Kristen Wilkins
Chameleon Enthusiast
You are right we are . @Andee what is the forum name you belong too . Maybe @Brodybreaux25 might be interested in joining ?
Help save a babies life!
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Andee
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I agree hijacking XD we get carried away sometimes >.< sorry. I think he will do fine if he makes it passed the first three days and eats well for you, but I don't think he will be releasable... his eye (if it does turn out to be an issue) will cause hunting problems, likely. Idk it's up to you whether you want to release him after giving him a head start or just raise him
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Little fella did not survive. He was looking good when I left for work yesterday morning at 5am, he was moving well and color was lighter and more like the adults. Got home around 5pm, his color was a lot better but I noticed his back legs seemed to be dragging just a bit, it was hardly noticeable at the time but I did take note of it. I got up this morning at 5 and he was gone. My initial reaction was maybe we injured him but I can't think of a time where we handled him directly, I was concerned that we would hurt him if we did because he was so small.
I put him under my Magnifier and it looks like his spine had a small but sharp curve to the right directly in front of his back legs. I looked him over well when he hatched and there is no doubt in my mind that it was not like that. But given the fact that he did have other birth defects I'm thinking life was just never in the cards for this little guy.
Rough week. My cabbageworm colony collapsed Saturday and now this...
I put him under my Magnifier and it looks like his spine had a small but sharp curve to the right directly in front of his back legs. I looked him over well when he hatched and there is no doubt in my mind that it was not like that. But given the fact that he did have other birth defects I'm thinking life was just never in the cards for this little guy.
Rough week. My cabbageworm colony collapsed Saturday and now this...
Kristen Wilkins
Chameleon Enthusiast
I'm sorry to hear this . You did your best and if he was going to suffer it's maybe best .
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
Sometimes it's just not meant to happen. If he had been out in the wild he would like have been picked off. I strongly recommend making a shallow hole in somewhere naturey and burying him as is and just letting him go back as he normally would have... I know it seems a bit harsh but then at least he doesn't go to waste that way... maybe I am weird XD. Either way, I am sorry he didn't survive but I am also not, if he would have suffered then it's always better he goes on his own and quickly. You couldn't have done anything, but at least he felt safe where he died. At least he wasn't in flight or fight mode all the time. So much love to you and yours.
Kristen Wilkins
Chameleon Enthusiast
I completely agree !!. I don't think it's weird at all . Or we are just both weird lol .
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Agreed, no living thing should have to suffer and it was probably for the best. My 4yr son buried him in our vegetable garden, he cried like he lost a friend.
On a happier note right after we finished with his gecko we went to pick some green beans for dinner. As soon as my son went to pick one a brown anoles jumps out of our beans and lands on his shirt, very proud to say my boy never flinched and scooped him up. Never seen one of those around here and it defiantly made him forget about his gecko.
A big thanks for all the advice!
On a happier note right after we finished with his gecko we went to pick some green beans for dinner. As soon as my son went to pick one a brown anoles jumps out of our beans and lands on his shirt, very proud to say my boy never flinched and scooped him up. Never seen one of those around here and it defiantly made him forget about his gecko.
A big thanks for all the advice!
