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Thank you.

I will certainly do that. Which pain meds have you had for your chams?

I was wondering if that could be it. Do you think it’s doing him harm? Should I ask the vet for something else?

Ontario

Yes, kind of like that. I live in Ottawa.

This is him this morning and he stayed there for quite a while until I took him out for meds and feeding.

No I’m in Canada. Saturday was Canada Day so places that are typically closed on Saturday are closed on Monday instead.

😲😲😲

Lethargic and having trouble moving around.

Yes. He’s a big beautiful boy and very friendly💚

Nope, not open til tomorrow.

I’ll be calling tomorrow. WAIT…I thought today was Sunday. Long weekends mess with me!😬. I’ll call right now!

Ricki was showing improvement and now he seems to have relapsed😕. Could it be one of his new meds? AntIbiotic enrofloxacin? Pain med gabapentin? He’s not due for Enrofloxacin until tomorrow. Not sure if I should give him the gabapentin today. On a scale of 0.01 to 0.05, he is at 0.02. Any...

UPDATE on Ricki. We went to a follow up visit with the vet on Thursday.She was very happy with his progress. An ultrasound showed his kidneys were much less swollen. He was less lethargic and he stilled loved the RVT but just tolerated the vet😆. When they were out of the room, I was holding...

Good to know. I can only imagine how you’d react when he already had health issues!

Honestly, I’ve seen other keepers refer to it and just want to know if it’s really something to be aware of. Thanks for the confirmation. One less thing to worry about if I encounter it. 👍

Honestly, I’ve seen other keepers refer to it and just want to know if it’s really something to be aware of. Thanks for the confirmation. One less thing to worry about if I encounter it. 👍

Is “winter funk” really a thing with captive bred chams whose environment remains the same through all seasons?🧐.

I'm very grateful to you both for your support, knowledge and encouragement. My boys mean the world to me💚

Thank you SO much for the input. 💚. Hopefully she will recheck his uric acid on Thursday. He seems to WANT to eat…when I open his lips slightly, he opens them a little more to take the worm and gets it down (sometimes it falls out of his mouth but he tries again.). Hoping for the best. I’ll...