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    We lost JT today and I lost a part of my soul

    Missing JT so much!!! Just three days and 17 hours ago we lost our sweet JT. Here are a few of my favorite pics of JT. So precious!
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    We lost JT today and I lost a part of my soul

    Thank you, everyone I appreciate all of the kind words and condolences. I am still grieving so intensely. I know it will soften over time, but I don't want to ever minimize JT's impact and presence in my life. I have been truly blessed to have the privilege of experiencing life with JT. The...
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    We lost JT today and I lost a part of my soul

    Our sweet, beautiful JT ended his suffering today after 5 weeks of fighting a foot infection and the resultant complications (swelling of the back legs and severe loss of the use of his back legs). When we went to the vet today (who had kept him for the past week while we were out of town on a...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    Thank you, Ridgebax1, for the encouragement and support. It is comforting to know that others love their chameleons deeply, as I do, and that we know chameleons feel pain, fear, and even trust and recognition of a person. Before he became sick, JT used to come wobbling to the front of his...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    Thank you - more information to digest I appreciate the very helpful information on supplementation. I assumed that both our veiled and our Jackson's needed D3 every two weeks. Yet another mistake I made. I wish I had thoroughly researched the needs of veileds and Jackson's before we brought...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    Interesting information Thank you, Lovereps, for the great information. It's counterintuitive that our female veiled almost never allows us to watch her drink, but our Jackson's readily thrusts his head/horns straight up in the air and drinks with abundance (when he needs to) while we spray...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    So I just checked our products and we have been using Repashy Super Cal No D on a daily basis; then once every two weeks we dust with Fluker's with D. The label indicates it has a minimum of 100,000 IU of D3 per pound. We follow this protocol for JT, our male Jackson's (approximately 10 months...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    Yes, Ridgebax1, you are right. It is a much smaller dose - 0.02 mL. I admit, profound sleep deprivation and exhaustion (and a generous glass of wine) definitely messed with my recall. I haven't slept well in two weeks worrying about poor little JT. I wish I could take on all these treatments and...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    p.s. has anyone heard about using Flintstones vitamins??? I forgot to mention (because it was the least of my worries) that our new vet recommended dusting the crickets with crushed Flintstones vitamins before feeding to our chameleons. This sounds like it would provide widely varying amounts...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    JT returns to the vet tomorrow Thank you, Love Reps, for the great tips and suggestions. The more I connect with this forum, the more I learn about my chameleons. As it turns out, JT really was losing a fair amount of blood from his infected foot. We found a significant splattering of blood...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    JT's saga continues Today we started out with frozen concentrated food that we reconstituted with spring water and injected into JT's mouth (against his will) via syringe. This is so traumatic for all of us. Then we force fed him the anti-inflammatory via syringe. Then we performed...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    Just found all the posts! I am still learning how to post and follow threads (I spend way too much time at work, apparently), and as soon as I posted my last entry, I discovered all of your posts. You all are so amazing and supportive. It brings tears to my eyes to read about your concern and...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    JT is getting intensive care for his infection - previously misdiagnosed with MBD We took JT to the ER vet on Saturday because we found him hanging upside down from a vine with his bad foot straight up in the air under the heat light. It was covered in blood. The ER vet visit took 7 hours, but...
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    Our vet said we should have been using UVA

    PLEASE See JT's Picture under Members' Gallery I am not tech-savvy, but my husband said he was able to save JT's swollen, bleeding R front leg picture under Members' Gallery. This photo was taken late Saturday morning before we took him to the ER vet. Since the previous vet on Monday told us...
  15. Jt's Swollen Leg Closeup

    Jt's Swollen Leg Closeup

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