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Hi guys, i recently discovered that my chameleons Yoshi head is starting to swell, im not sure why this could be happening...i read up on forums and different sources about chameleons diseases and non of them mention anything like this...he gets proper uva and uvb, i dust his food with calcium and mulit vitamins, he gets plenty of water and he is still acting normal being active maby less hand shy now... does anyone have an idea??? he s 4 years old when i first got him her suffered real bad MBD, but after my care he has been fine for 4 years... please help i love him and hate to see him like this...thank you i have attached a link to the pic

Julie,D
picture of yoshi

I'm sorry Yoshi is not well, He does not look well in the pic, I would not wait , I would get him seen by a Vet as soon as possible!

Let us know how he does,
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PHEve / Eve

I have to agree with PHEve.

His eyes shouldn't have those bulges on the side of them near the nose.

So is Yoshi 4 or 8 years old now? It is really hard to say what is causing this. Could be systemic if it's the same in both eyes. Might be some type of edema which could indicate kidney problems. When you see the vet ask for a blood panel and kidney function. That might give you more information. How often are you dusting and with what? When did you last change the UV light bulb?

yoshi is 4, i dust the food with calcium and i have a chameleon multi vitamin, the buld was just changed it gets changed like every 4 months and its the t rex 160 flood bulb.thanks for the advice i was wondering if anyone knows a good rep. vet in brooklyn NY because alot of vets say they specialize in reps. but they really have no clue what they r saying

How often do you dust? Adult chams only need calcium about once a week and vitamins about once every 4-6 weeks if you are using a good quality gutload. You CAN overdose dusts and this can lead to liver and kidney problems which can start showing up as edema.