chamfriend
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Revised w/photos - chameleon has a plug at rearend (?) -
Hello,
We are taking care of a male veiled chameleon for two weeks at our home. The chameleon is in its owner's screened enclosure and we have all of their supplies. We have taken care of this chameleon several times before for 1-2 week periods and have had no problems. After the second day of having him, he developed a pinkish/orange/white gooey liquid at his rear-end. It has gotten a little bigger - is about 1/4-1/2" in diameter. At first I thought it was just a weird poop, but I'm starting to worry. My husband thinks it is part of the animals tissue that belongs inside. We are now in the 4th day; it is starting to harden/dry-out. He has not pooped since it started. He is acting/eating normally otherwise. The air temperature is good. He is taking normal amounts of water through an eye-dropper several times a day. We mist him 3-4 times per day. His color looks good - he doesn't act stressed in any way that we notice. He is moving around normally both going toward his light at the top but hanging out lower on a branch - so really, he seems normal to us. But, we just don't know if this is a problem or not. It does not look like the male plug that was described in these posts, b/c it is like a glob, not long and thin. Thanks for any help you can provide - the owners are out of contact, so you can understand that we worry for their animal.
Hello,
We are taking care of a male veiled chameleon for two weeks at our home. The chameleon is in its owner's screened enclosure and we have all of their supplies. We have taken care of this chameleon several times before for 1-2 week periods and have had no problems. After the second day of having him, he developed a pinkish/orange/white gooey liquid at his rear-end. It has gotten a little bigger - is about 1/4-1/2" in diameter. At first I thought it was just a weird poop, but I'm starting to worry. My husband thinks it is part of the animals tissue that belongs inside. We are now in the 4th day; it is starting to harden/dry-out. He has not pooped since it started. He is acting/eating normally otherwise. The air temperature is good. He is taking normal amounts of water through an eye-dropper several times a day. We mist him 3-4 times per day. His color looks good - he doesn't act stressed in any way that we notice. He is moving around normally both going toward his light at the top but hanging out lower on a branch - so really, he seems normal to us. But, we just don't know if this is a problem or not. It does not look like the male plug that was described in these posts, b/c it is like a glob, not long and thin. Thanks for any help you can provide - the owners are out of contact, so you can understand that we worry for their animal.
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