If you are concerned about vitamin A status, book the ARAV-listed vet appointment today. Do not source injectable vitamin A from any non-veterinary supplier.
Vitamin A injections do not belong in the keeping room.
We have seen forum threads recommending at-home vitamin A injections for early hypovitaminosis A. We have also seen the outcomes. Do not do this at home.
Hypovitaminosis A is real, common, and reversible when caught early. The reversal protocol is dietary — preformed vitamin A in the multivitamin once weekly, gut-loaded feeders rich in beta-carotene, often a temporary boost in retinyl palmitate dosed by an ARAV-listed vet.
Injectable vitamin A is a veterinary prescription delivered in a clinical setting. The therapeutic window is narrow; overdose causes its own metabolic crisis. We have lost track of the number of forum-recommended at-home dosing protocols that have produced exactly the wrong outcome. Do not improvise.
DSQUARED Reptiles — Living Art. Curated Genetics.
From the field notes archive.
Reading early gular edema before it becomes a vet visit.
Soft swelling under the throat can mean three different things. Two resolve at home. One needs an ARAV-listed reptile vet within the week.
MBD: the silent failure mode.
Metabolic bone disease is the most common preventable death in captive chameleons. Calcium, UVB, and basking temperature conspire — or fail to.
The egg-laying bin: substrate, depth, timing.
Gravid females need an egg-laying bin from the day you suspect they are gravid, not the day they start digging. Dystocia is a vet emergency.