Our Vets here in AZ are charging almost $50 for a simple fecal w/o exam so when you have a good collection that you want to check every 4 mo or so it just makes since..........right?
Well I have crossed one more level on the slide. My microscope and fecal supplies just arrived. Looks like I am going to be pulling out and dusting off my old skills. Once upon a time I use to be in medical research and in the lab all day everyday so I figure it's not a huge leap
Al I would think with your two WC's now would be the perfect time to do them you might be able to see some good stuff
That is if your first test wasn't correct.
I don't think it is very hard. I got my scope off of Amazon and my fecal supplies off of some bearded dragon website. I think it helps if you know your way around a scope already, but once you know what you are looking for I don't think it should be difficult....but will let you know after I have done a few
I don't think it is very hard. I got my scope off of Amazon and my fecal supplies off of some bearded dragon website. I think it helps if you know your way around a scope already, but once you know what you are looking for I don't think it should be difficult....but will let you know after I have done a few
Yet, I wanted her so badly that I found coping strategies that I still use to this day (my tweezers, lol!) and even though I don't mind the feeders now, I draw the line at touching those fully grown Dubia! They are so gross! Now I have almost 30 cricket tubs of silkworms in various stages and spend a couple of hours most night feeding the feeders! Honestly, it comes to something when the food you feed your pet takes more looking after than the pet itself!
I guess I didn't tell my begining story. My sister (yes her again) convinced me to buy a baby bearded dragon. I got to know the LLL guys really well going down for more and more stuff for the beardie. I walk in one day, with my husband no less, and skillet (aka John) says to me, Laurie I have your chameleon. I am confused, I didn't order a cham. He had watched my look at and hold chams every time I came in. They got a nice shipment of sweet small chams. Arnold came home with us.
The real problem happen after I sent my 3 to my sister as we were getting ready to move to Montana. I asl my friend (??) Steve Sims to bring over a baby panther, as it was winter in Montana so my sis could not send my beardies & chams to me. He brought over 5, yes 5, for me to chose from. He then allowed me to buy 5 beaitiful chams who can to Montana with me. But they were all males so I needed a female or 2, or 5. I have finally slowed down from 20+ adults to only 5 chams right now. I am sooooo much better.
Well, Rob, that all sounds familiar! I guess I knew I was going down the slope when I got Lily back in 2008. That girl taught me so much - I had a fear of the very things that would keep her alive, so much so, that I would ask the shop keeper to get a tub of meal worms (for my sugar gliders) for me rather than pick up a tub of locusts or crickets to get to the meal worms myself!
So, for me, it was my sweet Lily that started it all. That and the photos that people post on here - they really don't help when you get beautiful photos of beautiful chameleons posted every day! When I got Lily I didn't like the male Veileds, I thought they were rather 'fishlike' and I preferred the more rounded shape of the girly chams. Strange how things work out, lol! Tommy was the sweetest boy ever - these creatures have something far more than any furry pet, yet I can't quite put my finger on exactly what that 'something' is!
If you like this thread you will love my other thread
(funny thing is he didnt grow as freakishly large as i had hoped)
. Rushed upstairs to find no Chams
. I asked what was the deal with the tease?. They said they had a pair of Jacksons and they were stressing over the Center's visitor foot traffic. But i did notice that they also had them housed in the same exhibit with 3-4 Leaf tail Geckos(Uroplatus). I assume this was the cause for them stressing. Explained to the keepers my concerns and they are going to make changes and possibly have a Chameleon Only exhibit.. This may seem like a act of kindness. But it's my greed to immerse myself with Chameleons that's driving this "good" gesture. lmaooo boohahahaha boohahahah!!
lol! I don't know how, but I stayed with one for over two years and the only reason I got a second was because it was 5 minutes from my house and needed a good home when someone posted on the forum here. I still would probably have one! I have been tempted MANY times though I will admit!
