Recent content by jclaiborne

Well its been a while since ive been on here, had to deal with some family issues but somehow this lil guy is still kicking, not necessarilly improving but not getting any worse. His hemipenes are back in. The vet is at a loss he said he has never seen a cham bounce back like this...he hasnt...

It seem like a catch 22 at this point. The vet thinks an invasive surgery will probably kill him, but if the hemipenes completely dry out that could kill him as well. He said there have been cases where the hemipenes have fallen off on their own after drying up and the lizards have lived. But...

We do gut load the feeders...i have ordered some silkworms...hopefully he bounces back...thank you foe the link

sorry its been a while since ive posted an update. It has been a lil rocky. He is still eatung and gaining strength. his colors are poping but he pushed his hemipenes completely out :(. i have been keeping them lubed with KY as well as daily soakings in sugar water but he still hasnt pulled...

Today was a pretty good day for the lil guy...he has started slowly eating dubias, rubbed some stuck shed loose from his eye turret and decided to pop some blues

Thank you! he really is a cool little guy. I will keep updates comming as I see changes.

Thank you! He is a little trooper. His urates are white for the most part but some days they have a slight orange yellow look to them, depending on how much he has drank. He still isn't drinking much from the leaves, we still have to use a dropper and he drinks 2cc of water each day. Certain...

Sounds good to me...here is an updated pic of the lil guy

Besides our rescue panther we keep a beardie, a childrens python, two IJ blue tongue skinks and a B&W tegu.

I will give it a try, however I don't understand how soaking doesn't help with hydration. According to our vet lizards hydrate when soaking because they absorb water through their vent.

He's still chugging along. He went on a hunger strike for about a week, which had us worried, but he is slowly starting to eat again. He is climbing more on his own. Still falls from time to time, but it is happening less and less so thats a good sign. Not much else to update, he isn't...

So he is still in the process of shedding. All that is left is his head and one section of his tail. I am pretty sure they eye issue was stuck shed like you all said. Before I left for work this morning he was rubbing his face on a dowel and peeled some skin from his eye and it looked normal...

will adding sugar or pedialyte to his water help with hydration at this point?

I will give the Q-tip a try today when I get home from work, I was thinking about a shower, but he has a really hard time gripping the plants, and you are correct he gets way to stressed out. He still has a mild prolapse, that is slowly retracting, but anytime he stresses he pushes his...

How do you deal with stuck shed over eyes on chams?