Bump above left leg. Help.?

[mychamtini112012]

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Veiled female, 8-10 months old. She's been in my care for three months
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Rarely, only to clean her cage and take her outside. And she's moved on a stick.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? Crickets and mantids. A wax worm occasinally. Gutloaded with apples, oranges, iceberg lettuce, and oranges.
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Retivite calcium no D3 every feeding. Flucker's calcium with D3 twice a month. Multivitamin twice a month.
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? I mist her 3-4 times a day for about 1-2 minutes. Yes.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Brown with white urate.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. The owner before me used no supplements, UVB, and had her in a 10 gallon tank.


Cage Info:

Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? 18x18x36 all screen cage
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? All Living Things 75w basking bulb. 5.0 Repti-sun linear UVB bulb. On at 7:30a.m. off at 9:30p.m.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? Basking at 82F middle at 75F bottom at 70F
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? 50-60%
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Ficus
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? My room in the corner. No traffic except morning and night. Not by fan, air vents. Two feet off the ground
Location - Where are you geographically located? Springfield, Illinois


Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. Above her rear left leg is this bump. It's been there since I got her. It does not stop her from walking, she's very active. She doesn't limp, hold it down like it hurts, favor a leg, or notuse it for climbing. I've seen her hang on to a stick with that leg and her tail only.

 

[mychamtini112012]

Forgot to add that bump is hard.

 

[moviemanmania]

Your chameleon is very thin. You will need to use d3 once a week or consider switching to the repashy supplement for easier care/use. Your gutload will need to be improved. I have highlighted areas of concern.

Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Veiled female, 8-10 months old. She's been in my care for three months
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Rarely, only to clean her cage and take her outside. And she's moved on a stick.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? Crickets and mantids. A wax worm occasinally. Gutloaded with apples, oranges, iceberg lettuce, and oranges.
Consider adding more variety of feeders. Dubia, hornworms, silkworms, and butterworms. You will need to increase your gutload ingrediants. Consider using repashy bug burger and mixing in fresh squash, kale, collard greens, sunflower seeds.

Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Retivite calcium no D3 every feeding. Flucker's calcium with D3 twice a month. Multivitamin twice a month.

Ditch flucker's. It's really not good. Get the repashy all in one multivitamin and you won't have to juggle different vit/mineral supplements. She needs d3 once a week.

Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? I mist her 3-4 times a day for about 1-2 minutes. Yes.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Brown with white urate.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. The owner before me used no supplements, UVB, and had her in a 10 gallon tank.
She looks like she is showing the beginning symptoms of metabolic bone disease because she has not had any prior supplements and not enough d3 from you. This is irreversible but it can be stopped from progressing if you change your husbandry today.


Cage Info:

Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? 18x18x36 all screen cage
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? All Living Things 75w basking bulb. 5.0 Repti-sun linear UVB bulb. On at 7:30a.m. off at 9:30p.m.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? Basking at 82F middle at 75F bottom at 70F This isn't really causing her issue but if I were you I would keep her basking a bit higher at about 88.
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? 50-60%
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Ficus
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? My room in the corner. No traffic except morning and night. Not by fan, air vents. Two feet off the ground
Location - Where are you geographically located? Springfield, Illinois


Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. Above her rear left leg is this bump. It's been there since I got her. It does not stop her from walking, she's very active. She doesn't limp, hold it down like it hurts, favor a leg, or notuse it for climbing. I've seen her hang on to a stick with that leg and her tail only.
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[mychamtini112012]

She is usually not that thin, that was the first time I had her outside and she like flatted herself...

I'm buying rephashy calcium plus and dino fuel. As well as more feeders, hornworms, butter worms, phoenix worms, and silk worms.

What's wrong with temps.?they've always been like that. Lol.

And concern with her past.....?

 

[camimom]

I dont think the bump has anything to do with MBD.

And while yse the gutload should be improved, I still dont see how the cyst bump thing on her hip= mbd.

 

[moviemanmania]

I dont think the bump has anything to do with MBD.

And while yse the gutload should be improved, I still dont see how the cyst bump thing on her hip= mbd.

Yea you may be right actually. I thought at first her back legs looked a little deformed and 'rubbery' but they actually look pretty strong after reviewing it again. If your worried about it take her into the vet and have them get an xray. She was always like this since you picked her up from her previous owner?

 

[mychamtini112012]

Yes. She has a vet visit in a week and a half. It's the soonest I could get. Do you believe its needed if it doesn't hurt her.?

 

[camimom]

Yes. She has a vet visit in a week and a half. It's the soonest I could get. Do you believe its needed if it doesn't hurt her.?

I think you should at least have a vet look at it.

At best, its nothing, no treatment required.

At worst, it is something that a vet needs to deal with.


Better safe than sorry.

 

[jannb]

I would definitely get a complete check up, fecal and the bump looked at.

In answer to your pm hopefully your vet is experienced enough to know how to handle an aggressive Cham.

 

[Rango183]

mines has a brown dot but it isnt hard and when i press on it ,it dosent hurt him im guessing is just a lack of basking but its weird cause he usally away from his basking light

 

[camimom]

mines has a brown dot but it isnt hard and when i press on it ,it dosent hurt him im guessing is just a lack of basking but its weird cause he usally away from his basking light

start a new thread and post the help form there.