He is a veiled chameleon. I'm not sure honestly, I wasn't able to go to the office they picked him up and said they "ran tests" but the bill was a little over $300 for the visit plus antibiotics and force feed mix. 10 day oral syringe of enrofloxacin. And the feed is simply called "carnivore care".
The infection can not be cleared. The vet said the surgery to remove the rot would mean taking out his jaw and leaving lesions that could also get reinfected. He has some pain in his jaw when I feed him. He won't hunt cause nothing that's alive is soft enough to not cause him pain when he chews...
Hello everyone... I am unfortunately at a moment where my chameleon has mouth rot... But is also 8 years old and the infection is in his jaw bones. I was wondering if I should euthanize him? Or see if he'll live a little longer? He finished his antibiotics a couple weeks ago and with force...