Andickey
New Member
Hi,
We have had our chameleon, Waffles, for about 3 months now. Easter Sunday we were cleaning her cage and for the first time took her out to do it. It was being out of the cage that we noticed she was having trouble moving like she did. Before that Sunday she always seemed a very active chameleon eating about 8 crickets a day, usually about 4 in the morning and 4 in the evening. We thought her leg may have been broken, so i brought her to a vet the next day and we learned she had MBD. Since then it's been a heavy push to save her and get her healthy again. We just aren't sure if we are doing what we should be, so any advice would be appreciated. The vet put her on liquid calcium, so we are giving her that daily and I heard it can be sticky so we make sure she can still open her mouth by either giving her some water or trying to get her to eat. She hasn't used her tongue since Easter, but she will eat strawberries. We heard that's like junk food for them though, so we are trying strawberry kabobs now, where I skewer a tiny piece of strawberry and a small cricket. She did eat that two days in a row. A few days back she had a very healthy poop, which honestly really shocked us and she just went through her second shedding with us this week. We know that it's going to take a long time to get her healthy again, but if anyone has any suggestions please let us know. I've included some pictures of what she looked like healthy (though from what the vet said she could have had this for awhile) and what she looks like now. the two from March are before Easter and the two from April are the most recent ones where we knew she was sick. One of the things we did learn from the vet was that her brand new UVB light wasn't giving off UVB per his UV monitor. Do any of you have a monitor for the lights or can suggest one so we can keep on top of the lights working correctly. The one I've bought doesn't seem to be picking up any UVB but i'm also not sure if that's working correctly. That has me worried since we thought we would replace them every 6 months. Now she has two lights the vet tested and one I bought in the store, plus a heat light. I work from home most days so I can move one UVB light around to follow her as she moves. Her cage is about 85 degrees during the day and we turn it all off around 9 and the temp usually drops to around 70 We did take out all the vines and sticks she had going through the cage to limit her climbing and put a stick and fake vine like thing on the bottom for now so she can elevate a little but not really fall. Thank you so much for all your help! We have been going through this site for days on end.
We have had our chameleon, Waffles, for about 3 months now. Easter Sunday we were cleaning her cage and for the first time took her out to do it. It was being out of the cage that we noticed she was having trouble moving like she did. Before that Sunday she always seemed a very active chameleon eating about 8 crickets a day, usually about 4 in the morning and 4 in the evening. We thought her leg may have been broken, so i brought her to a vet the next day and we learned she had MBD. Since then it's been a heavy push to save her and get her healthy again. We just aren't sure if we are doing what we should be, so any advice would be appreciated. The vet put her on liquid calcium, so we are giving her that daily and I heard it can be sticky so we make sure she can still open her mouth by either giving her some water or trying to get her to eat. She hasn't used her tongue since Easter, but she will eat strawberries. We heard that's like junk food for them though, so we are trying strawberry kabobs now, where I skewer a tiny piece of strawberry and a small cricket. She did eat that two days in a row. A few days back she had a very healthy poop, which honestly really shocked us and she just went through her second shedding with us this week. We know that it's going to take a long time to get her healthy again, but if anyone has any suggestions please let us know. I've included some pictures of what she looked like healthy (though from what the vet said she could have had this for awhile) and what she looks like now. the two from March are before Easter and the two from April are the most recent ones where we knew she was sick. One of the things we did learn from the vet was that her brand new UVB light wasn't giving off UVB per his UV monitor. Do any of you have a monitor for the lights or can suggest one so we can keep on top of the lights working correctly. The one I've bought doesn't seem to be picking up any UVB but i'm also not sure if that's working correctly. That has me worried since we thought we would replace them every 6 months. Now she has two lights the vet tested and one I bought in the store, plus a heat light. I work from home most days so I can move one UVB light around to follow her as she moves. Her cage is about 85 degrees during the day and we turn it all off around 9 and the temp usually drops to around 70 We did take out all the vines and sticks she had going through the cage to limit her climbing and put a stick and fake vine like thing on the bottom for now so she can elevate a little but not really fall. Thank you so much for all your help! We have been going through this site for days on end.
