My other chameleon was completely fine and one day he was just sitting under the basking light all day with his eyes closed. Afterward, he became super weak such that he could not even hold himself....2 days later he died.
In lieu of all vet closings, here is my post...if the picture is difficult to see, the growth seems like a grey mass protruding directly out of the skin. This came after he just recently shed. There is only one and it has grown significantly in the past 2 weeks.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon...
Thank you all for the advice. I took him to the vet this morning, but he was already significantly worse. The vet said it was most likely an underlying disease or cancer that he was trying to hide for a while but could no longer handle, leading to the swift unavoidable decline. The vet told me...
He was handled on a different day than the others, but they are all panthers. The only difference is age.
I've never had to go to a reptile vet, but there is one nearby and I left a message a few minutes ago. As for the eyes, they went from completely fine to very sunken overnight, so I don't...
Yes, all 4 years. I don't think anything stressful was done to him during the handling, but he is never handled so I presume the activity in itself was most likely very stressful simply due to the novelty. I have 3 other chameleons which were also handled, but they are 1-2 years old. I will call...
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Panther Chameleon, Age 4
Handling - Never, but my small cousins just came and handled him
Feeding - Every 1-2 Days, Crickets/Hornworms/Superworms, gutloaded with oranges/carrots/greens
Supplements - Calcium every feeding, calcium with D3 and vitamin rotating on...
6% Arcadia. Also Panther carsheet says ~82F for >9 months, that's why I kept it at 82, not that a couple of degrees would matter though, haha.
Ah, okay, apologies. Thanks!
The tongue is definitely not 'limp'; read my comments above, please.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Panther, male 7 months old
Handling - Little to no handling
Feeding - Gut load with cricket crack or organic greens, carrots, and other tier 1 gutloads. Feed in the morning: dubia=staple...
Tongue isn’t swollen or abnormal. It was a voluntary movement; imagine a dog drinking water, that’s literally what it looked like. It functions completely normally, too.
During misting I caught my panther cham just letting his tongue 'fall' out a few times—it just hung there for a while, then he would bring it back up. It was quite low too (the entire 'sticky' part, for lack of a better word, was hanging out) I've never seen him or any of my other chams do this...
Are you looking to replace your veggie gutload with the dry? Or do both? IMO organic veggies are optimal; also you don’t need to do both dry and veggie.
...No....Someone else recommended to only handle him when you are going to do something good (eg. take out for sun, give treat, etc.). Sticking your finger in there every few hours is going to do absolutely nothing except stress him out since all he has to associate your hand with is you...
Some cities legitimately do not have exotic vets within reasonable range. Additionally I doubt this is all his fault, it seems he was misinformed from the start. Bombarding him with crude comments probably isn't doing him any good, neither is repeating that he's ignorant and isn't listening, I'm...
With that being said I have to kind of agree with the post above. Maybe do some basic research so you have a grasp on the concept, then when you have specific questions that require real inquiry, come back and ask away. I'm sure all those guys would be happy to help...