Veiled Chameleon not eating

[Gagebarney]

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - Veiled, Female,little over 1 year old, in my care for 1 year
Handling - Few times a month
Feeding - Crickets and meal worms 10-15 every other day, Gut loading with carrots,lettuce and squash
Supplements - Zoo med Calcium w/o D3 every day, Rep-cal calcium with D3 twice a month.
Watering - I have a dripper set up dripping on plants she drinks whenever i mist or turn the dripper on.
Fecal Description - two brown solid pellets and a white urate with some yellow, never tested for parasites.
History - Last December I took her nto the vet and it turned out she had MBD given a packet on gut loading and calcium supplements.


Cage Info:

Cage Type - screen cage 2.5x1.5x1.5
Lighting -100 W basking lamp, UVB 2.0
Temperature - 85 degree basking spot im not sure about night temperature i measure with Zoo med digital thermometer
Humidity - Humidity is 70-80 all day I spray the cage multiple times a day.
Plants -No live plants
Placement - In my room not by fans or vents. 4.5 feet from the floor to the top of the cage
Location - Idaho


Current Problem -I haven't seen my chameleon eat in about a week she wont eat on her own I have to feed her. She wont really use her front left leg she always has it lifted up and occasionally uses it when she moves around.

 

[Gagebarney]

Veiled Pics

 

[jannb]

Poor girl. Do you have a laying bin for her? Not eating is a sign of needing to lay eggs or she could just be sick. I'm going to attach some links that you should find useful.

General care that I recommend: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html

Female care:http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html?m=1

Egg laying and the laying bin: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/jannb/345-egg-laying-laying-bin.html

How to make a laying bin: https://www.chameleonforums.com/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video-77225/

 

[Onemorecast]

What supplements are you using? Like calcium w and w/o D3, and how often.

 

[Gagebarney]

Zoo med Calcium w/o D3 every day, Rep-cal calcium with D3 twice a month.
She isnt lumpy and i cant feel any eggs in her her left leg is swollen and when I had her out and she was climbing on me she wouldn't use that that leg. I might have to take her to the vet any ideas on how much x rays cost? Can I make a splint and it heal? Can having an injury like that cause her not to eat?

 

[Onemorecast]

I know as a human id be pretty angry and not active or really wanting to do much w an untreated broken leg. Cost I have no clue but ive read not cheap, im assuming $150+ but imo worth it.

 

[Kayroxyoursox]

Her front legs look kind of bowed to me which is a sign of MBD. If she has eggs they absorb a lot of calcium, so she may not be getting enough for both eggs and her bones. She looks a little plump to me too which suggests she may have eggs she needs to lay.

 

[carol5208]

Most of us use a 5.0 uvb light or greater. Also, how old is the uvb light?? Her legs do look a little curvy in the pics, but it could just be the way she is positioned.

 

[kinyonga]

In your first post you said she had MBD in December...was a test done after the treatment to ensure that it was corrected?

Please post a recent photo of the swollen leg.

What was the gutload you were given?

 

[Gagebarney]

The UVB bulb is 1 month old i will go buy a 5.0 bulb. No she was not tested after but she got a lot stronger. When I took her to the vet she couldn't climb and hardly walk. Now she is strong but she isn't using that on leg at all.

 

[Gagebarney]

Swollen leg I just noticed her not using it a few days ago

 

[Onemorecast]

Id set a bin up ASAP she looks pretty large, especially for not having eaten.

 

[kinyonga]

IMHO onemorecast is right about putting an egglaying bin in.
The swelling could be a lack of calcium or something else...you need a vet to tell you.

 

[Gagebarney]

When they are ready to lay eggs can you feel the eggs in there? I will set up an egg laying bin. Do you think her leg could possibly be broken?

 

[kinyonga]

They can lay eggs from about five months old on. It depends somewhat on husbandry. I've never tried to feel the eggs...never found it necessary.

I'm not a vet so I can't be sure if the leg is broken or not. Usually when the leg is broken there is a bump where it's broken.

 

[Gagebarney]

Can I use sand for the egg laying bin?

 

[Gagebarney]

Okay thank you very much.

 

[kinyonga]

I recommend using an opaque container at least 12" deep by 12" by 8" full of moistened washed playsand....just moist enough that it can hold a tunnel when dug.

If she starts to dig, do not let her see you watching her while she is digging.