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I'm very sorry for your loss but just wanted to comment on the antibiotics mentioned to help clear up confusion. @jannb thanks for the tag! Ceftiofur is indeed only given every 5-7 days for 3-4 doses as a broad spectrum antibiotic in reptiles. It was first used in farm animals and that is where...

Unfortunately there is very little data on this particular virus in reptiles even in literature. It has been identified in bearded dragons and several species of chameleons, but not in high enough numbers to fully understand transmission or how it acts even in the animals. Some were severely...

Sometimes you only see veins and no embryo blob. Still means the egg is developing.

This is an infertile egg for comparison. Nothing inside when you candle it.

When you hold a bright light to the egg where all the light goes into the egg (so a large flashlight wouldn't work, has to be small) you can see red lines snaking along the inside of the shell, which are the blood vessels. So in this picture of a box turtle egg (I'd have to dig for my chameleon...

Perfect recipient! Thank you for all you do @MissSkittles!

Yes, shine a bright light through it or even set it gently on your phone’s light. You will see veins along the inside of the shell if it’s developing. If it’s very close to hatching it may just appear dark throughout as the baby takes up most of the space. If it just kind of glows a faint yellow...

Nope, just crystals, which can happen from the fecal solution or just some of the material in the feces or urates forming crystal debris. All harmless. All of those are crystals in the first few pictures, then a bubble, then debris. No ova/parasites in any of those pictures. :) I see the area...

From a dog to a cham I definitely wouldn't be worried! But from beardie to cham....questionable. ;)

While this is theoretically true the coccidia species that affects reptiles may be able to spread to other species of similar reptiles. Dog won't go to reptile but we see coccidia affecting multiple species of similar reptiles in close quarters with each other quite commonly when there is poor...

Thank you all for the reports, we are keeping an eye on things. Unfortunately, many people don’t seem to realize that just tearing someone down is not actually advice and does not help chameleons, which is the ultimate goal of anyone trying to “help”. Making people feel bad and defensive usually...

All good info except pinworms are species specific so luckily almost impossible to spread around. But just substitute that for coccidia and it’s golden advice. :)

I do prefer ponazuril for coccidia. Albon tends to work well for coccidia in dogs but not as well in reptiles. The downside is that ponazuril usually had to be specially ordered from a compounding pharmacy to get the right size dose for a little reptile. Albon can sometimes decrease appetite and...

This member is on a 2 week probation to see if he can comply with the community rules and a more appropriate attitude when/if he returns. :)

Unfortunately the bloodwork doesn't have any notable abnormalities to help lead us to the problem. Most likely it is not a primary problem with the eyes but something internally causing him to feel poor. But there isn't any anemia or evidence of significant inflammation or infection. The glucose...