Tongue issue and eyes slightly sunk

LittleD

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Hi everyone. This is my first post on here because all has been smooth sailing so far. I have a male ambilobe panther chameleon who is just a little over a year old now. I was on spring break and I had my girlfriend taking care of him which she has done before. He is mostly fed dubia roaches and dusting with calcium without d3 at every feeding, with d3 2 times a month and vitamins once a month.

Today when I got home I had some hornworms I was growing to hand feed him. I have only had him miss maybe one time before this but he missed the worm 4 times until I gave up and put it in his feeder cup to eat. It didn't seem like his tongue was shooting out very far either. He is still eating regularly and I see him drink sometimes when I put a dripper in maybe one or two times a week. When he isn't mad and not puffed up, he looks fine and I can't really see his eyes being sunk in. However when I put my hand above him and he puffs up it looks like his eyes are more sunken in than they usually are when he puffs up.

On my own I would like to say that he is just slightly dehydrated but I wanted a second opinion on if I should schedule a vet appointment now, or just monitor him for a couple days and go from there.

Thank you!
 
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Hello and warmest welcomes! It looks like you might be overdosing your boy with D3. The flukers has D3 as does the Repashy LoD

Use the Repticalcium without D3 on every feeding and then use the Repashy LoD in the 1st and 15th of each month.

It may take time for the D3 to get out of his body so it may take time for his tongue issue to resolve.
 
So you would recommend just using the Repashy twice a month and just ditch the calcium D3? I only feed the calcium with D3 two times a month and the Repashy once a month.

His poops are still as healthy as can be as far as I can tell from what's on the bottom. Large-ish pure white urates. I just got back from spring break so I will have to check what comes out of him tomorrow to be sure.
 
So you would recommend just using the Repashy twice a month and just ditch the calcium D3? I only feed the calcium with D3 two times a month and the Repashy once a month.

His poops are still as healthy as can be as far as I can tell from what's on the bottom. Large-ish pure white urates. I just got back from spring break so I will have to check what comes out of him tomorrow to be sure.
Yes. Right now he is getting d3 too much. He should only be getting it twice a month. He is also not getting enough of the multivitamin. He needs it twice a month as well. The repashy is a combo product. So ditch the calcium with D3 and use repashy only twice monthly. Regular calcium all other feedings.
 
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