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Since you want to continue this conversation here, I will oblige you. You may not have considered it helpful because it did not align with what you were expecting me to say but I offered my help to educate the OP and any others reading the thread about what they should expect if they followed...

I’m so very sorry for your loss. You did all the right things given his diagnosis and ultimately the kindest thing to prevent his suffering.

@Baileyrob1189 her behavior is concerning for possibly having retained eggs or inflammation of her reproductive tract. It would require x-rays to see if she had retained eggs, and inflammation is harder to diagnose. If she were my patient I’d start with x-rays to look for retained eggs and if...

This is why I have been absent from the forums, because of responses like this. Rather than letting someone in a position of need be set up for failure by an uninformed individual guiding them incorrectly towards something they likely won’t find, I wanted to offer a realistic view of the options...

I’m not sure exactly what you mean. As a vet who has been to vet school I can assure you that there are plenty of live animals students work with. Dissecting frogs is something done in high school. There are not always exotics professors at every program and that’s a very significant barrier to...

Unfortunately, vets almost never offer payment plans anymore because by the last numbers I saw, only 15-20% ever pay their bill. Vets cannot stay in business with that low of a success rate and those people ruin it for everyone else who may actually plan to pay. But almost all vets accept Care...

Giving medications to chameleons is always a stressful endeavor. Ceftazidime is a widely used, safe broad spectrum antibiotic. Meloxidyl (metacam, meloxicam) is the most commonly used NSAID pain medication. I regularly use both of them for thermal burns.

His diagnosis sounds accurate, as does his prognosis, and it’s all about his quality of life at this point. If the tramadol keeps him comfortable and and you can modify his cage in ways that he is safe from falling and can do his normal things then it is okay to continue because there really...

Have some rare chameleon books, out of print, in great condition that could go to a new home to another enthusiast! US shipping included. - Stump-tailed Chameleons by Petr Necas $200 - Chameleons Nature’s Hidden Jewels by Petr Necas - 1st edition $150 - Chameleons Nature’s Hidden Jewels by Petr...

I'm very sorry for your loss but just wanted to comment on the antibiotics mentioned to help clear up confusion. @jannb thanks for the tag! Ceftiofur is indeed only given every 5-7 days for 3-4 doses as a broad spectrum antibiotic in reptiles. It was first used in farm animals and that is where...

Unfortunately there is very little data on this particular virus in reptiles even in literature. It has been identified in bearded dragons and several species of chameleons, but not in high enough numbers to fully understand transmission or how it acts even in the animals. Some were severely...

Sometimes you only see veins and no embryo blob. Still means the egg is developing.

This is an infertile egg for comparison. Nothing inside when you candle it.

When you hold a bright light to the egg where all the light goes into the egg (so a large flashlight wouldn't work, has to be small) you can see red lines snaking along the inside of the shell, which are the blood vessels. So in this picture of a box turtle egg (I'd have to dig for my chameleon...

Perfect recipient! Thank you for all you do @MissSkittles!

Yes, shine a bright light through it or even set it gently on your phone’s light. You will see veins along the inside of the shell if it’s developing. If it’s very close to hatching it may just appear dark throughout as the baby takes up most of the space. If it just kind of glows a faint yellow...

Nope, just crystals, which can happen from the fecal solution or just some of the material in the feces or urates forming crystal debris. All harmless. All of those are crystals in the first few pictures, then a bubble, then debris. No ova/parasites in any of those pictures. :) I see the area...

From a dog to a cham I definitely wouldn't be worried! But from beardie to cham....questionable. ;)

While this is theoretically true the coccidia species that affects reptiles may be able to spread to other species of similar reptiles. Dog won't go to reptile but we see coccidia affecting multiple species of similar reptiles in close quarters with each other quite commonly when there is poor...

Thank you all for the reports, we are keeping an eye on things. Unfortunately, many people don’t seem to realize that just tearing someone down is not actually advice and does not help chameleons, which is the ultimate goal of anyone trying to “help”. Making people feel bad and defensive usually...