Urkel Nosy be, possible vit a defficiency!!
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AngieL
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Hi! Sorry you're having troubles with your buddy.
Can you please fill in this form and the good folks gets can maybe help you figure out what's going on
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You have to be careful with vit A as too much can cause problems too!
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You have to be careful with vit A as too much can cause problems too!
carol5208
Chameleon Enthusiast
you can always just put it up to his mouth and see if he will take it without his tongue. My one guy does not like crickets too much and will never shoot for them. So what I do, is after I give him a silkworm I hold the cricket up to his mouth and he eats it like a dog!! He will shoot at silks, horns, supers, moths, but not crickets! It is strange!
cla2806
Established Member
Well he was usually dead on when he was younger , should i dust lightly with repashy vit a powder? I'm squeemish with the crickets, I held one up to his snout with tweezers and he was looking at it almost shot but like I mentioned he seems hesitant and will open his mouth and start to shoot but stop..when i saw him eat those two crickets he was shooting just slightly before them guess they got caught in his stickyness!
cla2806
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So I noticed that one of his eyes is a lot less bulgy then the other and i see him rubbing it, we cleaned some white stuff out of it but it wasn't goopy, I've read that a build up of dead skin cells can be due to the vit a deficiency..what can I do for him! Should i dust feeders with vit a, or give him a drop of a vit a capsule?
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
adding extra vitamin A without knowing the nature of the problem seems not the best course of action, though doing so once wont hurt regardless.
Missing the mark can be a result of ALOT of different things, and a vitamin deficiency is not necessarily the possibility Id jump to first.
If you would please take a moment to answer all the questions in the How to ask for Help Sticky we would potentially have more to go on.
you may find this blog entry interesting:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/232-tongue-troubles.html
and this thread where the idea of a vitamin A deficiency causing (or more likely NOT causing) a tongue issue is discussed:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-cham-has-tongue-issue-80739/#post764105
Missing the mark can be a result of ALOT of different things, and a vitamin deficiency is not necessarily the possibility Id jump to first.
If you would please take a moment to answer all the questions in the How to ask for Help Sticky we would potentially have more to go on.
you may find this blog entry interesting:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/232-tongue-troubles.html
and this thread where the idea of a vitamin A deficiency causing (or more likely NOT causing) a tongue issue is discussed:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-cham-has-tongue-issue-80739/#post764105
cla2806
Established Member
Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - 9 month old Nosy Be Handling - never, until he got sick Feeding - mainly crickets, occasional mealworms, have tried dubias and hornwoms since hes been sick no success, gut load flukers cricket gutload, veggies such as carrots, celery, anything i have in the fridge really Supplements - repcal with calcium, herptivite repcal 4 times a week, herp twice. Watering - misting Fecal Description - tested for parasites, clean. since hasnt been eating only urate which is white. when he was eating poop always normal History - bought from reputable breeder at 3 months old Cage Info: Cage Type - screen cage Lighting - reptisun 5.0 basking bulb temp 85-90 degrees, 12 hrs. on 12hrs. off Temperature - 85-90 basking, general temp in cage about 80, night time 75 slightly lower have extra infrared bulb for heat only if necessary Humidity -thermometer on back of cage, usually around 80 percent Plants - 2 live plants , cant rememerb names but did check to see if they were cham safe Placement - in room low traffic area, not close to vents or any other heat or light sources such as windows Location - virginia beach, gets really hot in the summer!!
