wodesorel
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I have trouble saying no to an animal in need. We rescued two leopard geckos about two months ago from a person on Facebook who was selling off their collection of animals. Since then, they've doubled in weight, if that tells you anything about the state they were in when we got them.
This person also had a veiled chameleon for sale, and it was in really sorry state. The first photo I saw of it, it was laying on the bottom of the cage. It's taken this long to save up and for them to come down on price to where we could get it. It was kind of a last minute thing, since another person was inquiring and the first thing they asked was "does it bite". Yeah, great research you've done there...
Anyway, I was hoping the wonderful people here could give me a better idea of what I may be looking at. I know from the geckos that this person was not offering enough food or providing proper heating for anything in their care.
From the state of the dripper (bone dry, caked with crud and with a spider inside) this gal was being given bowls of water. I also know she was not being given UVB - in the photos that were posted back in June there was none on her tank. The bulb that was sent home with her is so burnt that it has to be several years old.
I spent an hour taking her cage apart completely, bleaching it, and reassembling it. Then another two hours spent freezing on the front porch to build a new jungle gym. Mcgyvered her a dripper out of spare parts, too. Will have a new UVB bulb here on Tuesday. Also need to pick up some plain calcium tomorrow - thought I had some but both jars have D3.
She is supposed to be a year and a half old - six months old at purchase and then a year with the person. I was told she's laid eggs twice. She weighs 80 grams.
I don't know chams so I can't say for certain, but she seems like she's weak. She's also missing food that's not being a moving target a few times before she gets it.
I'm adding a bunch of photos of everything to give y'all a sense of what's going on.
This person also had a veiled chameleon for sale, and it was in really sorry state. The first photo I saw of it, it was laying on the bottom of the cage. It's taken this long to save up and for them to come down on price to where we could get it. It was kind of a last minute thing, since another person was inquiring and the first thing they asked was "does it bite". Yeah, great research you've done there...
Anyway, I was hoping the wonderful people here could give me a better idea of what I may be looking at. I know from the geckos that this person was not offering enough food or providing proper heating for anything in their care.
From the state of the dripper (bone dry, caked with crud and with a spider inside) this gal was being given bowls of water. I also know she was not being given UVB - in the photos that were posted back in June there was none on her tank. The bulb that was sent home with her is so burnt that it has to be several years old.
I spent an hour taking her cage apart completely, bleaching it, and reassembling it. Then another two hours spent freezing on the front porch to build a new jungle gym. Mcgyvered her a dripper out of spare parts, too. Will have a new UVB bulb here on Tuesday. Also need to pick up some plain calcium tomorrow - thought I had some but both jars have D3.
She is supposed to be a year and a half old - six months old at purchase and then a year with the person. I was told she's laid eggs twice. She weighs 80 grams.
I don't know chams so I can't say for certain, but she seems like she's weak. She's also missing food that's not being a moving target a few times before she gets it.
I'm adding a bunch of photos of everything to give y'all a sense of what's going on.