Constipation?

[annambucher]

Yesterday I was freaking out and completely thought my Chamaeleon had a respiratory infection or mouth rot or something. She was gaping and did not look like she’s feeling well. I went in today and noticed there was poop in her cage that was very hard. Now she looks much better, isn’t gaping anymore, and is drinking. Could she have been constipated?

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Yesterday I was freaking out and completely thought my Chamaeleon had a respiratory infection or mouth rot or something. She was gaping and did not look like she’s feeling well. I went in today and noticed there was poop in her cage that was very hard. Now she looks much better, isn’t gaping anymore, and is drinking. Could she have been constipated?

It’s referred to as “impaction” , why is her back leg so swollen?

 

[Brodybreaux25]

I have a feeling you may have more than one issue going on here.



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[annambucher]

It’s referred to as “impaction” , why is her back leg so swollen?

Her back leg isn't swollen. It just looks like that in the picture I took

 

[Kaizen]

As Brody mentioned, it would be very helpful if you filled out the form. More pics would also help.

 

[annambucher]

We are taking her to the vet tomorrow to make sure everything is ok. But so fare she is acting completely normal today

 

[Brodybreaux25]

We are taking her to the vet tomorrow to make sure everything is ok. But so fare she is acting completely normal today

You came to us asking for help. Please give us the tools needed to help you.

 

[Ares05]

It is really great that you are taking her to the vet, but her hind leg does look swollen. It could be something more serious than it appears to be and could result in something way out of hand in terms of fixing/treating it. It's better to take care of it early rather wait for it to be harder to treat.

 

[MissSkittles]

Aside from the leg, if you fill out the form @Brodybreaux25 it could be discovered why your cham may have been constipated/impacted and how to prevent it from recurring as well as preventing a myriad of other possible problems in the future.

 

[annambucher]

Her leg just looks big from the angle of the picture. It does not look like that in real life

 

[Ares05]

Then take a new picture, so we can see her standing up, just to make sure.

 

[The Wild One]

are you certain that your chams vet has experience with chams? there has been a lot of cases where it may say "exotic Specialist" on their title, but have no idea what their doing