xraygirl
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After a vet told me it was fungus, upon further research it may be that Chief has pox/papilloma..... A vet is coming out to check him out and advise me where the best place is to go... Possibly U of Georgia. I hate that this could be whats going on with him, because he's my first chameleon/reptile and I love his little sweet self so much. (Thankfully, I was and have been careful about cross contamination between both chameleons.) I know it's not a death sentence... but I've seen some pretty gruesome picture, so I don't want him to get to the point of suffering. His little personality hasn't changed though. He's just a sweet as can be. He weighed in today @ 195 grams and is approx. 2 years old. He's a conservative eater, he'll eat until he's full and won't eat anymore. Flash on the other hand..... he eats like it's going out of style.... and I have been rationing him back some lol. I'm not sure how old Flash is since he had his big boy colors when I got him, and he was just under weight (161 grams in January) and a little dehydrated when I got him.
Flash has really come around since bringing his crazy butt home in December. He was barely handleable. He would leap off your hands in a instant and you couldn't really touch him period. I give him lots of chin rubs in his cage and hand feed him A LOT. I can get him out of his cage now without much stress, and he doesn't get too crazy with me anymore. I walk/move very slowly with him and he doesn't leap off of me, but he still keeps me on my toes with sudden and quick random movements.... I limit actually handling him 1-2 times a month. But his coloring has been AMAZING!! Flash weighs in today @ 235 grams.... Tried to measure him but he was a bit too squirmy.... the closest I got was 15 inches.
Flash has really come around since bringing his crazy butt home in December. He was barely handleable. He would leap off your hands in a instant and you couldn't really touch him period. I give him lots of chin rubs in his cage and hand feed him A LOT. I can get him out of his cage now without much stress, and he doesn't get too crazy with me anymore. I walk/move very slowly with him and he doesn't leap off of me, but he still keeps me on my toes with sudden and quick random movements.... I limit actually handling him 1-2 times a month. But his coloring has been AMAZING!! Flash weighs in today @ 235 grams.... Tried to measure him but he was a bit too squirmy.... the closest I got was 15 inches.
