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[obie_1]

Do veiled chameleons excrete excess supplements/fluids out of there noses?Also with an 8 week chameleon is misting twice a day enough or would a dripper set to slow drip through some leaves into a container be of help also.Cheers for any help

[tigerbaby2k]

Not that I have a Chameleon, but Im sure this is not a good sign. Are they healthy? ITs just it sounds like a respiratory infection - the fluid in the lungs comes out this nose like small bubbles. What is the ventilation like?
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Counting down the weeks til I get my Cham! My beardie is 10 1/2 years old

1.0 Bearded Dragon
1.0 Lhasa apso
1.1 Lionheads
0.1 Syrian Hamster

[kinyonga]

"chameleons have salt glands in their nares so some sneezing and discharge of a clear/white fluid from the nares is normal"...
http://www.all-creatures.com/site/view/79378_Chameleons.pml;jsessionid=cjxgv1l7s6n

" Very often people ask about the crusty white discharge that has started to appear in their veiled chameleon's nostrils ...this is how the animal eliminates excess minerals and salts and is a sign of over-supplementation."...
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/supplements.html

What supplements are you using and how often?

[tigerbaby2k]

[obie_1]

His ventilation is fine hes in an all mesh cage.When i use repton supplement i notice the white stuff from nostrils if i miss it and use pure calcium no white stuff,i was told to supplement with repton everyday so unsure now

[kinyonga]

tigerbaby2k said..."speaking to an exotic expert at College, this is apparently not true"...I'd be interested in reading the source of this information.

[obie_1]

Have you noticed this white stuff with any of your chams,hes still eating going to loo drinking etc,ive not seen any drooling or heard any unusual breathing and hes acting like normal

[tigerbaby2k]