Tragic story with Amazing ending!!!!

[lisagr07]

Here is Lucky....the "LUCKIEST" chameleon alive! The bird didn't even harm her. The water almost drowned her but here she is. She is Alive and thriving and used up 1, maybe 2 lives.

she is the cutest little thing!!!!!
so glad you were able to save her and up on your reptile CPR!!

she was probably going to be lunch for those baby birds.

 

[RastaReptiles]

omg that is such a crazy story! thank god u were able to save your panther!

 

[tkilgour]

omg that is such a crazy story! thank god u were able to save your panther!

I know, so very true.

she is the cutest little thing!!!!!
so glad you were able to save her and up on your reptile CPR!!

she was probably going to be lunch for those baby birds.

Thanks for the compliments and yes she was going to be lunch.

You're pretty lucky that the bird fell when you shot it.

I have to agree. The bird was so close it was an easy hit, plus the bird kind of hovered and played with my chameleon, landed on the fence and then started to fly off. Then boom, I blasted it with the hose. I had the nozzle on the hose on full blast and it was a direct hit. Plus, it was a smaller species of bird. I don't know much about all the birds around here, but i think it was a barn swallow.

 

[Berg]

Well, I was outside pruning bushes by the area the incedent happened. I suddenly had the same type of bird that got my baby cham, swoop at me and then a nest full of hatchling birds floated out of the bush I was pruning. My dogs swarmed in on the birds and my Doberman caught one in flight. I yelled at her, but it was over, the bird was dead. Here is a photo of a dead bird, Lucky was going to be fed to this dead bird today.

Not today sucka!!!!!! Baby chameleons are not on the menu!

Poor bird.......

Lol jk I'm glad ur baby is alright

 

[VeiledOwner87]

God was looking out for that little guy nice job

Amen brotha

birds do suck

 

[stokelyw]

wow that is awsome looks like that little one will be a keeper

 

[summoner12]

crazy man!

one of the local reptile vets who several local members see will do a rinse move on the cham that will make your jaw drop! he will hold the chams mouth open under a faucet and fill the cham with water and then dump the cham up-side-down to drain the fluid. This is a method used to clean mucus from the cham when treating a RI. I wouldn't do it myself... but if I ever had a cham in a situation like yourself, i'd hold it up-side-down to drain the fluid and give it some time to come to.

I have a small story about a bird.... I had Fred (male veiled) outside on a ficus tree and a bird landed right next to him on the same branch. Fred looked at the bird and started to do the leaf walk away from the bird and the bird sat for a second, then took off. Fred seemed kinda freaked out... but he was bigger than the bird, so no danger.

 

[tkilgour]

crazy man!

one of the local reptile vets who several local members see will do a rinse move on the cham that will make your jaw drop! he will hold the chams mouth open under a faucet and fill the cham with water and then dump the cham up-side-down to drain the fluid. This is a method used to clean mucus from the cham when treating a RI. I wouldn't do it myself... but if I ever had a cham in a situation like yourself, i'd hold it up-side-down to drain the fluid and give it some time to come to.

I have a small story about a bird.... I had Fred (male veiled) outside on a ficus tree and a bird landed right next to him on the same branch. Fred looked at the bird and started to do the leaf walk away from the bird and the bird sat for a second, then took off. Fred seemed kinda freaked out... but he was bigger than the bird, so no danger.

The rinse move sounds insane! If the vet is still practicing, it must work. I'd say they would go out of business if they did that procedure and drowned all the animals they attempted it on.

I wonder how many hatchlings can actually survive in the wild. They must come across everything from spiders and birds to snakes. It must be a tough life in the wild.

 

[FFSTRescue]

This story does not have an amazing ending! Ahhhh! The picture of that poor baby fledgling is haunting me and I just sat down to eat breakfast and now I have lost my appetite, darn you! Lol, the dogs get my cereal.
Anyway, poor fledgling. It is too bad, this time of year when the baby birds leave their nests, or accidentally get pushed out by us, they are attacked by predators, mainly dogs and cats. My dogs have killed their fair share of animals and it breaks my heart, not much we can do to stop it, and I have tried everything, though they have stopped killing birds and I keep my cats indoors during this time of year when the fledglings are on the ground and are the most vulnerable (cats are considered an invasive species, killing over 20 million birds a year, cats were introduced to North America and birds have not evolved a way to escape from their claws when they swipe). I rehab ill, injured, and orphaned wildlife, mainly birds, so you can imagine my horror when my own animals kill one :-(
Anyway, about your chameleon and your superhero powers , not many people get a chance to do that on a chameleon! I did CPR on a Dwarf Shield-Tailed agama (Xenagama Taylori) and she was dying of dehydration and emaciation and so I gave her fluids, electrolytes, to try to revive her, and the electrolyte polarity of the solution compared to her body was off, therefore causing her heart to stop! (if you shine a flashlight through their backs towards you up by their throats, you can usually see their beating heart), So I pumped her arms in and out from the side, which not only pumps the heart, but creates positive and negative pressure in the lungs so you don't have to practically stick their head in your mouth to breathe for them, then after about a minute, she took a breath, and came back to life. If she could have only told her side of her near death experience, same with your cham!

