Hi. I'm new to "Chameleon Forums". My son purchased a Chameleon from a previous owner. "Lilly" is believed to be about 20 months old. When the previous owner purchased her (from a pet store) she was pregnant. She had a clutch of 10 eggs.. Two survived. We have had her fror about 4 months. We noticed several concerns.
1. She doesn't use her tounge correctly. It hardly shoots out, and is very slow. the past two-three days, she doesnt even stick her tounge out. We are kind of force feeding her. (she ate a lrg cricket and a super worm).
2. We think she may be getting ready to deliver a clutch. She has been very motionless (not moving much). Her color is great. She has had a nesting box in her cage for about two month, we found her at the bottom (not in the nesting box) a couple of times. Yesterday we found her in the nesting box, but we though she fell. She was not actively digging, but rather just looked like she was laying there. After about 10 hours, we picked her up and showered her and put her on her stick. She hasn't tried to go to the bottom again.????
3. One of her feet (back right) looks like it may be a little swollen (not the leg, but the claw). She is favoring it, by haning her leg alot and not clutching with that foot?????
4. Her neck is swollen.. We know that this could be a lack of or to much of calcium, uvb, etc... What exactly can we do to help her.
5. We have never see her drink from leaves or misting. Rather we feed her water through a medicine dripper. We offer this to her several times a day (about 8) along with misting (3-4 times a day)
is there anyone out there that is willing to talk to us about her issues? We can exchange e-mails/phone numbers?
HELP!!!!
1. She doesn't use her tounge correctly. It hardly shoots out, and is very slow. the past two-three days, she doesnt even stick her tounge out. We are kind of force feeding her. (she ate a lrg cricket and a super worm).
2. We think she may be getting ready to deliver a clutch. She has been very motionless (not moving much). Her color is great. She has had a nesting box in her cage for about two month, we found her at the bottom (not in the nesting box) a couple of times. Yesterday we found her in the nesting box, but we though she fell. She was not actively digging, but rather just looked like she was laying there. After about 10 hours, we picked her up and showered her and put her on her stick. She hasn't tried to go to the bottom again.????
3. One of her feet (back right) looks like it may be a little swollen (not the leg, but the claw). She is favoring it, by haning her leg alot and not clutching with that foot?????
4. Her neck is swollen.. We know that this could be a lack of or to much of calcium, uvb, etc... What exactly can we do to help her.
5. We have never see her drink from leaves or misting. Rather we feed her water through a medicine dripper. We offer this to her several times a day (about 8) along with misting (3-4 times a day)
is there anyone out there that is willing to talk to us about her issues? We can exchange e-mails/phone numbers?
HELP!!!!
