Hello, I need as much advice as possible. My precious little chameleon is worrying me sick and I don't know how to help.
Diagnosed with MBD today, the tongue is sticking outand it's just laying on it's side and not reacting to anything. I checked and it is indeed alive. The vet told me to raise temp and humidity levels and to feed it but it won't take any food from me. I'm at a loss of what to do but I really don't want to lose this little guy.
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- Your Chameleon - Veiled, I don't know if it's a male or female, as for age, a little over a year old. I've had it for barely a few months, I got him from a friend who didn't want him anymore.
- Handling - I rarely handle it until recently when I had to move it.
- Feeding - Crickets, superworms, and grasshoppers. Usually crickets, about 10 or so every other day. I gutload with oranges, zucchini, and cauliflower
- Supplements - I hadn't bought any vitamin products yet, but I'm dusting the food every other feeding with zoomed repticalcium
- Watering - I manually mist once in the morning, once in the afternoon, and once at night. Ive never seen him drink but I've been so busy that I haven't noticed.
- Fecal Description - I haven't seen any recently, it's never been tested for parasites
- Cage Type - Screen
- Lighting - I use zoomed lighting with a 100 watt heat bulb
- Temperature - Temo range is around 70 to 40, lowest overnight temp was probably 30.
- Humidity - I dont know specific humidity levels because I dont have anything to measure it, but I keep a humidifier on every now and then.
- Plants - I use fake plants, but I put some branches in the cage from outside (I kept them in the freezer for a week to kill any bacteria)
- Placement - Cage is near a medium traffic area on the floor, I dont have anything to set the cage on
- Location - Arkansas
Diagnosed with MBD today, the tongue is sticking outand it's just laying on it's side and not reacting to anything. I checked and it is indeed alive. The vet told me to raise temp and humidity levels and to feed it but it won't take any food from me. I'm at a loss of what to do but I really don't want to lose this little guy.
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I’ll be happy to help as I can. It’ll take me a bit of time to go thru your husbandry. In the meantime, could you post some pics of your chameleon and it’s enclosure, including lights and floor?
I think the best thing you can do is make him as comfortable as possible. Place him gently in a box or container on a soft towel. You can offer him a small stick and see if he’ll grab onto it. Give him some heat…if it’s still daytime where you are you can put a lamp above him…just be careful it doesn’t get too hot. If you can get 80-85f it would be good. If it’s night, give him darkness to sleep.
