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Taking your Cham to the vet is best. I'm certainly no expert on MBD but I think my guy was probably more susceptible because he is six months old and growing (at least that's what my vet said). I dusted all my crickets too. Best bet is to see what your vet thinks

i hope neither one of our babies has to go under anesthesia! We are both so lucky that our chameleons eat well anyway. Today Gustave hasn't eaten, but I'm guessing that's because he was so stressed at the vet's yesterday. I hope your little guy gets better!!

the swollen eyes, poor balance, and poor aim sounds like what my chameleon had going on (though his was less severe) and the vet diagnosed probable early Metabolic Bone Disease.

By the way, checking supplements for an expiration date was a great idea that I never would have thought of. Ours are all good through 2015!

The UVB is approximately 4-8" from his typical basking spots. The vet said to try the changes stated above, monitor him for 3-4 weeks, and if he gets worse or doesn't improve that we need to put him under anesthesia for bloodwork, x-rays, and to get a better look at his tongue. I'm hoping it...

This picture is the best I have and the best I'm gonna get. Gustave is generally a well-hydrated chameleon with white urates - this picture was taken today after my fiance and I had been away since Friday. We asked someone to come water the chameleons for us, but I don't think she came. So if he...

we've used carrots, sweet potatoes, collard greens, potato, and Bug Burger (we always use Bug burger and change out which vegetable we put in). I'll see if I have a good picture of his eye. He is grumpy and generally does not allow good pictures. The vet did look at both eyes closely with...

I love that series! I bought it before I owned chameleons and recently watched it again just to see what chameleons the show featured. I loooove David Attenborough and own a huge DVD set of some of his works. For Christmas I got "Africa," which he narrates. :)

Well, Gustave went to the vet today. He was thoroughly miserable and tried to bite the vet the whole time. Luckily we have a great vet who had a sense of humor about the whole thing. The vet looked at Gustave thoroughly and said there's nothing in his eyes and no corneal abrasions. Since...

Our reptile vet isn't in the office til Tuesday so we are taking him then. He actually does well with eating and has shed a few times since we've had him. We cup fed him ever since we got him because we were concerned that he wouldn't be able to find his small crickets in his big cage. He's...

we use supplements as recommended by the care sheet on the forum, dusted on gutloaded crickets. despite his aim/tongue issue, he actually eats very well. when we first got him shipped, he had an eye issue right out of the box, but we had thought it had resolved. Since he wasn't shooting his...

someone from the forum said they would be there with some carpet chameleons. Also, I know Chameleons by Design will be there with some ambanjas, falys, and crossbreeds. I got my ambilobe from him there in August.

Is your guy a grimbold baby? Looks an awful lot like mine. I think they may be from the same clutch. Mine is about the same size, born June/july from Grimbold/Sansa. He's in a few posts if u wanna see pics for size comparison - "terrorizing the baby chameleon!" and a comment in another thread by...

as an RN myself, here's what I might suggest: if the doctors do "rounds" outside your brother's room (aka stand around with a bunch of other docs, residents and nurses and talk about your brothers care in the morning), then whoever is your brother's advocate can mention his night owl habits and...

I let my 9 month old ambilobe Titus free range in his room and forgot to check on him for half an hour. After looking for him frantically for about five minutes, I found him in the living room on the outside of my baby Ambanja's cage, giving him the death stare. My ambanja Gustave is in the...

is his urate orange? perhaps with the temperature being too high he was getting dehydrated, which was causing his saliva to thicken up. if you think he's dehydrated, double check his humidity and maybe give him a shower. We've had trouble keeping an optimal humidity for one of my chams so...