Recent content by 808jax

Thanks Jeremy. What is field plankton? Never heard this term before.

Living in Hawaii and I am trying to find other food options for my chameleons. There are a couple threads on here on food options for chameleons in Hawaii, but those were pretty outdated and I thought I would start another thread. The only insects that our local pet stores sell is crickets and...

It will be hard. Ive called all the local pet stores and feed stores. They all don’t carry lice silk worms. But I know there has to be a breeder or something on island because my dad used to feed his chams silk worms. Good idea I will look into that further.

Neither. He said it was probably a laceration from a cricket. So I am giving him antibiotics starting tomorrow twice a day and will be monitoring his activity, eating/drinking.

I took him to the vet today. They cleaned out the pus and the wound. Gave him a antibiotic injection in his front leg, and gave me antibiotic drops for him to take orally.

Sure when I get home. But the other side is fine. Nothing wrong externally (inflammation, wounds), but I will still send some pictures.

Thanks for the help here. The blood on his chin is not a cut or infection, its just dried blood from watering (when he drinks water). I didn't want to rub it off because I was afraid to hurt him. I have called 6-7 vets, only two of which would see him. The other vets that would not see him...

Here is a picture of his upper jaw area. I will try and get a picture of his lower jaw area when I get home. Thank you for helping me.

Thank you. Yes when I get off work I will try and get some pictures of the inside of his mouth. Planning on going to nurseries to get cham friendly plants after work as well. If there is a cut on the inside of his mouth, is it ok to gently flush it with saline? Couldn't it dehydrate him? And I...

Thank you very much.

There are two that can take him. They said they can't give any quotes until he comes into the vet. Very frustrating and that's why I am so frantic on finding answers on my own because the vet can't give a semi-specific answer on cost, totally ridiculous.

I know I feel terrible... I just really can't afford the treatment from the vets. I have no idea how much it would cost if he needs to be put under anesthesia, they only told me how much it would cost to look at him which was around $200. He is a rescue, I found him in my front yard. I am just...

So just to clarify, this is not a case of mouth rot? And more like a wound or cut on the inside of his mouth?

would you recommend any type of ointment or treatment for the time being until I can adjust his living conditions to be optimal?

We do have exotic vets here, but extremely expensive. I would have to pay around $200 just to get the vet to look at him. Is there anything that I can give him at home or do? I've been calling vets all day yesterday and this morning. They all said they would need to see him. I even asked if they...