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Took my female Jackson's to the vet (because of her tounge missing problem I posted here). The vet did an examination and during it he said he felt one egg. I informed him that Jacksons give live birth. At that point I began to wonder how much this Reptile vet actually knew.

He suggested her problem was due to a lack of Calcium. He said we should give her a shot of calcium or force feed it to her with a syringe. I decided to just supplement her on every feeding and give her unfiltered sunlight.

She has not improved in 3 days. I am considering taking her in for the injection and thought I would ask here if anyone had any success with this form of treatment first.

My chameleon has had a calcium injection for Metabolic Bone Disease. They gave him three injections of it. Remember, do not supplement your chameleon at every feeding, which this may cause some sort of prolapse and it can cause a deadly disease called Vitamin A Deficiency which yellow stuff comes through the pores of the chameleon skin, making the chameleon not being able to see.
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Ethan

If the vet does not know chams well. Injecting them can be tricky. In the wrong part of the body and an jection can cause organ damage because the supplement or antibiotic can enter certain organs in a concentration that will be damage that organ and shut it down.
Also before giving that kind of an injection to your cham it might be smart for a blood test to check his calcium levels.
If they are already high it may do more harm than good.
read this article.
Go to www.chameleonjournals.com to the section called vet topics and read the article on calcium and D3