Recent content by Scott85

I have horrible well water here in NY. The guy that came to install the purification system described it as one step down from concrete. Even with the system I still don't trust the water for the chams. I buy distilled at the store. RO is a good method just do some research before you...

Now that the easy stuff is out of the way.... On Friday after I made my post I went in to check on him and his legs and tail were starting to shed. I've noticed that, aside from their eyes, these are just about the most annoying places for a shed to linger. I waited for the skin to turn...

Well I made it to the vet yesterday and took some pictures of the xrays. Conditions weren't all that great and my camera was not cooperating, this is the best I got of the three xrays that were done intially. The film for the last one was extremely dark and you can see the reflection in...

Thanks again everyone for the wishes, thoughts and prayers. Some nights I think its really helped him out, last night was a rough one for him. Yesterday was the first day of no meds except metacam. He definately seemed stronger and more alert while on the turbinafine and chloro. I have made...

Found this pic earlier and I thought it was really cool. It shows the lung of a chameleon with its finger like projections expanding out of an incision made to spay a chameleon. I guess I just never realized exactly how thin the lungs are in these guys....

Well it seems as though I was meant to get a taste of how my little guy is feeling, over that last few days I had a nice battle with the flu. I'm sorry for not getting to it sooner but I finally made it on here. Over the weekend he seemed to be doing alot better he was uniform color and he...

Decadancin, I pulled what I could find outta the garbage, luckily a fresh bag! I have it in a bag with some paper towels gonna take it with me tomorrow. Im glad I am not the only one who is stumped. At the same time I wish I wasn't. Many thanks for your kind thoughts. Ferret I was hoping...

I had a situation very simialr where baytril just did not work. Alexl is spot on the onlly sure fire way is to sample the lung and have a culture and sensitivity test done. Turns out the strain of bacteria found, citrobacter freundii, was resistant to baytril and ceftazdime witch she also got.

For anyone curious here is an update on his situation. I got his new meds yesterday morning, Terbinafine an antifungal. I gave it to him at about 10am. He seemed fine all day until after I finished dinner, about 7-8pm. When I checked in on him he had his mouth full open and was pushing his...

It was a really long day, the snow complicated things. Here is an update for anyone following. My vet took three x-rays today. One from overhead, one from the side and one close up of his head from the top. No broken bones, no tumors, no real explanation as to what is going on still. The...

I have seen the black spot as well in deceased chams. I have no explaination for what causes it but it usually seems to be in a location that was bothering the chameleon before it passed. I have seen it near the kidneys on one with renal failure, in the stomach area in one that had just...

Yea the split coloration is very similar to what he is doing. I will get some pics up tomorrow either before or right after the vet.

Thanks both for your input. Carol, it makes me feel better and scares me at the same time that everyone else reading it so far is stumped as I am. little leaf, It is entirely possible that it is some physical injury. My first inclination was that, being that he started doing this after his...

Anyone have any idea? Please, I have another vet appointment at noon tomorrow but I dunno what else we can try for him.

Hello everyone, its been quite a while since Ive been around but I have a chameleon that has just stumped me. Your Chameleon - He is a WC panther which has been state side for 2+yrs now. He has been treated for all parasites and is still clean. Best guess on age would be 3ish. Feeding...