MamaD
New Member
I have to admit that I am crying my eyes out as I post this. I have many male and female Panther and Veiled Chams under my loving care. Each one is special to me and it isn't hard to fall in love with each and every one of them. Today is especially sad because one of my older female panthers is most likely not going to make it through the day. We have had many health problems with her since the day we got her. She gets extra special love and care from me always. Her biggest challenge has been that from day one she didn't begin laying infertile clutches at all. We decided it would be wiser to keep her as more of a pet and not breed her at all. At first it was fine and learned that sometimes a female will absorb clutches. Not the best scenario, but possible to live with. After a long time, she started to fill with eggs and we were hopeful she might lay this time. She dug and attempted to lay. After much time she managed to lay one or two eggs at a time until she finally finished. The next time didn't go so well. Despite every effort to keep her from becoming egg bound, it happened. Now, she has slowly declined and is slowly on her last moments. She has completely stopped eating now. Never moves and I have brought the basking light to her where she can be warm. She is too weak to make it to the water, so I am hand watering her with a little dripper. I know I have done everything possible to avoid her passage. But it still breaks my heart to have to watch her go. Is there anything else I can do to make her more comfortable in her last moments? With tears still in my eyes...
