Is my chameleon leg normal?
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Serbianchameleon
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Looks normal to me! Can you fill this form out anyway and post it back here
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I hope its not. He using it normally and very active during daytime.
- Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon, Male, 4 months old. He is with me about two month now.
- Handling - I taming him. Once a week i baiting him to my hand with silkworm or waxworm and then i let him go back.
- Feeding - Crickets, waxworms, dubias, turkestan roaches, black soldier fly larvaes, silkworms. I give him 10-12 small insects during twice feed time. Gutloaded mostly with carrots, apple or orange.
- Supplements - Using repti-cal without d3 powder every feed and twice a month reptivite with d3.
- Watering - Spraying plant leaves 3 times a day. Sometimes he drink from the spraying bottle.
- Fecal Description - Healthy. White urates normal darker brown poops.
- History - Bought from a professional breeder. He is healthy eating normally from my hand every day.
- Cage Type - I just upgrading to reptibreeze xl. Currently i have 30x30x50cm glass.
- Lighting - Arcadia Pro T5 UVB Kit 12.0 24W, Basking spot 30-31 Celsius
- Temperature - I wrote it above. In lower his cage he have about 25-27 Celsius degree.
- Humidity - 35-50 at daytime. At night around 60-70.
- Plants - Ficus and few branches. (Will be different in his new home.)
- Placement - On a desk. When i stand up i'm a little bit above him. (This will change too.)
- Location - Europe, Hungary.
Leg looks totally normal.... Make sure you have a 12 inch distance from fixture to basking with that 12% uvb bulb. Basking is a bit hot... You want it more like 80-82 max.
Make sure your not doing more then 1-2 waxworms they are all fat. You should expand your gutload. Should be more green veg based rather then fruit.
Make sure your not doing more then 1-2 waxworms they are all fat. You should expand your gutload. Should be more green veg based rather then fruit.
nightanole
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Looka likea leg. The rear ankles can look "funny" to some people, they more have cankles.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/thr...-like-how-it-happens-and-how-to-fix-it.95071/
You are nowhere near trouble. You normally get health issues before the bone stuff even starts. The 3 X-rays are more typical for MBD while growing. I have had a few cases of adults, that got broken bones because the lizard got inherited or the person "went off to college or got a baby" etc. But those get breaks, not warping or swelling.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/thr...-like-how-it-happens-and-how-to-fix-it.95071/
You are nowhere near trouble. You normally get health issues before the bone stuff even starts. The 3 X-rays are more typical for MBD while growing. I have had a few cases of adults, that got broken bones because the lizard got inherited or the person "went off to college or got a baby" etc. But those get breaks, not warping or swelling.
Yes the uvb distance will be fixed in his new home. I think tomorrow the enclosure will be ready. And the basking.. Somewhere i read that he need 30 celsius. In the enclosure what he using now is very easy to maintenance 30 or bigger temperature. But in his new home its a little bit harder. I testing his temperatures today but i can't maintenance 30 celsius degree with the current bulb so im glad lower temperature is better for him. Thank you for adding that. Also i will give more veggies for gutload! Thank you very much again!
Yes. It's funny they have bigger rear legs with thicker bones(? i think). Sometimes i'm horrified if i see his leg moving like a rubber. Thank you for the help!
Well ideally they should not be kept too hot at basking you would me looking at 27-29max at basking. As long as your within that range you will be good. make sure your checking the temp at basking with a wired probe gauge... Having the probe hooked in on the branch below the basking fixture. This is the most accurate way to tell. And if your getting 27 at the branch then it will be closer to 28-29 where he rises up into it.Yes the uvb distance will be fixed in his new home. I think tomorrow the enclosure will be ready. And the basking.. Somewhere i read that he need 30 celsius. In the enclosure what he using now is very easy to maintenance 30 or bigger temperature. But in his new home its a little bit harder. I testing his temperatures today but i can't maintenance 30 celsius degree with the current bulb so im glad lower temperature is better for him. Thank you for adding that. Also i will give more veggies for gutload! Thank you very much again!
nightanole
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Check out a parsons. Their rear legs are thicc, you almost think the rear leg bones are oval shape because of how wide they are compared to the fronts
Check out a parsons. Their rear legs are thicc, you almost think the rear leg bones are oval shape because of how wide they are compared to the fronts
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Yea i really love parsons. I will get one sometime for sure.
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