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I meant to update earlier but the doctor doesn't think Gumby has a respiratory infection. He only puffs and up his neck and takes deep breaths after I syringe feed him. I couldn't get him to do it in front of the vet and he is convinced that Gumby is hissing at me. He used to have a veiled that...

His Name is Gumby because he bends in places he shouldn't I am a veterinary technician and I took on a little guy with severe MBD when the previous owners were going to put him down. I named him Gumby because of his condition. You can see how bent his limbs are in this picture and that he...

Austin TX Exotics Vet Dr. Brad Singleton, DVM South Park Animal Hospital Austin TX, 78748 http://southparkaustin.com/

Ok so maybe I celebrated a little too soon, now I am pretty sure that this little dude also has had a respiratory infection from his previously poor husbandry and because I was naive to the symptoms I had no idea, I just thought they puffed up their necks like that. I feel terrible that I didn't...

I just saw Gumby drink water from the bamboo drip set up I made! It's so exciting to see him drink on his own! He is still doing a little better each day. Today I ordered some silk worms and horn worms for him. I was also able to find out that Novartis is the drug company that makes...

Wanted to give you all an update and say thank you again for all the support and advice. Gumby got a cage makeover last night. Previously I had been syringing water because he was unable to move himself in any particular direction but last night I set up his drip system with a little leafy...

Thanks for all the encouragement! I will try injecting worms and putting them in his mouth, see if that makes giving the calcionate easier. Tomorrow I will call all of our compounding pharmacies and see if there is any way for them to make calcitonin injectable for me. I read that...

I have tried worms, he sees them and will do the hunting dance and open his mouth but then nothing. I tried to hold it in front of his face for almost an hour and still nothing. He can use his jaw though, he takes the repti-boost by syringe and open and closes his mouth as if to say "nom nom."

Unfortunately I have no idea how long it has been since he was able to use his tongue. It may be that once he is able to use it again he will have to learn to use it again. The previous owner told me that she put 20 crickets in the cage and only found one dead one later but that she didn't see...

I put him in the sun and he is just hiding under a big piece of bark, he also did this the one time I put him in the sun before. Is it better to have him in the sun but hiding or in the shade but climbing around and in plain sight? Also we were unable to find a veterinary distributor for the...

Hello Everyone! This is my first post and my first chameleon. I am a veterinary technician and I took on a little guy with severe MBD when the previous owners were going to put him down. I named him Gumby because of his condition. The vet I work with knows a lot about reptiles in general...