little leaf
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Yesterday was her 3rd visit, and the hardest one yet- she ended up having surgery on her eye, and mouth - 
her eye was odd shaped when I got her- the first 2 visits she just was not up to having it worked on - well, they ended up opening the eye- it has scared shut - all this "stuff" came out - it was awful! what is left they think will be now reabsorbed, if not, she will have another surgery to remove what is left, and end up with a "dry socket" - but I don't care, she is beautiful to me, 2 eyes or 1 then we moved on to her mouth- he is not really sure what exactly was in it, but she had a build up of what looked like some type of hard yellow/blackish underneath stuff- it was so thick on her jaw it almost encapsulated her bottom teeth - he scraped all that out- when the first big piece came out , I thought it was her jaw bone- scared me to death! at first, I was holding her- but then the "nurse" came in, so I tried to had her over to her, but little Gail would not let go of my finger, the vet said "its ok, she can hold your hand" - so there I sat, little Gail pinned down on the table, her little toe nails dug deep into my finger, it was SO sad- she could not be sedated due to her health- but this smelly,nasty stuff had to come out- thankfully my vet is VERY fast, so all this did not take long, but Gail was cussing him out in every color she had~ then she still had to have her shot and hydration - all this was hard on her, but I can tell she already feels better, and her mouth looks 100% better , she is doing so much better - so strong - just a little fighter- but we still have alot of infection to get rid of- and she still is not out of the woods by a long shot, the vet ( we saw 2 vets, but this is the reptile vet, whom I have known from childhood, the other was more of a bird vet, but I had to get her in) said when he read the chart, he thought when he opened her transport box he would find a carcass- he was also surprised to see how strong she was, and the girls at the front desk said they really were surprised when I came back for our 2nd apt,, the did not think she was going to make it - soooo she may have to have 2 more surgeries,hopefully her eye will do its thing now that is is not full of what ever that was - and she has a started to heal her broken jaw, but it is healing with a big knot on the end, and if it does not go away, she can not close her mouth, and that will have to be shaved off- so cross my fingers on that one. She is not allowed to have any solid food for A MONTH !!! so hand feeding 4 X a day for the next 30 , we are getting this down pretty good now- I have to laugh , I JUST got 1,000 crickets - LOL
I am posting a few pics, just so you can see how a cham gets a shot- and hydration, and one of her bad eye,and you can also see how her jaw is making that bump - I did not know how a cham got shots, or hydration, so if you find you will need these for you cham, you have an idea of how they do it , even tho I have done both these things on farm animals, boy is the cham world different the hydration is the one in her belly~ as bad as this looks, she does not seem to get to upset. also, anyone who was following the temp issue- 94 vs cooler- Graceful chams are kept more like Jacksons, a little on the cooler side - so no wonder she did not want to stay in the heat of 94~
her eye was odd shaped when I got her- the first 2 visits she just was not up to having it worked on - well, they ended up opening the eye- it has scared shut - all this "stuff" came out - it was awful! what is left they think will be now reabsorbed, if not, she will have another surgery to remove what is left, and end up with a "dry socket" - but I don't care, she is beautiful to me, 2 eyes or 1 then we moved on to her mouth- he is not really sure what exactly was in it, but she had a build up of what looked like some type of hard yellow/blackish underneath stuff- it was so thick on her jaw it almost encapsulated her bottom teeth - he scraped all that out- when the first big piece came out , I thought it was her jaw bone- scared me to death! at first, I was holding her- but then the "nurse" came in, so I tried to had her over to her, but little Gail would not let go of my finger, the vet said "its ok, she can hold your hand" - so there I sat, little Gail pinned down on the table, her little toe nails dug deep into my finger, it was SO sad- she could not be sedated due to her health- but this smelly,nasty stuff had to come out- thankfully my vet is VERY fast, so all this did not take long, but Gail was cussing him out in every color she had~ then she still had to have her shot and hydration - all this was hard on her, but I can tell she already feels better, and her mouth looks 100% better , she is doing so much better - so strong - just a little fighter- but we still have alot of infection to get rid of- and she still is not out of the woods by a long shot, the vet ( we saw 2 vets, but this is the reptile vet, whom I have known from childhood, the other was more of a bird vet, but I had to get her in) said when he read the chart, he thought when he opened her transport box he would find a carcass- he was also surprised to see how strong she was, and the girls at the front desk said they really were surprised when I came back for our 2nd apt,, the did not think she was going to make it - soooo she may have to have 2 more surgeries,hopefully her eye will do its thing now that is is not full of what ever that was - and she has a started to heal her broken jaw, but it is healing with a big knot on the end, and if it does not go away, she can not close her mouth, and that will have to be shaved off- so cross my fingers on that one. She is not allowed to have any solid food for A MONTH !!! so hand feeding 4 X a day for the next 30 , we are getting this down pretty good now- I have to laugh , I JUST got 1,000 crickets - LOL I am posting a few pics, just so you can see how a cham gets a shot- and hydration, and one of her bad eye,and you can also see how her jaw is making that bump - I did not know how a cham got shots, or hydration, so if you find you will need these for you cham, you have an idea of how they do it , even tho I have done both these things on farm animals, boy is the cham world different
the hydration is the one in her belly~ as bad as this looks, she does not seem to get to upset. also, anyone who was following the temp issue- 94 vs cooler- Graceful chams are kept more like Jacksons, a little on the cooler side - so no wonder she did not want to stay in the heat of 94~
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