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I have a friend whose Veiled female has developed Gular Edema.
he has been raising Veileds for a while and said this happens to about 1 out of 4 of his girls. I wasn't quite sure what to tell him, he always has such healthy looking animals.
His vet mentioned possibly too much Vitamin A or Dehydration. He said neither of those things is a problem. I said I would check here for him-any other thoughts or ideas?

One in 4 is a lot to develop gular edema.
Maybe he should consult a vet about it?
I would also say that your friend should look at what is being fed to the chameleon, dusted on the insects and in the things that are fed to the insects to see if there is something that could be causing it.

Here's some information about it...
http://www.allcreaturesvetcare.com/lizard_chameleon.php
"Excessive vitamin A supplementation may result in organ toxicity (kidney and liver) some times causing gular edema and reproductive problems such as sterility."
"Excessive vitamin D3 supplementation can result in organ toxicity (gular edema) metastatic calcification, gout, and pseudo-gout (calcium-like deposit)."
"Treatment for hypervitaminosis is more difficult as organ toxicity and damage has usually occurred by the time clinical signs have been noted (e.g. gular edema with kidney damage). Aggressive fluid therapy (see therapy for infectious diseases), exposure to natural sunlight, providing a lower protein diet and using phosphate binders such as Amphogel may be helpful. If hypervitaminosis D and metastatic calcification is suspected."

And another site....
http://www.all-creatures.com/site/view/79378_Chameleons.pml;jsessionid=wla3ankdcg7

Thanks for the info-we had finally checked with a Vet who was familiar with the condition and had advised my friend to start giving his girl showers about twice a week. We live in A VERY dry desert climate(sometimes less than 10 percent humidity a day)and when the female starts to produce eggs, she needs much more fluids to flush out any supplements. He started the showers and she is almost completely cured and laid 36 eggs with no problems!! Thanks again for replying I kinda gave up on this site after a while-have a great day! Chaco