Henry, my 2 1/2 year old male Veiled chameleon had to get most of his toungue cut off and it now is practically a stick... he has had toungue problems in the past like it has gotten stuck out twice and then we got it to go back in. but no one(peopople at the reptile store and this forum) said we should get him looked over by the vet..... a few days ago we found him on the ground of his outdoor cage, with his toungue stuck out and swollen and he was thrashing. we used to let him just lick the food from our fingers, we didnt let him zap the food or chase it ever since his toungue got injured. we tryed everything we have done before but it wouldnt work so we took him in and although they said he was in great health and his calcium levels were slightly above good, they couldnt get his tougue back on the bone so they amputated it and now its only a inch and a half long and is stiff as a stick and useless. the problem isnt hand feeding him, i always used to do that, its giving him his antibiotics by mouth and this calcium liquid stuff. without a normal toungue he cant even get the flowers or crickets down his mouth, he just chomps them and goes forward and trys his hardest but cant get them down... its so frustrating i cant stand it.. so we injected the medicine in mealworms and we made him look up so it would be easier to swallow and he swallowed them whole. but the other medicine cant be injected it has to go in his mouth but he rtefuses to open so we try poring it ona mealworm or cricket but its soo hard he cant swallow im soo freaking out. now i have to do it everyday after school and GOD i dont know how he will be able to swallow anythnig with medicine or what.. i need suggestions on what could help to get him to learn how to eat without a toungue or giving him his medicine. oh we also have to give him water 2 times daily with a saringe squirter thing and yesterday when we gave him water he choked and choked and his toungue came out and he weezed i i just couldnt stand it im afraid to give him water wen i get home today. now everday aftewr school i have to try this all on my own, hold him, openm oyuth to give medicine, give him water and hope he doesnt choke...maybe my freind can help. and you cant say "o you shouldnt have him if hes too much work and stress" becuase we never knew this would happen after almost 3 years. help appreciated im gwetting totally stressed i dont know if we should just put him out of his misery or how to getb hyim to learn to eat. sigh

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