Dawniegirl
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Need some help please!!! Today when we returned home I found Diego hanging by his back feet from the top of his cage & dangling down w/ eyes closed. He was grabbing onto a the top of his ficus w/ his hands but the stem wouldn't have been strong enough for him to get onto to get down from the top. It seemed as though his back feet/ nails may have been stuck in the cage screen & he couldn't get down. I put my hand into his cage to help him get down & he seemed week. I noticed after putting him on a branch that he keep facing his head down & then I saw what looks it to be gular edema. So I took him out for pics & to get a better look. His grip & walk seems week. ((OKay while typing this he just took a BIG poo & it fell into a small amount of water onto the bottom of his cage that is there from the mister. It is HUGE solid brown poo & White Urates on the end.))
What do you think & what should be done... No dusting? Get Vit A & give, wait til monday for vet? Give his crickets a different diet? BTW I have never fully resolved is original problem of closing eyes during the day.
I'm definitely going to stop dusting but not sure where to go from there. I'm guessing a vet might be in order but we don't have one in the area that will see him. Also I read about giving a bath of 1/2 pedialyte & 1/2 warm water for 20- 25 minutes twice daily. What do you think about that & have you every heard of it? Not sure how it would help w/ edema but I case worth a try unless the bath would be bad for some reason. TIA!!!!!!!!!
Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - Male, almost 7 months & had him about 3 months
* Handling - not often. 2-3 times a week briefly & then put him on another Ficus in sunnier room for some tan time, maybe for 45 minutes or so, then back to his cage.
* Feeding - Mainly Crickets 1/2 bout 10 & sometimes a couple "baby" supers about 1 inch long.
* Supplements - Sticky Tongue miner-All Phosphorous free Calium without d--3 once daily, rep-cal w/ D-3 twice a month & Herptivite twice a month
* Watering - Misting King 5x day for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes & dripper at top of cage. Occasional also spray his Ficus a little w/ hand sprayer because it seems to dry fast.
* Fecal Description - Solid & brown w/ Urate WHITE (finally... YES!)
* History - Today looks like he has gular edema & seems week. Still shuts his eyes in day like he's resting but tail not curled like when he sleeps (done this ever since I've had him).
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Screened cage 16" deep 24" long by 30" high
* Lighting - zoo med 50 watt basking light bulb (it was a 75 watt for the first couple days but I lower it to 50 watt... basking temp was closer to high 90s-100 with the 75 watt) also use reptisun 5.0 flourescent UVB.
* Temperature - cage temp 71- low 90's in basking area. over night temp about 65-68 degrees
* Humidity - 50- 80 (80 after misting)
* Plants - Benjamin Ficus, branches & fake vines wrapped & round & hanging down from branches
* Placement - Screen cage in family room on a Exo-terra stand in the corner. no vents or windows near by him
* Location - Family room
What do you think & what should be done... No dusting? Get Vit A & give, wait til monday for vet? Give his crickets a different diet? BTW I have never fully resolved is original problem of closing eyes during the day.
I'm definitely going to stop dusting but not sure where to go from there. I'm guessing a vet might be in order but we don't have one in the area that will see him. Also I read about giving a bath of 1/2 pedialyte & 1/2 warm water for 20- 25 minutes twice daily. What do you think about that & have you every heard of it? Not sure how it would help w/ edema but I case worth a try unless the bath would be bad for some reason. TIA!!!!!!!!!
Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - Male, almost 7 months & had him about 3 months
* Handling - not often. 2-3 times a week briefly & then put him on another Ficus in sunnier room for some tan time, maybe for 45 minutes or so, then back to his cage.
* Feeding - Mainly Crickets 1/2 bout 10 & sometimes a couple "baby" supers about 1 inch long.
* Supplements - Sticky Tongue miner-All Phosphorous free Calium without d--3 once daily, rep-cal w/ D-3 twice a month & Herptivite twice a month
* Watering - Misting King 5x day for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes & dripper at top of cage. Occasional also spray his Ficus a little w/ hand sprayer because it seems to dry fast.
* Fecal Description - Solid & brown w/ Urate WHITE (finally... YES!)
* History - Today looks like he has gular edema & seems week. Still shuts his eyes in day like he's resting but tail not curled like when he sleeps (done this ever since I've had him).
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Screened cage 16" deep 24" long by 30" high
* Lighting - zoo med 50 watt basking light bulb (it was a 75 watt for the first couple days but I lower it to 50 watt... basking temp was closer to high 90s-100 with the 75 watt) also use reptisun 5.0 flourescent UVB.
* Temperature - cage temp 71- low 90's in basking area. over night temp about 65-68 degrees
* Humidity - 50- 80 (80 after misting)
* Plants - Benjamin Ficus, branches & fake vines wrapped & round & hanging down from branches
* Placement - Screen cage in family room on a Exo-terra stand in the corner. no vents or windows near by him
* Location - Family room