filarial worm removal

[HolyToledo]

I love this forum!

Even with something as serious as these nasty little buggers living in our babies, you guys crack me up!

Thanks for the education and entertainment! ROFLMAO

But, now I'm wondering about spider bites. Does anyone know how hobo spider bites would affect chams?

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Ya, parasites are pretty sucky. Punny.

Here's a sad story of my past dog and cat: DO NOT READ IF EASILY DISTURBED

Born around the same time my female dog BearBear (a black lab mix) and male Tabby Tigger were close their entire lives, they lived to be about 14, my cat got his leg hit by a car and before we got to him there were horse flies around him, they laid eggs under his skin, later they hatched and well... ya, he died. My dog seemed to get depressed (like where the red fern grows) and died later. I think pets can be friends

Lesson: Parasites SUCK.

 

[Chameleon Nation]

male removal

The females healed up just fine so it was Renegades turn. He had them all over the one side of him. Thankfully I only had to make one incision and was able to manipulate the worms close to the hole so I could carefully extract them. Their skin is very pliable so I could actually pull the hole around on the side of his body. I got five out of this guy. I tried to get some good pics for all you squeamish out there......... I need to go make some spaghetti now.

 

[Texas Ranger]

The females healed up just fine so it was Renegades turn. He had them all over the one side of him. Thankfully I only had to make one incision and was able to manipulate the worms close to the hole so I could carefully extract them. Their skin is very pliable so I could actually pull the hole around on the side of his body. I got five out of this guy. I tried to get some good pics for all you squeamish out there......... I need to go make some spaghetti now.

Great pics drew those things are nasty I hope I never have to deal with them again.

 

[Chameleon Nation]

They were pretty nasty, hard to find aswell. Just when I thought I was getting somewhere the worm would pull to the side and escape. They were suprisingly very mobile under their skin.

 

[ShipYourReptiles]

Fascinating thread, thanks for the updates and pics!

 

[Chameleon Nation]

I sure thought that it was pretty neat...... My wife on the other hand was not so thrilled. She jump and almost cried when I cut him then almost lost her lunch when the worm popped out lol..... I still cant stop laughing at her.