xraygirl
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I live in South Carolina. The only "reptile" vet near me that EVERYONE raved about is the guy I originally took Chief to when these little spots started to appear all over him. He looked at him for 10 seconds, criticized my husbandry, and said it was fungus and gave me silver cream then charged me $110. After 4 months his spots got worse and started to develop growths. Fast forward to now, I had 6 of them biopsied off by a different vet that folks recommended (who does house calls), but she doesn't have experience with chameleons. She reached out to her vet network asking questions about Chief and how to go about doing his biopsy... (Which went great, no major complications, growths haven't come back on the biopsied spots yet - but they did come back as papilloma)
Now he is having some eye issues. I'm not sure if maybe he has a papilloma growth developing inside of his eye maybe, but he keeps it closed. Showers, eye drops, medicated eye drops... nothing is helping. He still eats and drinks great, no change in weight, but he keeps his right eye shut. He's always been kinda mellow and slow, loved coming out of his cage on his own. Now he kinda just sits still, doesn't move much and just keep that eye shut. I've had him for a little over 2 years now, so he's not new to me or anything.
I'm really hoping that someone near me, either in SC, GA, or NC can recommend a GOOD vet to go to, I'd be willing to make a long trip to get him the help he needs. I don't want to take him just anywhere and have some vet stick him with a needle and hurt him (heard horror stories about that). I'm too paranoid now after my experience with the "best exotic reptile vet" guy.
Now he is having some eye issues. I'm not sure if maybe he has a papilloma growth developing inside of his eye maybe, but he keeps it closed. Showers, eye drops, medicated eye drops... nothing is helping. He still eats and drinks great, no change in weight, but he keeps his right eye shut. He's always been kinda mellow and slow, loved coming out of his cage on his own. Now he kinda just sits still, doesn't move much and just keep that eye shut. I've had him for a little over 2 years now, so he's not new to me or anything.
I'm really hoping that someone near me, either in SC, GA, or NC can recommend a GOOD vet to go to, I'd be willing to make a long trip to get him the help he needs. I don't want to take him just anywhere and have some vet stick him with a needle and hurt him (heard horror stories about that). I'm too paranoid now after my experience with the "best exotic reptile vet" guy.