saradoggy10
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Eye Flushing In Chameleons
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PetNcs
Chameleon Enthusiast
Oh how nice to read to many respectful comments caused by my vid in youtube.
Let me humbly make few comments to answer some of the concerns and give right to most of the notes made.
1.Invasive healing methods usually look more serious than they are by definition: we tend to love the integrity of the. Ody and it is strange to see something to be penetrated which normally is not.
2. thank you for feedback on my skills, I have done thousands of these simple procedures and yes you need some routine to do.
3. I am perfectky aware of the reaction of majority keepers, the less experienced the stronger will be the reaction probably “OMG thisnis what ai will never be able to do, I must pay a visit to a qualified VET”: Which is absolutely correct and I want to Encourage everyone to go this way
4. The knowledge how something is done and the awareness I know where ai find it in emergency Is very valuable. You might get exposed to a situation: either you flush the eye or the chameleon will lose the eyesight. Now you know how to do and where to fond about 5 or more examples to see
5. I am jappy to have risen the awarennes how important the eyes are for the chameleons and one of my strategic l why I deliberately posted this a bit controversial video is a message: care fir your chameleon well, so that this terrible procedure is something you will NEVER. Have to execute yourself or get it executed by a spec...
6. Of course there is an option not to donit by a stulped needle but a plastic tune. That might be an option if you live in central LA as the medical equipment store will be just next lane... hut what if living in central Texas? Nothing like that a ailanle for hindreds of miles maybe... so, you can do with a needle that you get everywhere and very likely you even have it in your household.
7. Even if plastic soft tubes are a ailable, I myself lrefer anyway a needle because it has a fantasyic feature: the opening is long and is directed towards the side! It means technically (and the video shows is clearly ( it has enougj quakity even to zoom) You do kot meed to penetrate the eye, younjustbattach it tonthe opening in the lids and go... the disadvantage of plastic is yiu neednto oenetrate the eye and this is moreninbasive then jusg attach a stump needle to the eyelids!
Let me humbly make few comments to answer some of the concerns and give right to most of the notes made.
1.Invasive healing methods usually look more serious than they are by definition: we tend to love the integrity of the. Ody and it is strange to see something to be penetrated which normally is not.
2. thank you for feedback on my skills, I have done thousands of these simple procedures and yes you need some routine to do.
3. I am perfectky aware of the reaction of majority keepers, the less experienced the stronger will be the reaction probably “OMG thisnis what ai will never be able to do, I must pay a visit to a qualified VET”: Which is absolutely correct and I want to Encourage everyone to go this way
4. The knowledge how something is done and the awareness I know where ai find it in emergency Is very valuable. You might get exposed to a situation: either you flush the eye or the chameleon will lose the eyesight. Now you know how to do and where to fond about 5 or more examples to see
5. I am jappy to have risen the awarennes how important the eyes are for the chameleons and one of my strategic l why I deliberately posted this a bit controversial video is a message: care fir your chameleon well, so that this terrible procedure is something you will NEVER. Have to execute yourself or get it executed by a spec...
6. Of course there is an option not to donit by a stulped needle but a plastic tune. That might be an option if you live in central LA as the medical equipment store will be just next lane... hut what if living in central Texas? Nothing like that a ailanle for hindreds of miles maybe... so, you can do with a needle that you get everywhere and very likely you even have it in your household.
7. Even if plastic soft tubes are a ailable, I myself lrefer anyway a needle because it has a fantasyic feature: the opening is long and is directed towards the side! It means technically (and the video shows is clearly ( it has enougj quakity even to zoom) You do kot meed to penetrate the eye, younjustbattach it tonthe opening in the lids and go... the disadvantage of plastic is yiu neednto oenetrate the eye and this is moreninbasive then jusg attach a stump needle to the eyelids!
PetNcs
Chameleon Enthusiast
8. If yoir cham hets an eye problem and needs an eye flush, you will go VET. He/she will do.
Once. But you need to do 2-3 time s a day! So, you can go to the VET three times a day mazbe, they will
Gladly charge you 100 bugs each flush but in the most situations, itnis not doable, as polmusuallybdrive for tens and hindreds of kiles to w qualified vet. So what to do? You need to do yourself, or theneye will it be healed. Or younwill force the VET to use a creme, that will probably cause on tje sensitive cham eyes more damage than good
9. If the needle is blunt, the eye damage is very unlikely. Asnai said, Indid this manybthousand times, no even one single issue. But, I have a VET training. And, if yiundo jot feel able: do not do it
10. Do alm possible things in your husbandry fir prevention. No fake vines! No debris! no dusty substrates! No pressurized water spraying directly into eyes! No harm! Noninjuries! Lroper supplementation (do not forget processed bit A) etc etc
some final words:
first rule:
PREVENTION - proper husbandry without compromises prevent the necessity of eye flushing
SPECIALIST - in case you have eye problems, go to VET as first choice
EMERGENCY - if you need to do, do it after watching the video several times
Once. But you need to do 2-3 time s a day! So, you can go to the VET three times a day mazbe, they will
Gladly charge you 100 bugs each flush but in the most situations, itnis not doable, as polmusuallybdrive for tens and hindreds of kiles to w qualified vet. So what to do? You need to do yourself, or theneye will it be healed. Or younwill force the VET to use a creme, that will probably cause on tje sensitive cham eyes more damage than good
9. If the needle is blunt, the eye damage is very unlikely. Asnai said, Indid this manybthousand times, no even one single issue. But, I have a VET training. And, if yiundo jot feel able: do not do it
10. Do alm possible things in your husbandry fir prevention. No fake vines! No debris! no dusty substrates! No pressurized water spraying directly into eyes! No harm! Noninjuries! Lroper supplementation (do not forget processed bit A) etc etc
some final words:
first rule:
PREVENTION - proper husbandry without compromises prevent the necessity of eye flushing
SPECIALIST - in case you have eye problems, go to VET as first choice
EMERGENCY - if you need to do, do it after watching the video several times
