Cheesecake19
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Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem
Chameleon has for a few days had trouble with her eye. It seems swollen shut. I tried misting it with water and it seemed to help a bit. I actually have Covid (I’m vaccinated) so have been in quarantine and haven’t been able to take her to get it looked at. She’s been eating and drinking normal. Seemed fine this morning. This evening went to mist her and she has blood all over her mouth dripping to her arm. She keeps closing her eyes and every now and then opens her mouth to seeemingly take a big breath. She is stable with her walking and is holding onto things. I’m working on getting someone to take her to an emergency vet for me but there isn’t one for 2.5 hours away. we have a local one who could see her at 11am tomorrow. Should I go ahead and do the emergency one? Or do you think she will be okay until tomorrow? I’m so scared for her and I don’t know if it’s right but I’ve been holding her since I saw her because I didn’t want her to be alone and suffering. She seems content sitting on my chest.
also a note-we’ve had cricket shortages often here. The store we went to only had small or large. I prefer medium for her. They questioned me when I said to just get the small and said it was too small for her. I got her the large. I saw her eat one of them and she seemed fine. The literal next day when I woke up is when the eye thing started. I’m so mad I listened to them. Could this be from the cricket?
- Your Chameleon - Jacksons’s; female; appx 2.5 years; have had in care for 2 years
- Handling - Once a week or every other week
- Feeding - 5 small or medium crickets daily; 3 mealworms a few times a week; calcium without d3 every other day; calcium with d3 and multivitamin 1x a month; have a cricket keeper and feed those orange squares to gut load
- Supplements - Oops see above. Flukers.
- Watering - dripper, I see her drink from that. Hand mist 2 times a day for about 10 seconds
- Fecal Description - Slightly wet but formed droppings, brown, light colored, sometimes darker. No parasite testing
- History - Nothing really. Historically she hasn’t had any issues. She’s a happy girl and usually green or green-blue.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - wire mesh. I think it’s 14x14x24?
- Lighting - automatic timer on at 8am off at 8pm. 14” reptisun t5; can’t remember the heat lamp type
- Temperature - Cage is around 75-80, basking 85-90, I have a thermometer in the cage. At night it gets down to like 65.
- Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
- Plants - Yes I have a pothos ans dracaena
- Placement - in my bedroom, no traffic, no vents, top of cage reaches halfway up wall, there is a stand under it
- Location - richmond va
Current Problem
Chameleon has for a few days had trouble with her eye. It seems swollen shut. I tried misting it with water and it seemed to help a bit. I actually have Covid (I’m vaccinated) so have been in quarantine and haven’t been able to take her to get it looked at. She’s been eating and drinking normal. Seemed fine this morning. This evening went to mist her and she has blood all over her mouth dripping to her arm. She keeps closing her eyes and every now and then opens her mouth to seeemingly take a big breath. She is stable with her walking and is holding onto things. I’m working on getting someone to take her to an emergency vet for me but there isn’t one for 2.5 hours away. we have a local one who could see her at 11am tomorrow. Should I go ahead and do the emergency one? Or do you think she will be okay until tomorrow? I’m so scared for her and I don’t know if it’s right but I’ve been holding her since I saw her because I didn’t want her to be alone and suffering. She seems content sitting on my chest.
also a note-we’ve had cricket shortages often here. The store we went to only had small or large. I prefer medium for her. They questioned me when I said to just get the small and said it was too small for her. I got her the large. I saw her eat one of them and she seemed fine. The literal next day when I woke up is when the eye thing started. I’m so mad I listened to them. Could this be from the cricket?