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Does this look like MBD? It appears that psych has two elbow joints on each arm.... I will try to take better photos tomorrow. I asked a breeder at a local pet store in person and he has never seen such a thing and he has seen hundreds of chams before.

np

are your photos right from a digi cam? If so you should be able to go into your editor and there should be an image size option somewhere. I use Nikon editor and it comes up in a dialog box. I save mine to be 800x600 pixels and they come thru fine. Hope this makes sense!

I looked at the photo and it does look weird. I can't comment tho' b/c I really don't know. I am sure others will help but they will probably want age, food, cage, etc. info

good luck!

lele

AGE: appx. 3.5 months
Length: 11 inches
food: large crix, wax worms (1-2x/week)
cage: for last 9 days upgraded to (48x25x28) previous 38-gallon reptarium)
dripper: 1 lb deli container filled 2x per day and misted for 1-2 minute intervals 2x a day
gets plenty of sun; i live in WI so about 3-5x/week for anywhere between 5-7 hours
upon upgrading cage i also put in a 100w powersun mercury vapor bulb; previously had a reptisun 5.0 and 100w neomadium basking lamp from exoterra; now that i have the bigger cage can i use both the vapor bulb and the reptisun at the same time or would that not be a good idea??
cage has tons of 'highways for the cham'
he has had this condidtion for a while, i thought maybe it would heal, but it doesnt appear to be doing it and although his arms are like that he can still maneuver properly and he DID eat, recently since i quit letting the crix free roam in the cage he hasnt been eating out of my dish that i put them in (any ideas??) I keep the dish suspended usually somewhere by where he basks. not eating..... thanks in advance for any sound advice.

legs that arent strait are a sign of MBD. if he has trouble grasping and climbing, than he does in fact have it. i would suggest, just as ethan said, to start dusting his food more often. what supplement do you use?

by the coloration, and how you described him as being 11 inches, he seems to be a lot older that 3.5 months.

hope this helps you.
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Seth.

(don't know whos askin, but thats who i am)

he was appx a month old when i got him maybe 5 inch at max. hes grown a lot since than and seems to not be as quick as he used to be, but maybe the bone disease resulted in me not upping the dusting as he grew so rapidly

interesting......
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For what I see, yes, it looks like your chameleon has MBD. I would take him to the vet for some calcium injections. Start dusting your chameleon three times a week.

At 5 inches, he was not a month old. At a month, they'll usually be 2-3 inches, and are eating 1/8 inch crickets and fruit flies. He does have MBD. The reptisun isn't enough, but the powersun might be. Use both, even oth of them aren't what they'd get in the sun. My veild used to bask in full sun when it was 100 degrees outside.
I'd take him to the vet for neocal glucon. then I'd give him some Rep-cal, every month or so with his crickets. no more, as he should metabolize his D3 with the powersun. They tend to recover very quickly, especially if treated before they're crippled. He'll be slightly deforemed for his life, but as long as you treat him, he should be fine. Ive seen much worse make it through and live nearly a decade.