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What vitamin brand/type would you suggest I get? So far, it's only been the calcium, and calcium+D3 that she gets herself. The rest of the veggies all go through the insects first.There are two types of vitamin A …prOformed (needs to be converted by the body to be useful and can’t be overdone) and prEformed (ready to go and thus can build up in the body and lead to health issues)…it’s thought that chameleons can not convert the prOformed efficiently…or maybe not even at all…so we use a prEformed source twice a month to ensure that they get some without overdoing it.
The prOformed comes from beta carotene and other carotenoids found in plants while the prEformed sources come from retinol/animal sources. Vitamin A is fat soluble…so caution is needed.
in addition to this…vitamin A and vitamin D3 need to be in balance or there can be health issues.
From what we know, insects are not a good source of vitamin A…and the intake for the chameleons still needs to be preformed.
According to your chart…she got vitamin D3Calcium +D3 is twice a month normally.
She's had the lowered temps and lowered feeding for almost two years now, so how else do I prevent so many eggs??
Dropping eggs after a normal laying, what do you mean?
It’s recommended to use a phos free calcium at all feedings but two a month. On those two feedings, that are two weeks apart, use a vitamin powder lightly that contains a preformed source of vitamin A and a D3 source….reptivite is most often recommended.What vitamin brand/type would you suggest I get? So far, it's only been the calcium, and calcium+D3 that she gets herself. The rest of the veggies all go through the insects first.
Yes, Feb and March is was missed. May, she's only eaten 9 bugs, and got the D3 injection.According to your chart…she got vitamin D3
Feb 13…March 10 and 27…May…none…that’s not twice a month.
Re: the diet…according to your chart , you’re feeding her more than 5 insects every 3 days.
By dropping eggs, you said twice she laid the clutch and then later laid an egg separately….where was the single egg laid both times? Where the single eggs buried?
You also said…”The vet felt 2 eggs in her….there shouldn’t just be two eggs IMHO.
By dropping eggs, you said twice she laid the clutch and then later laid an egg separately….where was the single egg laid both times? Where the single eggs buried?Her egg laying schedule (the number in the third column is the number of days between this current lay, and the one before. With decreasing the temp and the food, we are lessening the eggs and extending the days between).
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Oranges, apples, bananas, carrots, broccoli, leafy greens are the things I can think of offhand that we put in there occasionally. They are put in one at a time, in rotation.You said…”The rest of the veggies all go through the insects first”…what veggies do you use?
Would 2 leftover eggs still be there waiting? Wouldn't she have gone downhill back in January?From what I know, a group of follicles start to mature and then when they ovulate follow one after the other down the reproductive system to the cloaca and are laid all at once.
My fear is that they are leftover eggs from the last clutch that should have been laid.
From the way she tries to shoot her tongue out but can’t, it seems like a nutritional imbalance…but I’m not a vet and can’t be sure. It’s just my best guess.
That's what I would think as well. I would think a week or so would be all it would take. Not 3 months later...I would have expected her to have gone down hill before now if the eggs were from the last clutch.
And actually, we started off with the 10.0, but moved to a 5.0. I decided to change it out today, even though I shouldn't have to have changed it quite yet, and moved it to a 10.0 that I happened to have, and Pez perked up and went over to that area. So I am thinking she is liking it, and that she is getting something that was missing.... I know that it is a 10.0 and 5.0 and some slight differences between the two, but can I use the 10.0 instead? Is there any benefit/harm to one versus the other? I have ordered a 5.0 and it should be here in a few days. Local pet stores don't have the 5.0 in a 46" linear bulb....We have a Zoo Med ReptiSun T5 hood over the cage, with a Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 UVB T5HO 54W 46" bulb. It gets changed out every 6-8 months.
I'll be going to TAEH on Monday.A few good vets in your area.
Texas Avian and Exotic Hospital in Dallas, TX.
And
Dr. Greg Moore of Southlake Animal Hospital