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I finally heard back from the vet. Kepler died from acute renal failure. His right kidney was inflamed with a bacterial infection. The caracardio (??) sack was full of uric acid crystals as well. It's nice to know what happened, just wish I could have caught it sooner.

Hi everyone, My chameleon recently passed away, and I will not be getting another for a few years so I need to part ways with his food. I have these items available: dubia colony of maybe 100+ juvenile roaches. They've been breeding for 1.5-2 years. full cup of mulberry farm silk...

I thought about that but would rather not go through the hassle of shipping things.

Anyone have any suggestions on where or how I can go about selling his food? I have a large dubia colony, silk worms, calcium suppliments, & gutload I no longer need (apparently craigslist doesn't allow pet postings).

The restlessness makes me think it is parasites. I just wish I would have been able to catch it earlier :( Thanks for everyone's responses, I'll report back if the vet gives any news.

I imagine that if it were parasites then they came from the local store. My dubia colony has been feeding him for 2 years now with no problem. The silk worms are also so susceptible to infection I don't see how they'd be infected with parasites. I'm just curious as to how long the parasite...

Kepler died this morning before I could get him to the vet; unfortunately they aren't open on the weekends =( I'm starting to think it was parasites as Lovereps suggested, but I can't figure out where they would have came from. His strength had diminished to the point where he could no...

Well his health seems to have taken a turn for the worst. He slept through most of the day yesterday; I figured it might be because he was up all night. But now he's still sleeping and his eyes are pretty sunken in. He seems really weak and is having a hard time walking. I forced him to...

Hey AngieL, thanks for the reply. Because of the prep for the move, Kepler did no change time zones. When LV entered daylight savings time back in the fall I never adjusted his lighting schedule (due to laziness). When we moved, Arizona time lined up with his lighting schedule - so he saw...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - Blue bar amilobe, male, ~2 years old, in my care since about 1.5 months old. Handling - once a week maybe Feeding - normally dubia roaches every other day gutloaded with cricket crack, collard greens, carrots. Lately he's been fussy so I've been feeding him...

wow, this is amazing.

Poop in his/her feeding cup? I hate when Kepler does that.

Would some sort of infection only manifest symptoms at night and 30 days apart? That's the only thing that would make me doubt an infection =(

Hi guys, At the advice of everyone here I didn't pay much attention hoping it was an isolated incident. Well tonight it happened once again. This time Kepler woke from a dead sleep and started walking forward and only being able to turn left with symptoms exactly like the ones posted...

The inside of his mouth looks perfectly normal to me, I'll double check tomorrow. I have no reason to suspect mouth injury - he eats fine when he does nab the food. He may be slightly dehydrated from time to time...but he's such a picky eater & drinker I'm not sure how to correct that. I...