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...
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...
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...
not entirely sure what happened. Seems to be a one time occurrence - here's the thread I posted when it happened...plenty of discussion within.
I'll check those out later this evening...but he's kind of been a bad shot his entire life so who knows. You say 'once or twice' - do you mean once...
Hi everyone,
Kepler is doing well, besides the fact that his aim is horrible. A few people on these forums have mentioned that Vit-A is a treatment option for tongue problems and I was wondering if that would possibly help with his bad aim. I currently have a supply of Repashy VitA+ and...
All his legs seem pretty normal. He was up and about when I got home yesterday and seemed 100% normal. I took him out for a while until he decided to poop on me =(.
I do actually. His cage is adjacent to my reef tank, which occasionally has a storm (simulated lightning). The odd thing is...
He woke up about an hour before I had to leave for work, I observed him as much as possible while getting ready and he seemed fine. I'm mainly concerned because this has never happened before and it seemed like he couldn't move right. He leaned left and walked in a circle to the left which is...