I sure thought that it was pretty neat...... My wife on the other hand was not so thrilled. She jump and almost cried when I cut him then almost lost her lunch when the worm popped out lol..... I still cant stop laughing at her.
They were pretty nasty, hard to find aswell. Just when I thought I was getting somewhere the worm would pull to the side and escape. They were suprisingly very mobile under their skin.
First is Orion at rest then fired. Second is Armageddon at rest then fired. A little better pics of them fired can be here.... http://www.trinitychameleons.com/nosyfaly.html
male removal
The females healed up just fine so it was Renegades turn. He had them all over the one side of him. Thankfully I only had to make one incision and was able to manipulate the worms close to the hole so I could carefully extract them. Their skin is very pliable so I could actually...
Bot flys are pretty nasty as well. The maggot or larvae lives directly under the skin. Most cases you can feel them eating you. There was a lady on discovery channel that had one eating her. They video taped the little bugger eating a hole under her skin. It still gives me the heeby jeebys when...
Small cloth over the face so she cant see. My wife held her still while I pulled them out. They did struggle a bit.
The corn starch is to prevent/stop any bleeding.
From what I see they are all out. Two females and one male had them. Both females had theirs removed today. I will wait and see how they are over the next couple days before I remove the males.
They get worms from some insects, flys carry some worm eggs. Licking branches where another animal...
I keep most of our colony, except babies, outside from May until October. Their colors become brighter, they are more active and being that they are getting natual sunlight there is no where near as much supplementing to be done. It gives their kidneys a break for a few months.
I had some WC chams with some filarial worms that I have been plumping up before I removed them. When they first got here they were very small and you could see them. Today they were pretty big and you could really see them under the skin.
This is not as bad as it looks. I used a pair of...