prolapsed uterus?

[winters24]

hello! I have a four year old veiled chameleon. I have just noticed recently that she appears to have a small brown protrusion coming from her rectal area, she is very antisocial and often enjoys just staying in her plant so I did not notice it right off. Taking a closer look I am afraid she has prolapsed, perhaps part of her uterus? I do not believe it is fecal material, I could not easily remove so I left it. the tissue is clearly dead and I am not sure of what to do.... I live in Maine and I have not been impressed with the veterinarian I have taken her to in the past. Can I please have some suggestions? thank you so much for your time.
Additional Info:
She is in a screen cage with a zoomed light, red infrared heating bulb for night time and a regular heating bulb for during the day. She has vines all through her cage so she can climb to the heat source as she would like. She is feed a diet of crickets, gut loaded with flukes gut loading formula. about once a week she is given 3 super worms as a treat with some calcium powder on them. She has a little dripper system. She is eating well, drinking well and seems to be acting normally. I have noticed a small amount of stool that is orange, yellow and white in color on the bottom of her cage within the last week. She also has a live plant in her cage for her to hide in which she has had for a long time ( 6 months or more). I can not pin point the last time she has laid eggs, she likes to bury them in the dirt of her plant and I have not seen her do that in the last month.

 

[jannb]

I really hate to hear about your girl. I had this problem with my female veiled Elly a few years ago. Your girl needs a good vets ASAP. I will see if I can contact a member here from Maine and get her vet info for you.

Dr. Periat is a friend of my vet, Dr. Alfonso and his wife was kind enough to get Dr. Periat's info. I hope she is within driving distant for you.
Dr. Jen Periat
Clinton Township, MI
586-416-8800
http://www.parkway-animal-hospital.com/staff/periat

http://www.superpages.com/bp/Clinton...2062832720.htm

 

[carol5208]

Jann, that vet is in Michigan, not Maine.

 

[jannb]

Jann, that vet is in Michigan, not Maine.

Thanks Carol! You can see what kind of night I had at work last night.

Here's one in Maine.
Bath-Brunswick Veterinary Associates, Inc.
Miranda P. Smith, DVM
257 Bath Road
Brunswick, ME 04011
Telephone: (207) 729-4164


And a few more from the ARAV list:

Jennifer Graham
DVM DABVP-Avian DABVP-ECM DACZM
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
200 Westboro Rd
North Grafton , MA 01536 USA
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Christine Pelletier
DVM
19 Main Street
Wakefield , MA 01880 USA
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email: [email protected]
website: http://www.VCAwakefield.com
Daria Smith
Lexington Vet Associates
511 Waltham St
Lexington , MA 02421 USA
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[kinyonga]

First of all can you post a photo of the prolapse.
If it is a prolapse then the protruding tissues need to be kept moist with K-Y jelly until you can get her to a vet so that the tissues wont]'s die.
The tissues will have to be replaced under anesthesia and possibly secured with a purse string suture until they will stay in place.

Its important to watch for signs of fungal infection after this is done and it might be necessary to put the chameleon on antibiotics. I'm not a vet and your vet should know about all of this.

Also, I'm concerned that your supplements, lighting and gutloading need to be looked at.
You said you have a "red infrared heating bulb for night time" ...its thought that this can disturb the chameleon's sleep at night and its usually recommended that you use a ceramic heat coil "bulb" for this.

Crickets, superworms, roaches can be fed/gutloaded with a wide assortment of greens such as kale, dandelions, mustard greens, collards, endive, escarole and veggies such as carrots, squash, sweet red pepper, sweet potato, zucchini, etc.

Its recommended to dust with a phos.-free calcium powder at most feedings, twice a month with a phos.-free calcium/D3 powder and twice a month with a vitamin powder containing a beta carotene (prOformed) source of vitamin A. This leaves it up to you to use a preformed source of vitamin A if needed.

Its important to keep track of their egglaying frequency and number of eggs laid.

Over feeding veiled females once they are mature can lead to prolapses, production of large clutches and MBD.

Hope you can get her to a vet quickly to give her the best chance of survival.

 

[carol5208]

haha! I was thinking that would be a very long ride!