senegal balance issues

[jmercer]

any help is appreciated

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - i have a male senegal chameleon that i got in jan this year
Handling - not very often
Feeding - he eats about 4 med crickets a day, sometimes more...just depends.
crickets-gets flukers calcium fortified quenchers and orange cubes, one or two crickets also get repti-calcium with d3 once a week
Supplements
Watering - fountain, yes he drinks.....also i put ice cubes on top
Fecal Description - norm brown, occasionally white....not tested
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.


Cage Info:

Cage Type - ivy plant, and a few standing post (which he stays on most of the time)
Lighting - (night) indiglo 15w night bulb, (day) 60w uvb and heat light
Temperature - 60-80, themommeter
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? ivy
Placement - Where is your cage located? in a corner Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? no At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? about 3 feet
Location - texas


Current Problem - he recently started having issues, he doesnt extend tongue fully
and when he does eat, he loses his balance, but he stays green and looks healthy

 

[GabeCastro]

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[Kate]

Hi there. I do not keep senegals but im sure someone who does will reply. First off can you be more precise on how often you dust crickets and with what. Also you use a fountain? I think you meen a waterfall. These look nice but they are a breeding ground for bacteria so not recomended. Your night light is not necessary as your cham will benefit from a drop in temp over night. Your fluckers diet for crickets is not good. What you feed your feeders will go strait into your cham. They need a better quality dry gutload and veggies like carrots, apples, oranges etc. Hope that helps.

 

[carol5208]

what particular brand of bulb are you using for uvb? are you sure it is a uvb bulb and also uva or just uva? no light at night, so get rid of that. you have not been supplementing correctly and it sounds like your cham may have mbd. we need to see pics. Also if you got your chameleon in Jan, then your uvb should have been changed out around June.

 

[ataraxia]

what particular brand of bulb are you using for uvb? are you sure it is a uvb bulb and also uva or just uva? no light at night, so get rid of that. you have not been supplementing correctly and it sounds like your cham may have mbd. we need to see pics. Also if you got your chameleon in Jan, then your uvb should have been changed out around June.

Welcome to the forums. You have a few issues with care that could be causing this. Carol has some good questions here.

Along with a new uvb bulb, another thing needed atm is liquid calcium. These two combined and time will help stop the progress of what sounds like "mbd". If your weather permits taking your cham outdoors for some natural sunlight would be welcomed.

Supplementing your crickets is key. Plain phosphorus free calcium should be used at most feeding lightly dusted on all or majority of the feeder. A good multivitamin should be used twice a month.

When you state the urate is sometimes white. I guess that you are seeing yellow and orange urates. A chameleon benefits from daily mistings from above, like rainfall. A proper schedule for misting should be 3 times a day for 3-5 minutes each session. This is a lot of water and will need some sort of catch bucket/container with your free range.