Chameleon Mike
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Just picked this girl up. She is a 9 month old ambolibe panther.
My new female panther
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Just picked this girl up. She is a 9 month old ambolibe panther.
Chameleon Mike
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you have a nice one as well
joshuadh2310
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wow thats amazing colors on your girl!
do you know how much she weights? I would love to know for comparison
Chameleon Mike
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You definitely have nice coloring on yours. I think mine is light she is only 26 grams. How about yours? I've been noticing that she is having problems hitting the crickets once in a while with her tongue. Sometimes she just goes up to them and grabs them. I know this isn't a good sign but she doesn't seem dehydrated and is eating well. I'm going to keep her supplements on a tight schedule and keep an eye on her.
joshuadh2310
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Chameleon Mike
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Wow, sounds like I may have to take her to the vet if thats the case. Thanks for the info.
joshuadh2310
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some tongue issues with @Chameleon Mike girl. says have problems sometimes with hitting a cricket and sometimes just walks up to them and eats them
Chameleon Mike
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I'll have to get the pic tomorrow if these don't work. I'm giving her Repti Calcium without D3. I've just had her 2 days so thats all I've given her. I also have with D3 and Herptivite Multivitamins which I have not given her. I'm did free range yesterday but started doing cup feeding today, although some crickets get out and she ends up hunting them down anyway.
Thanks for your help Andee.
joshuadh2310
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I'm sure andee will help you with this very well but I know you have only had her 2 days but what I did was schedule a vet appointment a week after I had my girl just to get her checked out from all angles . Not that I had any concerns she was eating well and looked great but I wanted to know from a vet she was great ya know? Just a suggestion
Andee
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Is she only walking up to the crickets sometimes? Does she do it like maybe... only when cup feeding? Can you give an approxiamate estimate on how often she does it with the crickets? like 1 out of every 5 or something? It may just be her being a bit lazy. I would recommend, especially because she is a girl and I like having really good supplements for girls (especially egg laying ones) to get a Repashy all in one vitamin of some sort. Something like the LoD or the Calcium Plus would work for her. With Calcium Plus depending on your gutload I wouldn't do it more than 3 times a week and then the rest of the feedings do plain calcium. If you do the LoD formula, you can do it every feeding easy. It would help to make sure she just absorbs the vitamins and everything the best she can.
What I saw in her front leg I think was just a trick of the picture. She looks fine in my opinion. I thought I saw just some swelling a slight bend, but she is good there. So hopefully it's just her being a smidge lazy and if we get her on a really good supplement everything will hopefully go well until her senior years (where though I hope it's smooth sailing, we all know seniors can have weird issues). She looks like a character though, look at that grump face <3
What I saw in her front leg I think was just a trick of the picture. She looks fine in my opinion. I thought I saw just some swelling a slight bend, but she is good there. So hopefully it's just her being a smidge lazy and if we get her on a really good supplement everything will hopefully go well until her senior years (where though I hope it's smooth sailing, we all know seniors can have weird issues). She looks like a character though, look at that grump face <3
Chameleon Mike
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Great suggestion. I've already contacted a vet to do the same thing. I spoke with them earlier but they don't take chameleons. I'll have to keep looking tomorrow.
Thanks
Thanks
joshuadh2310
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Where do you live?
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
Definitely look for a specifically exotic vet, and one that has reptile experience, preferably some chameleon experience. @joshuadh2310 will likely be able to find you a good vet near you. Or I can tag another member who knows a ridiculous amount of good vets all around the US.
Chameleon Mike
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Thanks Andee. I appreciate your time and suggestions. I will do just that with the supplements. I'm sure I can find it on amazon, right? As far as her walking up to the crickets. She does it one out of three or four times. She has hit them from a good distance as well. So maybe you're right about her being lazy. I'm relieved to hear what you thought about her leg. I was looking after you said that but couldn’t see anything. I’ll have to keep you posted. I'm going to follow up with a vet as well.
Thanks again for your help.
Thanks again for your help.
