Recent content by frisbee

I was wondering if anyone here has any knowledge on the care of an eastern painted turtle? A friend of mine has just had one given to her... and she has pretty much no idea what to do to care for it. It is an aquatic turtle, about 2 1/2" diameter the person that gave it to her said it was 3...

I will speak from experience please do not use the terrarium. I had a Jackson's that I bought from a pet store along with basically the same setup as you have. I bought him 2 and a half months ago and he died last Sunday. The vet said that it was heart failure but he had been dealing with what...

It's a sad day. :( Well Frisbee died today. When I woke up this morning, he was sitting there with his mouth open. I noticed that there was some blood in his mouth. I started looking for the emergency vet number immediately. Then I got looking and there was his poop, an undigested wax worm on...

It appears that the showers have been helping, the swelling has gone down some! I am still going to stick to the appointment. I have a few questions though. I am going to make him a cage. It there a certain wood that I should use? Is there a certain type of screen that is preferred?

I have just updated my info... but I am in north east Pennsylvania.

I am just hoping that he doesn't die from this... my fiance paid 220 for him and I have, for lack of better terms at this time, fallen for the little fellow. Does anyone one know any home remedies or something that will help me get him through till monday? I haven't had any other vets return my...

See that is one more thing I did not know... thank you!

OK, thanks for the heads up on that wood chips. the sad part is that the bag they come in recommends and shows a pic of a cham on there. I just got an appointment, but it isn't till next monday... I still have other places that I have called that haven't called me back yet. I gave him a little...

OK, this is not good, as of right now there are now vets in there area that will except exotic pets. I have made some calls to other vets that they referred me to. But I don't know if they will even except him... Does anyone know of any remedies to an eye infection? As for basking temp 81-84

HI, I am new to the forums and new to owning a chameleon. I have had my male jacksons, "frisbee", for about 3 months now. everything that I have for him was recommended by the pet store, and I now realize, after looking at some of the post on here that a lot of that is wrong. I plan on...