White powder in Chameleon nostril

[corsair8080]

So my veiled chameleon went to the vet not too long ago due to her being very lethargic and falling from limbs. Found out she was fulllllllll of eggs.. vet recommended liquid calcium every day and feeding through syringe due to her not eating on her own.

To date. She is much better, eating on her own and crawling all around... there has been a large container full of dirt in her enclosure ever since and she laid in it for a good week but I never saw any eggs....????
And now she has white powder in her nose every day. I stopped giving her calcium for a few days thinking it was over supplementation.

Opinions?

Thanks

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[LZRDGRL]

Sorry, can't help with your question, but this is a great X-ray! :main_thumbsup: Leopard geckos can reabsorb their eggs. Can chameleons do that, too? Maybe she laid her eggs elsewhere in the cage, if you have some kind of substrate? Or she hasn't laid them yet....

Chrissy

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Other than over-supplementation, I don't know what it could be. Are you on chameleonforums.com? That's the place to ask! Great photo too, thanks for posting it.

 

[M_surinamensis]

Other than over-supplementation, I don't know what it could be. Are you on chameleonforums.com? That's the place to ask! Great photo too, thanks for posting it.

With the enormous and all important caveat that "could be" is not identical to "is," expulsion of excess salts is the most common cause for white discharges from the nose. See it most often in herbivores, just due to the dietary balances, but it manifests in pretty much any reptile that's not wet enough often enough to dissolve it immediately should their diet and metabolic condition prompt the effect.

If it's consistent, persistent or the observer doesn't have the experience to identify it visually, then the usual recommendations apply; see a vet, let them explain it.

 

[corsair8080]

I am on chameleon forums as well. I saw a lot of posts about chams being eggbound and so on and so forth, but she looks a bit deflated now and is doing better. I just don't see any eggs.....perhaps she did absorb them. I guess the only way to know is with another x-ray.

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[Dimidiata]

vet check up wouldnt hurt, he could check her progress.