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I'm sorry for your loss! When my first chameleon had a respiratory infection, he was given Fortaz injections. He would always get a color change around the injection site. It would last a day or two and then go away. As he was recovering the duration of change would shorten. The color changes in...

Chameleons don't have long GI tracts so you may be over feeding her, just putting too much through too fast. Increasing her basking temp may also help a bit. They like to sit in the "sun" after eating because everything they do is temperature dependent. The crickets are also high in chitin which...

i agree.... botulinum toxin is natural but its not safe lol. I can understand people wanting to avoid medicines and use holistic methods for treating people and animals. Chameleons can be a very tricky patient to treat due to their amazing ability to hide almost all illness and the way they...

if they were squirrels they would have their tail fur by now...... the tail gets fur at the same rate as the body for a few weeks and then it starts to bush out like a bottle brush right before they are on their own

did you find the nest in the bushes? squirrels NEVER build nests close to the ground. If you want to find a squirrel nest, look in the biggest, tallest oak tree you can find. They like to build in mature trees. I also hate to be the bringer of bad news but it is actually illegal to possess...

I work at a wildlife center. I have been raising baby squirrels for 3 years :) They look nothing like the Eastern Gray, Red, or Eastern Fox. Southern Flying squirrels are out of the question here because they have the extra skin between their arms. Those are not newborn baby squirrels either...

i don't think those are squirrels.... squirrels' tails get fur on them just like their body for a few weeks and then they start to get bushy as they age. The facial structure and the paws also do not look squirrely to me. I think they are a type of rat.....

I was at work today (a vet hospital where my reptile vet works) and i looked through my chameleons chart and i actually forgot that he had a RI right after i got him. We treated with fortaz (ceftazidime) and it cleared right up. It was nice because it was a once every 3 days injection. If the...

my vote is listen to your reptile vet. they have spent thousands of dollars, blood, sweat, and tears to understand and learn how to clinically treat and cure diseases. Just talk with your vet about alternative treatment options. Dr. Alfonso actually posted recently on his blog about RI in...

I use chlorohexidine aka Nolvasan. I ordered a jug from the wildlife center I volunteer at. It is the same stuff vets use to scrub surgical sites and we use it for pretty much everything from cleaning cages to cleaning and flushing wounds with it. Once it is diluted to the proper concentration...

i just finished making a batch of frozen gutload for my roaches. I made it with collard greens, turnip greens, dandelion greens (store was out of mustard greens or they would be in there too), carrots, apple, papaya, mango, and butternut squash. I got everything to grind up pretty fine so it is...

his eyes seem puffy to me... what do you gutload your feeders with?

the pKa of acetic acid (aka vinegar) is about 5, its a weak acid

ask your vet if she has access to the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) its a website for veterinarians to share cases and info. My reptile vet uses it all the time. She could do a search there about the RI in chameleons. You could also PM ferretinmyshoes here on the board, she should know a lot.

my reptile vet wasn't in today :( i'll let you know monday about it. (i KNOW she is in monday lol)

I go by if it has air sacs, fumes are bad. I know birds are very sensitive to fumes from cleaners and such. Chameleons have air sacs similar to birds' so i just don't use anything that has a powerful odor around my chameleon. I can check with my reptile vet where i work and i could give you a...

my previous veiled did this, we determined that it was F*** you in chameleon language, my new veiled doesn't do it because he goes straight to gaping and hissing and completely skips the phh noise

your little baby is adorable!.... and it actually looks like a she to me.... i don't see any tarsal spurs,

we use baycox at the wildlife center i work at but we have to order it from Australia i think

have you ever had your chameleon tested for parasites?