kelly_girl199
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I know it's not over supplementation bc I hadn't been the greatest about it previously
Ryker's eye
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kelly_girl199
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Ok thank you. Do you think the humidifier will help get fluids in him at all too?
kelly_girl199
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Well what am I suppose to do if he won't drink on his own or eat?
Andee
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I do honestly think try the shower a couple times, it sounds different and if you bounce it off the wall it doesn't directly hit him especially if he's in a plant. But if you have carnivore care that will help him keep fed and hydrated at the moment. Also for more water intake, get a syringe that is just filled with warm water. Drip it on the tip of his nose right above his lips at a couple drops every couple seconds. It usually stimulates them to drink. I have had success with this kind of treatment when feeding a young veiled who could not see at all because of a vitamin a and d deficiency. Add that with a little liquid calcium and the vitamins in a combo shot once every 3 months, she did well and is now in a new home and full grown. So feeding is possible and making them drink is, it just takes patience. I fed once a day and gave water about 2 to 3 times a day. Eventually he should feel a bit better and hopefully start eating on his own.
kelly_girl199
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I woke up this morning to a nice poo with really white urate. So maybe it's from the carnivore care feeding yesterday and I also had water in his medicine. I just tried the shower. He didn't particularly care for it, but he didn't freak out either. I also tried soaking his body in warm bath water for about 5 min and he actually seemed very calm and didn't move at all. So I guess he liked that. What exactly is the point of the showers? Is it just to stimulate drinking?
kelly_girl199
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I will try it again today for a longer period of time
kelly_girl199
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Do you think it's possible a swollen neck is from a URI? Today he seems more letahrgic and keeps shutting his eyes. I also noticed something saliva like on the corners of his mouth when he opened it. Kept gapping when I put him in the sun for 20 min. He will barely drink. Keep licking dry branches. Today he was biting on the nozzle head. Won't drink when I keep dropping water on his nose.
kelly_girl199
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And I can't afford to go back to the vet. It cost me almost 100$ the last time and I'm in college. Idk what to do.
Andee
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I am pretty sure a swollen neck is not a symptom of URI. He probably needs to go to the vet again and have a blood panel run. Honestly a 100 dollar vet visit is not very expensive at all. I have easily spent 500 dollars on one chameleon on one visit. If you don't have the money to invest in him to get him better give him to a rescue. Because it sounds like he's dying.
kelly_girl199
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The vet wouldn't run any blood work because he is so small
kelly_girl199
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I am going to get some liquid calcium today. Both my calcium and multivitamin have D3 in it
kelly_girl199
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I hope so. I got his misting system back up. And set misting to 2 1/2 min twice, 2 min once , and for 30 seconds at 5 pm right before he goes to sleep around 6.
kelly_girl199
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Do you think an eye problem could be from lighting? He has had irritated eyes for a while now and he is always right up close to the uvb bulb? It wasn't until recently with the edema that his eyes got a little swollen and more red. But I also recently started using a new UVB bulb....just within he pay month. He previously had a compact heat/uvb bulb which I kept further away because too hot. But I stopped using bc I herd they can cause eye problems. I feel that his eye problem could be a separate cause than the edema though just bc its been an on and off thing. Maybe bc he is sick it got a little worse?
kelly_girl199
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He is also going back to the vet this Tuesday for a follow up.I sold a few things so I could pay for meds if he needs new ones
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