 

[tkilgour]

This story does not have an amazing ending! Ahhhh! The picture of that poor baby fledgling is haunting me and I just sat down to eat breakfast and now I have lost my appetite, darn you! Lol, the dogs get my cereal.
Anyway, poor fledgling. It is too bad, this time of year when the baby birds leave their nests, or accidentally get pushed out by us, they are attacked by predators, mainly dogs and cats. My dogs have killed their fair share of animals and it breaks my heart, not much we can do to stop it, and I have tried everything, though they have stopped killing birds and I keep my cats indoors during this time of year when the fledglings are on the ground and are the most vulnerable (cats are considered an invasive species, killing over 20 million birds a year, cats were introduced to North America and birds have not evolved a way to escape from their claws when they swipe). I rehab ill, injured, and orphaned wildlife, mainly birds, so you can imagine my horror when my own animals kill one :-(
Anyway, about your chameleon and your superhero powers , not many people get a chance to do that on a chameleon! I did CPR on a Dwarf Shield-Tailed agama (Xenagama Taylori) and she was dying of dehydration and emaciation and so I gave her fluids, electrolytes, to try to revive her, and the electrolyte polarity of the solution compared to her body was off, therefore causing her heart to stop! (if you shine a flashlight through their backs towards you up by their throats, you can usually see their beating heart), So I pumped her arms in and out from the side, which not only pumps the heart, but creates positive and negative pressure in the lungs so you don't have to practically stick their head in your mouth to breathe for them, then after about a minute, she took a breath, and came back to life. If she could have only told her side of her near death experience, same with your cham!

Very interesting....sounds like you know what the heck you are doing. I didn't really know if what I was doing was goind to work. It seemed to be my only shot, so that is what I did. I stuck its hole head in my mouth and helped it breath. She is still alive and healthy now so something went right. I am so happy and very fortunate.

As for the bird, I felt bad about it. I told my dog "NO" but instinct took over and there was no stopping her. I think they are barn swallows and the parents are major pests. My Doberman has it out for them. They keep swooping at our heads and at my dogs. Now when I open my door the Doberman rushes out looking for birds that swoop at her. She gets mad at every bird in the fence and chases it out of the yard. Kind of funny, but I dont want her killing them. My cats never go outside, and they only seem to be interested in escapee crickets.

 

[FFSTRescue]

LOL, do you have any normal animals, or are you one of those people that could write a book about all of your different animals and their eccentric personalities? You crack me up! First you have a chameleon that survives a bird attack, a fall, a drowning, then you have a doberman than chases swallows for fun, then you have a cat that thinks chasing crickets is big game hunting, your house must be so much fun! The funny thing is that you can't tell the general public that you gave mouth to mouth to a reptile or they will look at you like you're crazy (I learned that the hard way) which is why these forums are great.
As for the swallows, they are SO VERY ANNOYING, but you have to close your eyes are just realize that they are eating gnats and mosquitoes and other bugs that are circling your head. The worst part is when bats dive-bomb your head, but I just keep telling myself over and over that they are eating the bugs, so I have really grown to appreciate the swallows as I walk through the fields, because even though it looks like they are going to kamikaze right into my head, I just ignore them and they make my walk pleasant because I don't get eaten by gnats
My sister has a doberman and he loves to chase her African Grey parrot. He is such a big baby that when the parrot bites him, he runs away and hides. Those dogs are just great, never a dull moment!

 

[tkilgour]

LOL, do you have any normal animals, or are you one of those people that could write a book about all of your different animals and their eccentric personalities? You crack me up! First you have a chameleon that survives a bird attack, a fall, a drowning, then you have a doberman than chases swallows for fun, then you have a cat that thinks chasing crickets is big game hunting, your house must be so much fun! The funny thing is that you can't tell the general public that you gave mouth to mouth to a reptile or they will look at you like you're crazy (I learned that the hard way) which is why these forums are great.
As for the swallows, they are SO VERY ANNOYING, but you have to close your eyes are just realize that they are eating gnats and mosquitoes and other bugs that are circling your head. The worst part is when bats dive-bomb your head, but I just keep telling myself over and over that they are eating the bugs, so I have really grown to appreciate the swallows as I walk through the fields, because even though it looks like they are going to kamikaze right into my head, I just ignore them and they make my walk pleasant because I don't get eaten by gnats
My sister has a doberman and he loves to chase her African Grey parrot. He is such a big baby that when the parrot bites him, he runs away and hides. Those dogs are just great, never a dull moment!

LoL.....I don't know, I may qualify as an eccentric pet owner. I mostly have chameleons and tarantulas.(easy to keep clean and no odor, lol) I may need lions and bears to truly qualify as eccentric. Oh and believe me all my pets have huge personalities even the tarantulas. I have a Doberman and a tiny Italian greyhound rescue. These 2 are full of character, sometimes I think they belong in a circus. My 2 cats ( a persian, and black cat) are crazy little devils. They are always racing around the house chasing and rolling over each other. This place can be like a petting zoo at times, no joke

BTW, Your right the general public would think I am nuts if I showed them some of my pets. Thank goodness for forums like this.

 

[OOOst16]

as a fellow cinci dude I GIVE GRATZ! to saving somthing so helpless. what goes around comes around! (weather has been real nice ehh? except for tonight i think were getting rain! haha!)

 

[Carlton]

I don't even know if cpr is possible on a chameleon, but she basically seemed dead so it was my only option. Once she spit out water, she was back in a matter of minutes.

Oh you can give a cham CPR...I had a large female melleri who aspirated some water after I gave her meds and a superworm chaser. She started gasping and choking, turned this weird yellow and orange color, and eventually stopped breathing. I caught her as she started to fall out of her tree, tried to clear her throat, and started CPR. She revived as I was breathing into her mouth and she clamped down on my lip. I have a little scar to remind me.