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kinyonga
at Mon Jan 8 15:04:37 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kinyonga ]
Males have tarsal spurs on their heels from the day they are born and females don't...
http://adcham.com/html/husbandry/glossary/tarsalspur.html
You said..."it could be metabolic bone disease, cause the guy who had hi didn't have a UV light or anything. The joints of at least two of his wrists is kinda swollen, and he seems pretty weak overall, having a hard time staying upright, and kinda disoriented"...although it is likely MBD...only a vet can tell you for sure. IMHO, if it is, he need UVB ASAP. You can buy a liquid calcium (calcium glucoate) at the pharmacy that can be given to him...but be careful, its syrupy and hard for them to swallow. If you have any supplement that contains D3 you could dust the insects with it to help him get some into his system. A description of what it done is contained in the following site as well as a list of symptoms of MBD....
http://adcham.com/html/veterinary/mbd-fractures-kramer.html
You said..."his belly is a little swollen as well, but I'm not sure what a normal chameleons belly is supposed to look like"...here are some pictures of normal bellies...
http://adcham.com/images/images-species/Ch.calyptratus/ChamaeleoCalyptratusM1.jpg
http://adcham.com/images/images-species/Ch.calyptratus/ChameleoCalyptratusF2.jpg
Is he pooping? Did he have any substrate in his cage?
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