Annie fell and broke her leg!!

[LBonawitz]

i can see its broken! i don't know what to do. its 12:37 at night. shes showing crazy colors and is all puffed up at me and won't let me touch her


oh my god i feel terrrible

help

 

[LBonawitz]

i guess i'll just leave her where she is and take her to the vet tomorrow

now i can't sleep...

 

[Chameleonboy]

I would take her to the vet tomorrow as well. I don't think a regular vet would be open tomorrow you may need to take her to a 24 hr vet. Check what is open and available tomorrow. Good luck!

-Clemonde

 

[Miss Lily]

Oh, no! That is such sad news, just as she was doing so much better too! Try and move her to a smaller cage with less things to climb to restrict her movement until you can get her to a vet. Good luck with her. Hang in there - you've helped her once and you can do it again. Sending hugs and support.

 

[jannb]

I sure hate to hear that. Do as Miss Lily said with a smaller cage and get her to the vet ASAP.

 

[nick barta]

Amy has a cham vet, I'll call her to give you the info today, Sunday.

Nick

Update: The vet is Dr Kamata at Eastside Aviary and exotic pets in Kirkland. They may have an emergency number.

 

[LBonawitz]

ITS NOT BROKEN! ITS NOT BROKEN!!

i am so excited i could SCREAM!

i took one picture of her last night before my boyfriend said, don't take pictures of her right now, shes probably in alot of pain. then i realized, ya, i wouldn't want pictures taken of me when i break a leg.

she was just holding it at a really aquard angle. you can't tell in this picture, but you can see her colors. and i've never seen these colors on her. and how mad she was and she wouldn't let me touch her. Now i'm thinking maybe she was just scared and didn't realize where she was or what happened.


its so crazy. i even got a second opinion from my boyfriend about her leg and the angle it was it. we were sure it was broken.
and she had her eyes closed and all sucked it. oh man am i glad its not broken

now i know shes not ready for the bigger cage i'm building her

and her current cage its getting made over today

thank you all for your kind words and all of the help.
-Nick i'm going to write down that information and keep it handy, thank you!

 

[Miss Lily]

That is such good news! Maybe she just twisted it or sprained it. What relief you must be feeling right now! Amy shows those colours when she's mad about something. Annie certainly doesn't look too happy, but at least she didn't break her leg. I would still restrict the amount of climbing she can do though for the moment. Did you book a vet visit anyway? It may be worth getting her a check up just to be sure that she hasn't done any lasting damage.

 

[Olowanpi]

That's Annie? That cham in the picture looks like a male to me... No?

I am so comfused... None of my girls look like that, except I do have one girl who has quite a bit more yellow splotches...


It's those colors! WOW! My females don't have that banding... Maybe they're just too relaxed... LOL!

BTW - if that is the original sick Veiled Chameleon that you wrote about last June, I am impressed. It looks 1000% better!

 

[tkilgour]

Wow great news for sure! What a horrible feeling it must have been all night hoping she was going to be okay. I have never had a cham. break their leg. I heard of chams taking high falls and landing on their backs and dying but never had dealt w/ it first hand thank goodness. Good Luck and take care.

 

[LBonawitz]

yes, i will still book her an appointment, but not emergency on a sunday
probably tuesday i'll give a call and see whats available. i am SO relieved

 

[kinyonga]

Left arm looks a little odd...can you post another picture of it please.
The right ankle looks a little swollen too...is it or is it just the picture?

 

[LBonawitz]

ya it was her right ankle i was so worried about, but its okay. the angle she had it at was bizzar. her arms are okay though. i'll try to find a picture for you.


edit: here are some pictures...

these are alot of old pictures