MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Aren’t chameleons and especially girl chameleons supposed to be the problem children? Well, for me it’s my bearded dragons. Currently my girl Electra is having a cloaca ‘spa’, aka sugar water vent soak. Let’s go back to the beginning.
I’ve had Electra, my girl beardie for about 3 years or so and she has never laid eggs. I kept prepared for it and over time, became more and more lax, to the point of not even thinking about it. Then about a month ago, she dropped an egg. Yikes! Quickly fixed up her lay bin and stuffed it in her tank. She promptly laid 18 more eggs, for a total of 19. As she was burying them, I checked on her and saw she had proplapsed. Big yikes! Sugar soak! Run to the new Veg ER where she was given a couple of sutures when it didn’t reduce fully from sugar water soaks. Within days we had to return and get the sutures removed so she could pass her giant poo. She’s been great since then. Follow up with the regular vet found and started treatment for pinworms. Further explanation for her crappy appetite and appearance. Then this morning - surprise! 4 lovely little eggs sitting in poo as she was running around frantic. Another run to Veg ER since no regular vet available. X Ray showed (you guessed it!) a bunch of retained eggs. She was given fluids, calcium, meloxicam and started in ceftriaxone and sent home. Refreshed her lay bin (never ever expected her to need it again so soon) and as soon as it was back, she was digging. After lights out, I peeked in. She was out of the bin and had fully covered her eggs…and is prolapsed again.
She laid another 18 eggs! Holy poop! Where in her little body has she been storing a total of 40 eggs without me noticing a thing? Cheez its!
So, here I sit in the dark so she can rest while her vent sits on soaking sugar slush. I’m giving her another hour or so to show some decent reduction in size before going back to the Veg ER. My poor girl.
I’ve had Electra, my girl beardie for about 3 years or so and she has never laid eggs. I kept prepared for it and over time, became more and more lax, to the point of not even thinking about it. Then about a month ago, she dropped an egg. Yikes! Quickly fixed up her lay bin and stuffed it in her tank. She promptly laid 18 more eggs, for a total of 19. As she was burying them, I checked on her and saw she had proplapsed. Big yikes! Sugar soak! Run to the new Veg ER where she was given a couple of sutures when it didn’t reduce fully from sugar water soaks. Within days we had to return and get the sutures removed so she could pass her giant poo. She’s been great since then. Follow up with the regular vet found and started treatment for pinworms. Further explanation for her crappy appetite and appearance. Then this morning - surprise! 4 lovely little eggs sitting in poo as she was running around frantic. Another run to Veg ER since no regular vet available. X Ray showed (you guessed it!) a bunch of retained eggs. She was given fluids, calcium, meloxicam and started in ceftriaxone and sent home. Refreshed her lay bin (never ever expected her to need it again so soon) and as soon as it was back, she was digging. After lights out, I peeked in. She was out of the bin and had fully covered her eggs…and is prolapsed again.
She laid another 18 eggs! Holy poop! Where in her little body has she been storing a total of 40 eggs without me noticing a thing? Cheez its!So, here I sit in the dark so she can rest while her vent sits on soaking sugar slush. I’m giving her another hour or so to show some decent reduction in size before going back to the Veg ER. My poor girl.
