimes?