ijmccollum
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Chameleon Info:
• Chameleon – Adult female Jackson’s. In residence >2 y.
• Handling – Transport to free range areas and vet appointments. *Daily for saline injections or oral dosing.
• Feeding – Staple is generally crickets with supers/silks/goliath/butter worms offered intermittent as available – ordered about once a month. Crickets are fed Flucker’s High Calcium diet supplemented with oranges/potatoes/greens-mustard-kale-collards. Super worms are on Bran supplemented as crickets are. Crickets are kept on a bedding of organic Blue Grass seed and uncooked oatmeal.
• Supplements – Crickets are dusted with Rep-Cal w/o D3 w/o phos every couple feedings, Rep-Cal Ultra Fine w/D3 once every 6 wks, and Rep-Cal Herptivite once every 6 wks. Only one supplement given at a time.
• Watering – Hand mist twice daily. Heavy in mornings so that heavy drops are formed on leaves. It is noted if she is/not drinking. If I have concerns of her not drinking I use a gavage syringe to orally admin ~1 ml. I do not gavage per se – just use the blunted tip to access oral cavity. Generally she is pretty good at drinking off of leaves. She is currently receiving daily injections of 2 ml sterile saline (IC) to confirm hydration and flush kidneys.
• Fecal Description – Uric is white, feces is brown and well formed.
• History – Early delivery of micro-neonates and under developed fetuses in August, 2010. Appeared to be doing well immed. after delivery. Approx 1 wk later, my error – picked her up from outside sunning branch a bit roughly; she wasn’t ready to come in. Next morning she had difficulty grabbing branches in viv. Progressed to swollen ankle at R-front foot which then slowly progressed to knobby knees on back legs. Early in presentation of symptoms she was treated with ReptAid. Has been under care of vet for several weeks and is residing at home. Two blood panels indicate normal ranges of calcium and uric acids, phos levels elevated and x-rays show slight tissue affected but not organs. More than likely she did not receive adequate UVB/calcium during pregnancy.
Cage Info:
• Cage Type – Exoterra, 36x18x24. Live planted. Substrate is hydroton/charcoal/Eco Earth/Forest Moss.
• Lighting – Exoterra, 5.0 linear UVB ~ 2 mo old, 60 watt bask.
• Temperature - ~ 80F directly under bask to ambient RT ~ 74F. Overnight temps are ambient ~72-74F by digital thermometer.
• Humidity - ~ 60-80% based on hygrometer and time of misting. Mist heavy in AM, lighter in PM. Med water pool available at all times – cleaned regularly.
• Plants – Natural planted live viv. Sheffela/Prayer/Dracaena. Free Range – Sheffela/Dracaena/Ficus/Hibiscus.
• Placement – Master bedroom. Not near fans or vents or windows. Viv sets on ~3.5 ft tall stand. Top of viv from floor ~ 4.5 ft.
• Location – N. Utah
Current Problem – She is under current care and treatment by qualified vet. She receives 2 ml sterile saline injections, i.c. daily to flush system, supplemented w/ drop of fish oil for kidney support, and every other day oral suspension of Baytril. Swelling is going down. We do not want to over supplement calcium but do need to get her phos levels down. She is due back in for an appt in a couple wks. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WELCOMED.
Thank you.
• Chameleon – Adult female Jackson’s. In residence >2 y.
• Handling – Transport to free range areas and vet appointments. *Daily for saline injections or oral dosing.
• Feeding – Staple is generally crickets with supers/silks/goliath/butter worms offered intermittent as available – ordered about once a month. Crickets are fed Flucker’s High Calcium diet supplemented with oranges/potatoes/greens-mustard-kale-collards. Super worms are on Bran supplemented as crickets are. Crickets are kept on a bedding of organic Blue Grass seed and uncooked oatmeal.
• Supplements – Crickets are dusted with Rep-Cal w/o D3 w/o phos every couple feedings, Rep-Cal Ultra Fine w/D3 once every 6 wks, and Rep-Cal Herptivite once every 6 wks. Only one supplement given at a time.
• Watering – Hand mist twice daily. Heavy in mornings so that heavy drops are formed on leaves. It is noted if she is/not drinking. If I have concerns of her not drinking I use a gavage syringe to orally admin ~1 ml. I do not gavage per se – just use the blunted tip to access oral cavity. Generally she is pretty good at drinking off of leaves. She is currently receiving daily injections of 2 ml sterile saline (IC) to confirm hydration and flush kidneys.
• Fecal Description – Uric is white, feces is brown and well formed.
• History – Early delivery of micro-neonates and under developed fetuses in August, 2010. Appeared to be doing well immed. after delivery. Approx 1 wk later, my error – picked her up from outside sunning branch a bit roughly; she wasn’t ready to come in. Next morning she had difficulty grabbing branches in viv. Progressed to swollen ankle at R-front foot which then slowly progressed to knobby knees on back legs. Early in presentation of symptoms she was treated with ReptAid. Has been under care of vet for several weeks and is residing at home. Two blood panels indicate normal ranges of calcium and uric acids, phos levels elevated and x-rays show slight tissue affected but not organs. More than likely she did not receive adequate UVB/calcium during pregnancy.
Cage Info:
• Cage Type – Exoterra, 36x18x24. Live planted. Substrate is hydroton/charcoal/Eco Earth/Forest Moss.
• Lighting – Exoterra, 5.0 linear UVB ~ 2 mo old, 60 watt bask.
• Temperature - ~ 80F directly under bask to ambient RT ~ 74F. Overnight temps are ambient ~72-74F by digital thermometer.
• Humidity - ~ 60-80% based on hygrometer and time of misting. Mist heavy in AM, lighter in PM. Med water pool available at all times – cleaned regularly.
• Plants – Natural planted live viv. Sheffela/Prayer/Dracaena. Free Range – Sheffela/Dracaena/Ficus/Hibiscus.
• Placement – Master bedroom. Not near fans or vents or windows. Viv sets on ~3.5 ft tall stand. Top of viv from floor ~ 4.5 ft.
• Location – N. Utah
Current Problem – She is under current care and treatment by qualified vet. She receives 2 ml sterile saline injections, i.c. daily to flush system, supplemented w/ drop of fish oil for kidney support, and every other day oral suspension of Baytril. Swelling is going down. We do not want to over supplement calcium but do need to get her phos levels down. She is due back in for an appt in a couple wks. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WELCOMED.
Thank you.
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should be at 1:1 but it is near impossible to acheive.
