opheliaeatsbugs
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Everyone was right - Dr. Greek was great! The office was spacious, clean, smelled nice and he was rocking a leopard print lounge shirt 
The visit took about 30 mins - exam, discussion and 2 x-rays $150. Small price to pay for peace of mind and even though SoCal traffic can be horrific, it wasn't all that bad.
Ophelia is a 10 month old Veiled Chameleon - I've had her for 6 months. He said that she looks healthy, very solid. No signs of MDB and showed me how to check by gently squeezing the jaw to see if there is any softness or give. Her jaw is strong. Also, same with the legs - he said that MDB legs can actually be manually bent the legs can be so floppy. No signs of any health issue for O - proud mommy moment. He asked me about my husbandry and said everything sounded on point. Seriously, her health can be tracked back to the members here who have been holding my hand, answering the questions and offering support and community. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
He palpitated her belly and said she was not gravid. He did not suggest the x-rays, didn't feel like it was really necessary but was happy to do it. He said there was little stress for her involved, so since we had already driven that far - I said go ahead and do it. I wanted to start a history/baseline for her (I think that is important with any living creature) so that any future problem can be addressed better - hopefully.
Showing me the x-rays, I believe he sounded a little surprised that she had developing ovaries (I hope I said that correctly). You can't feel them as defined things... her belly is soft. Obviously she has them and they could develop into eggs - but he said that maybe she wouldn't - some chams (beardies/green iguanas) can go from the follicle stage to developing and then back again. She might never lay eggs. The schedule between gravidness and laying (is that a word, I don't know) it is not as clearly evident in non-mated females; it's easier with a mated cham.
Bottom-line... he said he looks for overall body health: what does the casque look like, are they hips getting bony, is the cham eating, drinking and pooping normally. A gravid female that has eggs ready to lay "feel" like a bag of jelly beans - they have been developing the shell in the stage before laying. Ophelia is no where NEAR that stage. She is 148grams and has been around that weight for a month (within 3 grams).
She was amazing - handled it all like a rockstar
The visit took about 30 mins - exam, discussion and 2 x-rays $150. Small price to pay for peace of mind and even though SoCal traffic can be horrific, it wasn't all that bad.
Ophelia is a 10 month old Veiled Chameleon - I've had her for 6 months. He said that she looks healthy, very solid. No signs of MDB and showed me how to check by gently squeezing the jaw to see if there is any softness or give. Her jaw is strong. Also, same with the legs - he said that MDB legs can actually be manually bent the legs can be so floppy. No signs of any health issue for O - proud mommy moment. He asked me about my husbandry and said everything sounded on point. Seriously, her health can be tracked back to the members here who have been holding my hand, answering the questions and offering support and community. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
He palpitated her belly and said she was not gravid. He did not suggest the x-rays, didn't feel like it was really necessary but was happy to do it. He said there was little stress for her involved, so since we had already driven that far - I said go ahead and do it. I wanted to start a history/baseline for her (I think that is important with any living creature) so that any future problem can be addressed better - hopefully.
Showing me the x-rays, I believe he sounded a little surprised that she had developing ovaries (I hope I said that correctly). You can't feel them as defined things... her belly is soft. Obviously she has them and they could develop into eggs - but he said that maybe she wouldn't - some chams (beardies/green iguanas) can go from the follicle stage to developing and then back again. She might never lay eggs. The schedule between gravidness and laying (is that a word, I don't know) it is not as clearly evident in non-mated females; it's easier with a mated cham.
Bottom-line... he said he looks for overall body health: what does the casque look like, are they hips getting bony, is the cham eating, drinking and pooping normally. A gravid female that has eggs ready to lay "feel" like a bag of jelly beans - they have been developing the shell in the stage before laying. Ophelia is no where NEAR that stage. She is 148grams and has been around that weight for a month (within 3 grams).
She was amazing - handled it all like a rockstar
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