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Cherry stones contain several toxins and some of those may be carried into the branches, too. But as long as your chameleon doesn't nibble the bark or tries to eat whole branches, I wouldn't worry about using them inside chameleon cages. Walking on cherry wood doesn't harm ;). It surely can be...

Unfortunately, a waterfall is completely unnecessary inside a chameleon enclosure and worsens microclimate a lot. No matter how often you try to clean it, you'll never be able to keep "bad" bacteria from growing. Most bacteria found in respiratory dieseases always live all over the cage. They...

Chamaedorea elegans is not known to be toxic to any animal. Nor cats or dogs neither chameleons. As far as I know, there's no toxic ingredient discovered inside these plants yet. Same says toxicology data base for animals from Zurich I researched to be sure. Bamboo, which means Bambusae...

There is no fat pad or storage inside a chameleon's casque, but pure muscle. If muscles began to store fat, the chameleon is really adipose. This tends to shorten life expectancy due to suffering liver and kidneys. It's not healthy at all, neither in captivity nor in the wild. Unfortunately a...

I would always be very careful with lesions at the lips or mouth area in general. Better check twice than be sorry afterwards. Some stomatitis aren't recognized before the whole head is rotten (this is one bad example). There doesn't need to be a swelling or an obviously discoloration. But in...

His casque isn't thin at all. It's just a normal looking casque which doesn't bulge from fat stored inside muscles. This is the way a calyptratus casque should be, although you feed a lot for an adult male (he should have days without food several times a week).

Happy new year everyone :) This is a Calumma parsonii female. She was about two years old and suffered from a completely malformed spine since hatched. Maybe you can see the "double headed" ribs and notice those very crazy shaped vertebrae. Some seem to be flat residues and others have strange...

If your chameleon is in such a bad condition you think he's gonna die within the next two days, antibiotics probably won't help as single treatment. So the best idea wouldn't be to look for the right spot to inject antibiotics, but to phone your reptile vet. An obviously nearly dying chameleon...

No, without a biopsy noone will be able to tell you what these bumps are and which therapy works. You would probably only waste money in using useless ointments or anything else. You'll better spend the money into an experienced reptile vet who can help. There always needs to be proper...

Good idea, but carotinoids stain fat and soft tissue, not bones. And the colour would be yellowish-orange, not dark brown... I still don't think it is only pigmentation of any kind.

Unfortunately, your pictures don't help, cause the interesting parts (the teeth) aren't focussed at all. Maybe you can upload better pictures later on. In those pictures, the right dental ridge (seen from the chameleon, not from beholder) looks a bit deformed/thickened but it's too blurry to be...

You can't say anything about recovery without knowing the reason for the symptoms. It could be edema, it could be ascites, it could be enlarged inner organs. You say it's most likely liquid, so it can't be an edema (which means fluid inside tissues, not free floating in the abdominal cavity)...

What you should do is looking for another vet who can handle chameleons, let him/her take an x-ray to clear up whether your chameleon still carries eggs or not and then think about treatment. Hopefully there is another one more experienced with this species in your area to help you. Calcium...

They're definitely not (and even if - it would be worth a try instead letting her die). Please take a look for another reptile vet who knows chameleons and how to perform surgey on smaller ones. If your chameleon's eggbound and in slightly poor condition, she'll only has this single chance...

First: Which worm species did your chameleon have? Of cause dead worms leave gut via feces, but there shouldn't be living worms inside two weeks after a successfull treatment. Seems it wasn't that successfull, cause most nematodes need somewhat more than two weeks for a whole life cycle...

All bamboo species contain cyanogen glycosides, not only "lucky bamboo" is toxic (it just contains saponines instead of glycosides). Those glycoside turn into hydrogen cyanide by enzymatical division, which can make most animals sick. But first symptoms only occur if eaten huge amount of leaves...

The skin "spines", which are just specially formed single scales, aren't formed by the bones. I don't think the bones cause the problem in your chameleon, cause a scoliosis shaped like this would probably lead to problems using the tail (and you say he hasn't any). I remember another chameleon...

May I ask how long you've been taking care for your animals and how long their average lifetime was? And how do you "see" they're not fatty at all? I don't think anyone measures abdominal fat pads, cause patient owners generally can't take a look inside their animals. ;) All colleagues and...

Think we're misunderstanding each other. I'll try to make it somewhat clearer ;). It's not about using certain bulbs. No matter which bulb you use, there should be really hot places to warm up, the metabolism will fasten during basking, of cause. But there's a limited preferred optimum...

Did you read my posting? Of cause they can digest fast under higher temperatures, but they don't stay there all day (or shouldn't, otherwise it would be a cruel cage setup). And as those studies show, even basking longer will not end up in digestion times of some hours.