Trying to dertmine MBD

chuckd82nd

New Member
Your Chameleon - Panther, Female
Handling - 3-4 times a week
Feeding - Crickets; gut loaded with Zilla cricket food, oranges, mustard greens, carrots.
Supplements - Dusting crickets with D3 calicum 3 times a week; Multi Vitamins once a week
Watering - Hubba mister 45 second 3 hour intervals turned off at night
Fecal Description - Dark brown; pink. normal droppings

Cage Info:
Cage Type - All screen 24x36
Lighting - Exo Terra Repti Glo 5.0 18 inch long; 150w basking bulb.
Temperature - 85. 75 at nightHumidity -
Plants - Ficus, pothos


Current Problem - I'm not exactly sure if the chameleon has MBD or not. She doesnt seem to be week, but her ankles may appear to be swollen. On the base of her tale seems to be a small not, not sure if this may be a symtom. Trying to catch MBD early if she has it. Problem could have led to over supplamentation of calcium. I was dusting crickets everyday with calcium and vitamins. (rep- cal, phosphorus-free Calicum with Vit.D3 and rep-cal Herptivite with beta carotene Multivitamin). Here are the pictures I took:


mail

mail
 
mash1.jpg

mash 3.jpg

mash 2.jpg

Here are the pics. Let me know if you guys need to see more. If it is MBD and I am now doing the supplamentation right, do you think its possibley curred?
 
Hey Linda, my first thought was gout as well, but as mentioned before I can't see pics.
I also think the 150w might be a tad high, unless its up high off your cage. And in my experience, 45 sec mistings could be increased to at least 2 to 3 min per misting.
But let's look at one thing at a time, no need to overwhelm anybody
 
Doesn't look like gout...but then I'm not a vet.
What vitamin supplement are you using and what calcium/D3 do you use?
Its normally advised that you dust with a phos.-free calcium powder at most feedings and twice a month with a vitamin powder and twice a month with a phos.-free calcium/D3 powder..but it depends somewhat on what D3 and vitamin powder you use.
 
Back
Top Bottom