sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
In a previous thread regarding a small chameleon with MBD, it was suggested by helpful, knowledgable people to give him liquid calcium (such as calcium sandoz or gluconate).
The owner of said little chameleon has brought me a bottle of Calcium Gluconate. Its sticky. dosage according to the bottle is 0.1cc per 100grams of animal weight. The little guy is only like 17grams, so I watered some down considerably (20 drops of water to one drop Calcium Gluconate), then tried to give it to him orally by putting a single tiny drip at a time on his tongue (which is a way he will often drink plain water). I managed to get maybe two or three small drips on his tongue. He didnt like it. He stopped drinking and "ran". Then the next day I tried putting a little into his mouth while he struggled (as is normal for him) to swallow a small roach nymph. He went from enthusiastically trying to eat to spitting out his food and refusing to eat anything else that day.
Should I water it down even more?
Or is it better to try to inject the Calcium Gluconate into insects? He only eats very small things, so Im not sure if that's even possible.
Suggestions anyone?
The owner of said little chameleon has brought me a bottle of Calcium Gluconate. Its sticky. dosage according to the bottle is 0.1cc per 100grams of animal weight. The little guy is only like 17grams, so I watered some down considerably (20 drops of water to one drop Calcium Gluconate), then tried to give it to him orally by putting a single tiny drip at a time on his tongue (which is a way he will often drink plain water). I managed to get maybe two or three small drips on his tongue. He didnt like it. He stopped drinking and "ran". Then the next day I tried putting a little into his mouth while he struggled (as is normal for him) to swallow a small roach nymph. He went from enthusiastically trying to eat to spitting out his food and refusing to eat anything else that day.
Should I water it down even more?
Or is it better to try to inject the Calcium Gluconate into insects? He only eats very small things, so Im not sure if that's even possible.
Suggestions anyone?
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. Calcium Glubionate is the oral version of liquid calcium that is used in MBD situations. Calcium Gluconate is the injectable calcium version. Gluconate is injected, for example, when tremors are present. Once you are past the tremors/seizures etc, then switch to the oral "Glubionate" version of calcium. Funny, I happen to have 2 unused quarts (its a long story) of injectable Calcium Gluconate that went past their limit dates of 02/09 
