check up

[marley patches]

took marley and patches to vet today for there first year check up, marley (male vield) is doing great ,,,, patches (female panther) doing great also , marley weighs 60 grams and patches weighs 80 grams also has eggs now ,,,,I noticed the last few days she's been going to her laying been , vet said about a month she should start laying ,,,,I'll be watching her very close for sure ,vet also found starting of a virus and gave meds to them,,,,soooooooo very happy I took them to vet

 

[WAMBO]

Well done!

 

[marley patches]

I said virus my mistake its a parasite that takes calcium from chams and sence my female has eggs dr said to be sure and get her plenty of calcium ,,, see has been in laying bin over 5 times today so far ,,,the way she's acting I don't think its going to be a month before she lays ,,,, geeesh I thought I was finished with pregnant women LOL

 

[WAMBO]

So did your Vet ask you to give more calcium? What about Vit D3?

 

[marley patches]

I give calcium every day and d3 every sunday and she said that was fine ,,,,I glut load crickets with oranges ,carrots and apples,,, I get 2,000 crickets at a time ,,,,thanks for the concern ,,, these 2 chams are like my little kids ,I watch them like a mother LOL

 

[jajeanpierre]

What medication did the vet give you? Have you finished the medication?

She's very fragile if she is near laying eggs. I would be inclined to not give any medication until she has recovered from laying her eggs unless there was an urgent medical reason to give it to her such as the parasites were draining her. Most animals do just fine even with a fairly heavy parasite load. Handling her at this stage might physically harm her as she struggles and fights with a full belly of eggs. All kinds of things could happen from damage to the uterus, ruptured eggs and even uterine torsion. The other risk is that handling her and stressing her with medicating her could stop her from laying her eggs, causing her to be egg bound.

Good luck. Female chameleons are always worrying.

 

[marley patches]

vet gave flagyl de-worming at office and 2 weeks said to give them the other dose she supplied, I use to let her out like every other day but now she goes to laying bin often I'm not letting her out til I clean her housery,vet said this worning parasite is taking caicium from her that she needs while having eggs ,,,, thanks because I can use all the info I can get she hasn't mated so eggs will be infertal