First let me say that she's been to the Reptile specialist vet and he has no answers for me so I'm on here as sort of a last resort. She's on a few meds:
Amphojel, to reduce her high phosphorus levels
Allopurinol to reduce uric acid levels
NeoCal, to boost her low calcium levels
And a soothing creme for her cuts from scratching her face
he also gave her an iron shot
I'm terrified that it might be liver failure but trying to stay positive.
She closes her eyes during the day, falls off her branches, drinks but doesn't eat, shows no interest in food, wakes up during the night and scratches constantly...to the point of cuts on her head, nose, chin and cheeks.
Your Chameleon - Ixie is an Oustlets chameleon, Female, Year and a half old. We've had her since she was a baby.
Handling - She's handled often, she climbs right onto your hand and she doesn't show any signs of stress when you handle her. Her colors are also bright and green so I don't think it's stress.
Feeding - Hasn't been eating normally, which is why we brought her to the vet, no interest in food. We usually fed her gutloaded crickets (dusted) and offered her some dubias, mealworms, wax, and hornworms on occasion.
Supplements - Reptivite with D3 and Reptical from ZooMed
Watering - Mister, dripper, and spray. She drinks often with no problems. she prefers to drink directly from the spray bottle but I also have a dripper going most of the day. The vet said he thinks she's dehydrated so I also soak her for 30 mins a day in luke warm water. Doesn't make sense to me as she has no issue drinking, but perhaps the medicine he gave her causes dehydration.
Fecal Description - hasn't been eating so N/A right now
History - She's lost quite a few nails previously on an old mesh screen that has since been removed, the vet has checked her out previously and they are healed. She also hasn't used her tongue to catch prey since she was juvenile. The vet didn't seem too concerned over this but we are.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Custom cage, Glass front, wide chicken wire sides and screen top. about 3 ft wide, 4 tall and 2 1/2 deep
Lighting - Just bought two reptisun 10w bulbs (my vet recommended them) and a 40w basking light they are on top of the screened mesh top.
Temperature - basking is about 89, ambient is 75-80
Humidity - Use a fogger and manually spray her often throughout the day, Humidity is 40-70
Plants - No live plants, she has never gone after the fake ones either.
Placement - Cage is up quite high as it also has a cabinet built into the bottom. Not near windows and far from vents.
Location - Live in Florida.
The issue is that she is scratching almost constantly, her nose is cut and there are abrasions on her face and chin, it's not her eyes and the vet said it's not a shed issue or an eye infection, nor does she have parasites. She scratches like a dog all over. He's never seen it before and has no clue what it could be from. I'm thinking maybe it's the water? Has anyone else had this problem?
Going to try changing the water to distilled water only, but I'm not too sure it's that as I never had this problem before, it only started about 3 weeks ago.
Thank you for reading this,
Beth
Amphojel, to reduce her high phosphorus levels
Allopurinol to reduce uric acid levels
NeoCal, to boost her low calcium levels
And a soothing creme for her cuts from scratching her face
he also gave her an iron shot
I'm terrified that it might be liver failure but trying to stay positive.
She closes her eyes during the day, falls off her branches, drinks but doesn't eat, shows no interest in food, wakes up during the night and scratches constantly...to the point of cuts on her head, nose, chin and cheeks.
Your Chameleon - Ixie is an Oustlets chameleon, Female, Year and a half old. We've had her since she was a baby.
Handling - She's handled often, she climbs right onto your hand and she doesn't show any signs of stress when you handle her. Her colors are also bright and green so I don't think it's stress.
Feeding - Hasn't been eating normally, which is why we brought her to the vet, no interest in food. We usually fed her gutloaded crickets (dusted) and offered her some dubias, mealworms, wax, and hornworms on occasion.
Supplements - Reptivite with D3 and Reptical from ZooMed
Watering - Mister, dripper, and spray. She drinks often with no problems. she prefers to drink directly from the spray bottle but I also have a dripper going most of the day. The vet said he thinks she's dehydrated so I also soak her for 30 mins a day in luke warm water. Doesn't make sense to me as she has no issue drinking, but perhaps the medicine he gave her causes dehydration.
Fecal Description - hasn't been eating so N/A right now
History - She's lost quite a few nails previously on an old mesh screen that has since been removed, the vet has checked her out previously and they are healed. She also hasn't used her tongue to catch prey since she was juvenile. The vet didn't seem too concerned over this but we are.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Custom cage, Glass front, wide chicken wire sides and screen top. about 3 ft wide, 4 tall and 2 1/2 deep
Lighting - Just bought two reptisun 10w bulbs (my vet recommended them) and a 40w basking light they are on top of the screened mesh top.
Temperature - basking is about 89, ambient is 75-80
Humidity - Use a fogger and manually spray her often throughout the day, Humidity is 40-70
Plants - No live plants, she has never gone after the fake ones either.
Placement - Cage is up quite high as it also has a cabinet built into the bottom. Not near windows and far from vents.
Location - Live in Florida.
The issue is that she is scratching almost constantly, her nose is cut and there are abrasions on her face and chin, it's not her eyes and the vet said it's not a shed issue or an eye infection, nor does she have parasites. She scratches like a dog all over. He's never seen it before and has no clue what it could be from. I'm thinking maybe it's the water? Has anyone else had this problem?
Going to try changing the water to distilled water only, but I'm not too sure it's that as I never had this problem before, it only started about 3 weeks ago.
Thank you for reading this,
Beth
