MelissaB
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I wasn't comfortable with the vet that treated Winston, so when Oscar's mouth looked off to me, I decided to go somewhere else. Oscar just shed and I just didn't like how one side of his mouth looked, I'm paranoid after what happened to Winston.
I called our local vet office. yesterday, (5 minutes away, YES!) and asked if any of their vets had chameleon experience. The girl put me on hold, to go ask, came back and said that there was one vet who did. I was skeptical, and fully prepared to take Oscar and leave if she didn't seem to know her stuff.
To my surprise, the vet was VERY experienced in chams, and had even printed out a husbandry sheet for me, that's very similar to the care sheets here. I had filled out and printed the "Ask For Help" sheet, so I wouldn't forget anything. Oscar's mouth is fine, but he's slightly dehydrated (slight orange tint to his urates), she believes this is due to the cold snap and the furnace being on so much. So I'm upping my misting, and waiting for my hornworms to arrive. She also gave me an oral rinse just to be on the safe side, because he did have a little debris b/c his saliva is a little thicker from being dehydrated. He's not too thrilled about that. :/ I gave her a fresh stool sample to check for parasites, and he has a followup in 2 weeks. I am so relieved, it isn't funny. I have to wonder if Winston would still be with me, if I had gone to see her instead.
A few days ago, I received a 3 month old baby male ambilobe panther from Lost Island Reptiles. He's sooo tiny! I set his deli cup in his enclosure, and as soon as he got his bearings he ate three crickets and then took a nice, long soak under his dripper. He seems to like his raindome, too. I noticed him soaking off to the side of it, while it was misting this morning. And he shoots the droplets that cling to the ceiling of his cage.
So far, he's sure that I'm going to eat him, so I'm leaving him alone, other than setting food in his enclosure and filling his dripper. His name is Otto. The people I bought him from are great, answered all of my questions, and gave me detailed care instructions. They even sent me photos of how they had his baby cage set up. I'm very happy with Oscar, Otto, L.I.R., and my new vet.
I'll post pics of Otto as soon as I upload them from my camera. I need to get some new pics of Oscar, he's really growing and getting more handsome with each shed. He was so upset at the vets that he turned an amazing sky blue. He was beautiful, but it made me feel bad, because I knew how stressed he was.
I called our local vet office. yesterday, (5 minutes away, YES!) and asked if any of their vets had chameleon experience. The girl put me on hold, to go ask, came back and said that there was one vet who did. I was skeptical, and fully prepared to take Oscar and leave if she didn't seem to know her stuff.
To my surprise, the vet was VERY experienced in chams, and had even printed out a husbandry sheet for me, that's very similar to the care sheets here. I had filled out and printed the "Ask For Help" sheet, so I wouldn't forget anything. Oscar's mouth is fine, but he's slightly dehydrated (slight orange tint to his urates), she believes this is due to the cold snap and the furnace being on so much. So I'm upping my misting, and waiting for my hornworms to arrive. She also gave me an oral rinse just to be on the safe side, because he did have a little debris b/c his saliva is a little thicker from being dehydrated. He's not too thrilled about that. :/ I gave her a fresh stool sample to check for parasites, and he has a followup in 2 weeks. I am so relieved, it isn't funny. I have to wonder if Winston would still be with me, if I had gone to see her instead.
A few days ago, I received a 3 month old baby male ambilobe panther from Lost Island Reptiles. He's sooo tiny! I set his deli cup in his enclosure, and as soon as he got his bearings he ate three crickets and then took a nice, long soak under his dripper. He seems to like his raindome, too. I noticed him soaking off to the side of it, while it was misting this morning. And he shoots the droplets that cling to the ceiling of his cage.
So far, he's sure that I'm going to eat him, so I'm leaving him alone, other than setting food in his enclosure and filling his dripper. His name is Otto. The people I bought him from are great, answered all of my questions, and gave me detailed care instructions. They even sent me photos of how they had his baby cage set up. I'm very happy with Oscar, Otto, L.I.R., and my new vet.
I'll post pics of Otto as soon as I upload them from my camera. I need to get some new pics of Oscar, he's really growing and getting more handsome with each shed. He was so upset at the vets that he turned an amazing sky blue. He was beautiful, but it made me feel bad, because I knew how stressed he was.