Trying to find a humane way to put my chameleon down...

[fullspectrum]

I have also heard ensure would be good to feed her with a plastic hand-feeding syringe. I didnt ask the vet this.

 

[fullspectrum]

I have given her as much privacy as possible. All ive done is taken a peak in her cage each morning to see what shes doing. And there has been something covering the front of the cage for a week so she has had all the privacy she can have. I only asked about the freezing thing because i read it IN A CHAMELEON BOOK. Now its to the point where she needs help by the milk or whatever will be best. I have been trying and I am not giving up or doing anything inhumane. Just trying to get all the information i can. No need to be a dick

 

[pantherlover]

I've never heard that before... but I have heard of many healthy females who became egg bound due to excessive stress. I'm not criticizing, just wondering. Anyone else agree with that? I've never bred chameleons (I do currently have a gravid Jackson's though), so I wouldn't know.

Yes its true. Im sure many have seen infertile eggs dropped on the floor of pet shop enclosures. I was also a culprit of not providing a laying bin over 15 years ago when I was a kid & didnt have the internet to educate me any further than what petstore employees instructed me...eggs dropped from the perch... Ive also heard of many keepers on this forum who have failed to provide moist enough laying bins, whos chams try to dig and end up digging valleys instead of tunnels... eggs dropped where they sit... A healthy female will drop the eggs when its time. They dont decide when they will lay, when its time, its time. If they dont, it has to do with internal problems and theyd become eggbound, laying bin or not. By no means do I suggest its ok to not provide a laying bin, but to my knowledge, a cham becoming eggbound due to not having a laing bin is a wives tale. Beyond my personal experience, this was ensured to me by my cham superior when I was stressing about my girls last fertile clutch. He is working with around 50 females of different species at the moment. Stress is a whole different ballgame.

 

[pantherlover]

I think you are giving up too early -- read about oxytocin and calcium injections.

This is what needs to be done if you cant work out anything with a vet.

 

[kinyonga]

What ever happened in the end?

 

[Texas Panther Man]

I hope you set up a proper bin with a mix of play sand & topsoil. She needs a min depth of 8" or so. She will most likely dig to the bottom of the bucket and lay there and cover them up.

If youve given injections before anyone can give an oxy injection with a little tutelage. I learned after watching once. Its very basic easy stuff. So if she doesnt lay after the initial injection and you want to bring her home ask the vet for more oxy and syringes and give her another injection if the first doesnt work. Sometimes it may take two or three to get her to push them out. She'll just start dropping eggs within 20-30 mins of the injection if its going to work. Dont wait til shes too weak, at that point the oxy is useless and your just going to make her suffer thru the contractions without having the strength to finish the job...

Thats all oxy is its a drug that makes women whether reptile or homosapien go into contractions and push those babies/eggs out.

 

[PeriTanz]

What ever happened in the end?

I would like to hear as well.