Jupiter
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Aesop was my panther chameleon. Some of you may remember I posted about him quite a lot when I first got him. He struggled with a chronic eye issue for a long time, with things getting really bad earlier in the week. I took him to see ferret and she prescribed a very thorough round of treatment, given that it had been such an ongoing issue. His eye problems made it hard for him to eat, and between that, whatever was causing his eyes to act up, and the stress of treatment, it was just too much for him. On new years eve he became very weak and turned white, and when I woke up yesterday morning on new years day he was dead.
I've been too upset to post anything about it until now, but writing feels good. I just wish I had helped him better. I feel overwhelmingly guilty that I didn't take him back in sooner. I'm a pretty lonely person and he was my best friend, and waking up this morning to check in on him and not being able to do so was heartbreaking. I'm so grateful to have gotten to know this little creature for the time that I did, I'm just so sad that it was as short as it was (he was a few weeks shy of a year). He had the sweetest, most trusting disposition, and willingly climbed on to me with no coaxing just hours after coming out of the cup, back when he fit on my finger. He was also one of the prettiest chams I've ever seen, showing all kinds of crazy colors throughout his life. I wish I could have seen them come all the way in. I will get another cham at some point, because having him was such a huge part of my life, but I need some time. I haven't been posting about him recently because he's been unhealthy, but I kept a little diary thread updated semi daily with tons of pics for the first few months I had him. I remember sitting in the chair I'm in now with him, waiting on the edge of my seat for minutes while I waited for him to strike while I was teaching him to cup feed. I don't really feel like looking through a bunch of pictures of him right now (I re-read the first thread I kept on him and was a wreck), but here are links to that thread and an update thread I made later, as well as some of the last good pics I took before he really got bad that I quickly pulled.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/finally-got-my-very-first-cham-109190/index11.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/update-aesop-117362/
Goodbye buddy :'(
I've been too upset to post anything about it until now, but writing feels good. I just wish I had helped him better. I feel overwhelmingly guilty that I didn't take him back in sooner. I'm a pretty lonely person and he was my best friend, and waking up this morning to check in on him and not being able to do so was heartbreaking. I'm so grateful to have gotten to know this little creature for the time that I did, I'm just so sad that it was as short as it was (he was a few weeks shy of a year). He had the sweetest, most trusting disposition, and willingly climbed on to me with no coaxing just hours after coming out of the cup, back when he fit on my finger. He was also one of the prettiest chams I've ever seen, showing all kinds of crazy colors throughout his life. I wish I could have seen them come all the way in. I will get another cham at some point, because having him was such a huge part of my life, but I need some time. I haven't been posting about him recently because he's been unhealthy, but I kept a little diary thread updated semi daily with tons of pics for the first few months I had him. I remember sitting in the chair I'm in now with him, waiting on the edge of my seat for minutes while I waited for him to strike while I was teaching him to cup feed. I don't really feel like looking through a bunch of pictures of him right now (I re-read the first thread I kept on him and was a wreck), but here are links to that thread and an update thread I made later, as well as some of the last good pics I took before he really got bad that I quickly pulled.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/finally-got-my-very-first-cham-109190/index11.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/update-aesop-117362/
Goodbye buddy :'(
