Any idea on locale
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Lennoncham
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Looks like a wild caught possibly ambilobe but who knows.
I just say looks wild caught because his muddled colour and rough look.
I just say looks wild caught because his muddled colour and rough look.
Flick boy
Chameleon Enthusiast
The more I think the more angry and sad I get. Someone bought him from this petshop and swaped him for another reptile. He's in a small enclosure not sorted for him like ffs he's not a piece of meat im going to get him its shit as I'm going to have to sort baby chams out for the owner
Flick boy
Chameleon Enthusiast
Thank you. @ Beman. I have been through this b4 with dogs when I had to walk away as I I had 30 and could not take any more emotional or financial stuff . Need to stay away from petshop. Would he b ok in the same room. I honestly don't know what to do. Or do I just stay away and look after my girl?
If he cant see the other one and she cant see him, it's okay. If they clear view of eachother at all times, it could def stress the female out quite a bit.
With quarantine it is always better to have them in a different room rather than the same room. Just to ensure you do not cross contaminate from one cage to the other. Then when he comes back with a clean fecal and a vet has said he was good to go then you could have them in the same room just ensure they can not see each other.
Maybe on opposite sides of the room but so they do not see each other you could possibly get away with it. But when I dealt with coccidia everyone told me I needed to have him in a totally different room so I had little to no chance of cross contamination. Not all parasites are created the same or as difficult to get rid of...
But you can use anything on one that you use for the other. Washing hands in between handling.
IMHO quarantine should be in another room altogether in case it can carry an airborne illness.
Example...
Airborne CANV propagules may have accounted for the Group D control animal developing an epidermal fungal lesion"...
https://academic.oup.com/mmy/article/44/1/25/1061667
Example...
Airborne CANV propagules may have accounted for the Group D control animal developing an epidermal fungal lesion"...
https://academic.oup.com/mmy/article/44/1/25/1061667
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Thank you for posting this... I knew there was a specific reason for another room but could not remember what it was.
Flick boy
Chameleon Enthusiast
I don't know that my head could cope with that you had me at airborne
Don't understand what you mean.
Flick boy
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yeah he looks a bit weathered only 3. I'm wondering about genetic issues in chameleons as I have only ever breed from healthy dogs mostly boxers which other than cancer as the top killer always had our dogs heart tested
Yeah I dunno if he was wild caught that could explain a lot or just poor care prior.
All that was important is that some things can be transmitted through the air so a new chameleon IMHO should be in a different room than the rest of your critters.
