Chameleon Bone Disease
Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD), also know as Nutritional Secondary HyperParathyroidism (NSHP), occurs in many reptiles that are non-carnivorous. This page talks about Chameleon Bone Disease, although it is most common in the green Iguana. You can learn more about our standard of care of sick reptiles from the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians. This is what the bones should look like in a normal and healthy chameleon Same healthy chameleon in a different view. Use these two radiographs as a basis for comparison when we show you one with MBD. There are differences in why chameleons get this problem