Murrdox
New Member
I think I'm going to lose my little guy.
He had a little eye infection back in September, which cleared up no problem thanks to some help people posted.
Now, however, I have no idea. He's going to the vet first thing tomorrow morning, no doubt about it. I think this post is more for me right now and just to get some idea of maybe what to expect tomorrow when I go to the vet, and how to make him comfortable until then.
Starting maybe a week ago, he just started getting a little lethargic. He seemed to be having a hard time climbing around, which is a little "normal" for him since he's got a condition with his claws where they never really grew right. However, it seemed a little worse than normal. He was still eating and drinking like a champ though, and had a really great normal looking poo. I thought perhaps the sudden temperature drop in my area was the cause... I realized I hadn't adjusted his temperature schedule for winter, so I supplied him with some additional heat, and got the cage up to a normal temperature. He was probably getting down to the high 60s at night, and probably not more than 72 during the day, which I was dumb to overlook.
Today I get home from work and my heart just stopped. He's lying on his side at the bottom of the cage, not opening his eyes. I took him out and examined him as best I could... I can't feel or see any injuries on him, but I'm not an expert. He won't open his eyes at all now. He's trying to blindly pull himself up, and climb, but just laying on his side.
I've redone his cage to make him as comfortable as I can, but he's just laying on the floor, I can't get his eyes to open.
I'm thinking this has to be some kind of injury for this to come on so quickly. Even though I've been supplementing him and I change his UVB 2.0 bulb every 6-8 months, I'm wondering if he's developed MDB and I'm an idiot for mistaking his clumsiness from his claws for symptoms of the disease. If he got an injury combined with MDB... well I'd just feel worse since I should have seen that a mile away.
As his owner I just feel awful right now and I just hope the poor guy isn't in a lot of pain. I hope the vet has some kind of good news for me tomorrow morning. I've seen chameleons go downhill before though... so with the state he's in now I'm really not sure he'll last through the night.
He had a little eye infection back in September, which cleared up no problem thanks to some help people posted.
Now, however, I have no idea. He's going to the vet first thing tomorrow morning, no doubt about it. I think this post is more for me right now and just to get some idea of maybe what to expect tomorrow when I go to the vet, and how to make him comfortable until then.
Starting maybe a week ago, he just started getting a little lethargic. He seemed to be having a hard time climbing around, which is a little "normal" for him since he's got a condition with his claws where they never really grew right. However, it seemed a little worse than normal. He was still eating and drinking like a champ though, and had a really great normal looking poo. I thought perhaps the sudden temperature drop in my area was the cause... I realized I hadn't adjusted his temperature schedule for winter, so I supplied him with some additional heat, and got the cage up to a normal temperature. He was probably getting down to the high 60s at night, and probably not more than 72 during the day, which I was dumb to overlook.
Today I get home from work and my heart just stopped. He's lying on his side at the bottom of the cage, not opening his eyes. I took him out and examined him as best I could... I can't feel or see any injuries on him, but I'm not an expert. He won't open his eyes at all now. He's trying to blindly pull himself up, and climb, but just laying on his side.
I've redone his cage to make him as comfortable as I can, but he's just laying on the floor, I can't get his eyes to open.
I'm thinking this has to be some kind of injury for this to come on so quickly. Even though I've been supplementing him and I change his UVB 2.0 bulb every 6-8 months, I'm wondering if he's developed MDB and I'm an idiot for mistaking his clumsiness from his claws for symptoms of the disease. If he got an injury combined with MDB... well I'd just feel worse since I should have seen that a mile away.
As his owner I just feel awful right now and I just hope the poor guy isn't in a lot of pain. I hope the vet has some kind of good news for me tomorrow morning. I've seen chameleons go downhill before though... so with the state he's in now I'm really not sure he'll last through the night.
All you can do now is keep doing what your doing and wait to see what the Vet. will tell you. Goodluck and I hope for the best.
