Does anyone have a list or link to a list of commonly used antibiotics and other medications for chams? I don't have access to a exotic or reptile vet so I am kind of flying by the seat of my pants should something unfortunate happen to my chams.
Right now my baby veiled may have some eye damage due to his lighting and/or exposure to direct tropical sunlight over the weekend. His cage is a 3' all screen, 2 hibiscus, 5.0 uvb tube. The weather here is high 80's-90 daytime to high 70's night with high humidity almost constantly, I mist at least 3 times a day. I sat him outside where the full morning sunlight is directly on the cage being as my senegal absolutely thrived and grew like crazy when I put him outdoors. The veiled has been keeping his eyes mostly closed since Monday after I brought him back inside due to the heat. He has been eating because all of the crickets are gone from his cage and he is taking normal poops with white urea. He is just having trouble with his eyes as far as I can tell. No mucus or wheezing, normal colors not as active as usual but of course he's having trouble seeing. I've noticed he likes to hang upside down directly under the UV bulb, perhaps this contributed to the problem. Has anyone had similar problems from the cham being too close to the tube type bulbs?
Eating gutloaded crickets and field sweep insects (mostly small grasshoppers and butterflies) from a pesticide free area. My other lizards also eat the exact same diet and have had zero problems. Calcium dusted crickets a few times a week, I've given multivitamins only once in the 2 weeks I have had him since the wild caught insects I believe contain most of the nutrients that may be deficient in the crickets.
Right now my baby veiled may have some eye damage due to his lighting and/or exposure to direct tropical sunlight over the weekend. His cage is a 3' all screen, 2 hibiscus, 5.0 uvb tube. The weather here is high 80's-90 daytime to high 70's night with high humidity almost constantly, I mist at least 3 times a day. I sat him outside where the full morning sunlight is directly on the cage being as my senegal absolutely thrived and grew like crazy when I put him outdoors. The veiled has been keeping his eyes mostly closed since Monday after I brought him back inside due to the heat. He has been eating because all of the crickets are gone from his cage and he is taking normal poops with white urea. He is just having trouble with his eyes as far as I can tell. No mucus or wheezing, normal colors not as active as usual but of course he's having trouble seeing. I've noticed he likes to hang upside down directly under the UV bulb, perhaps this contributed to the problem. Has anyone had similar problems from the cham being too close to the tube type bulbs?
Eating gutloaded crickets and field sweep insects (mostly small grasshoppers and butterflies) from a pesticide free area. My other lizards also eat the exact same diet and have had zero problems. Calcium dusted crickets a few times a week, I've given multivitamins only once in the 2 weeks I have had him since the wild caught insects I believe contain most of the nutrients that may be deficient in the crickets.
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