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carpet cham. tongue wont go in mouth

jandmsnakes May 30, 2011 07:50 PM

We just got a pair of carpet chameleons from the repticon show in at the Timonium fairgrounds yesterday. They are about 5 inches long nose to the end on their tail. The female is fine and is completely healthy. The male on the other hand is not. We got them from the same person at the show. He said he had the female for 2 months and the male for only about a week. He also said they were wild caught from Madagascar.
Now my problem is with the male. Its front arms move funny and it almost looks like they're dislocated. They don't seem to move right compared to the healthy female. He kept falling trying to climb up his cage last night but when we put a umbrella tree in he was doing better in the cage. Then tonight we saw his tongue wouldn't go back in his mouth, it was actually stuck on his body practically touching his back legs. It also looked swollen at the end. He could not get it back in himself, so we had to help him get it back in. We have been spraying water in the cage and have a drip system, plus we have a heat and UVB light on them. We are really worried about him and don't know what's wrong. Can someone please help us?
Thank you, J and M

Replies (4)

kinyonga May 31, 2011 10:33 PM

First of all...I would be keeping them in separate cages in separate rooms until I find out what it wrong with the male.

Did the tongue stay back in? Is he eating? Drinking?

Can you post a photo please?

jandmsnakes Jun 01, 2011 12:02 AM

They are in separate cages and in different rooms. His tongue went back in mouth for a little bit but it happened again. He has been eating and drinking some. We honestly believe its a calcium deficiency. We have a uvb light on him and have been putting calcium dust on the crickets and in with the drip system. I use my phones internet for this site and it wont let me upload pics. Is there anything else we can do though?

jandmsnakes Jun 01, 2011 01:47 PM

We found him today. He has passed away..

kinyonga Jun 05, 2011 01:50 AM

Sorry to hear that.

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