baggedd5087
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is this possible i have a vet appointment in an hour and a half and i came home from taking my final and something was hanging outta his mouth it kinda looked like a worm but i think it might be his tongue
I think his tongue fell off
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baggedd5087
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well it like fell off all the way it seperated from his mouth
baggedd5087
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well i got it in a moist paper towel so the vet can look at it i really hope its puke
baggedd5087
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he wont open his mouth and i dont wanna stress him anymore he is about gone 
ill just see what the vet says
ill just see what the vet says
baggedd5087
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ya i do but whatever was in his mouth was way sticky kinda grey but it looked like a superworm how they have the lines going across it
baggedd5087
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i dont but im sure he just passed i dont see a heart beat and he is black
Ryan Jarosek
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i dont but im sure he just passed i dont see a heart beat and he is black
I am sorry to hear about your loss. What you were describing was his tongue. They often "loose" control (for a lack of a better term) of their tongue when they pass. And it will hang out of its mouth.
baggedd5087
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he is just laying there lifeless and every once an a while he will take a huge breath and move
Ryan Jarosek
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I have seen "black" dead chams. He was or possibly is stressed to the point of no return. If he has not passed it will be soon.
You may not see a heart beat. It is hart to see sometimes and they can hold their breath for a long time. But What you are describing to me sounds like the end.
Ryan Jarosek
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Keep him comfortable. Wrap him in a towel loosely so you don't have to watch. I don't think he would make it to the vet. Their is nothing that can be done now.
Again I am sorry , it is always so hard to go through this stuff.
baggedd5087
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ya im sure it was thanksgiving when he got stressed alot of people were looking at him and he turned black and bit my cousin (she is a meth head)
Ryan Jarosek
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I don't think it was stress from thanksgiving, It may have just been his time. Something may have been going on quietly for some time. If you wanted to know for sure you could get a necropsy.
Don't look for something to blame. Check your setup and go over stuff , but I don't think that is a problem. It just happens sometimes. When I lose one I always do a review to comfort myself , to make sure I was giving the best care possible. Then I move on. Its all you can really do.
Unfortunately when you work with live animals there will always be death.
Danicuteeyes
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I think chameleons turn black because they are either stressed or they cant control their natural colors anymore...
Sorry to hear about your loss, and yes you have to review your caring...what you did wrong, and if anything you can do a neocropsy
Rip little guy
