NEED ADVICE ASAP!!

[kinyonga]

You said..."looks like she’s been dead for days"... Is it breathing?

 

[Mercedes]

You said..."looks like she’s been dead for days"... Is it breathing?

Yes it’s breathing. I meant like the inside of its mouth. It’s all blue and purple, I thought the inside of their mouths are supposed to be pink.

 

[kinyonga]

Not all chameleons have pink in their mouths.
Any changes?

 

[Beman]

That is a lot of mucus in the mouth...

 

[kinyonga]

That is a lot of mucus in the mouth...

I was thinking that too @Beman .

 

[Mercedes]

Not all chameleons have pink in their mouths.
Any changes?

Honestly I feel like she’s improving. She’s moving her limbs a lot more and she’s opening her mouth slightly on her own (a few days ago she wouldn’t at all) and she keeps it open enough for me to put the syringe close to the back of her throat. I’ve been able to get repti boost down her. Her breathing is also more frequent, I can physically see her breathing more whereas before she was hardly moving. I’ve also noticed today (day 5) her bright colors are trying to come through, teal, orange, red. She hasn’t peed or pooped in five days. And I also noticed one of her eyes has an injury. I think she might have fallen from the tree. I’ve tried to read the repti boost dosage chart and I’m really struggling. She’s quite small so she might weigh 1-5 grams. Idk if she’s a juvi because I was told they don’t change colors until a certain age and she’s been changing colors a lot. Do you know how to read dosage charts? Below is a pic of her colors today

 

[JacksJill]

I bet she's closer to 15-20 grams. Depends on the size of your hands. Do you have a kitchen scale?

 

[kinyonga]

She looks a little better to me. Does the eye look like a recent injury to you...hard to tell from a photo. Is it the left eye?

It's not really young but I don't think it's full grown for sure yet.

(I think she's a he BTW.)

 

[JacksJill]

Just for reference this is my girl Ten and she weighs 16 grams and I don’t have giant hands.

 

[JacksJill]

Yes kinyonga is right yours is a boy. Xanth males have 3 horns females only rarely even have one. My girl is a jack jack and the females can have on or three horns.

 

[dinomom]

Do you guys have any advice on how to get her mouth open? She slightly opens it like once or twice when I move her around but I know I’m stressing her by doing that. I try with a soft paint brush but that also is hard.

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[Mercedes]

Just for reference this is my girl Ten and she weighs 16 grams and I don’t have giant hands.

So helpful!! It looks about the size of yours maybe a little bit smaller. I will take a pic. I don’t have a scale

 

[JacksJill]

Looks pretty close maybe a titch smaller.

 

[Mercedes]

She looks a little better to me. Does the eye look like a recent injury to you...hard to tell from a photo. Is it the left eye?

It's not really young but I don't think it's full grown for sure yet.

(I think she's a he BTW.)

It’s the left eye yeah. It looks like it has dried blood on it. I found him under a tree, it could have possibly fell from the tree? On the same side as the eye injury there is a small hard lump above its leg, that’s not on the other side.. so I think it must have fallen and injured the eye and leg, although he still has mobility in the leg and moves it. Here’s a pic of the eye

 

[kinyonga]

There seems to be a small bump at the left elbow too I think...he's so dark it's hard to see clearly.

 

[JacksJill]

I'm wondering id he was bitten by a cat or grabbed by a bird? That would explain the opposing wounds and the bruised mouth. If you can get him antibiotics it could make all the difference.

 

[Mercedes]

Looks pretty close maybe a titch smaller.

With that being said I have no idea how much water or powder to use I don’t even know what cc means lol I’ve never had a reptile as a pet. I just stumbled across this wild one and had to help.

 

[JacksJill]

I will have to look at some I have around at home later. I would only feed 4-5 drops max per feeding. If you can get a bug in his mouth that would be better at this point.

 

[Mercedes]

There seems to be a small bump at the left elbow too I think...he's so dark it's hard to see

I'm wondering id he was bitten by a cat or grabbed by a bird? That would explain the opposing wounds and the bruised mouth. If you can get him antibiotics it could make all the difference.

I was thinking the same, maybe grabbed and dropped by a bird or possibly a mongoose. I live in Hawaii so there’s not too many species mostly just birds. I’ve never had a pet chameleon, do you have a price range for how much a vet visit would be? More than $200? I’m not really in the financial position to spend a lot of money on a wild animal

 

[kinyonga]

I was wondering about something attacking the poor little thing too @JacksJill .