Rangothecham9
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Chameleon Info:
Current Problem - The poor thing has a really inflamed hemipene, for over 3 days. Hes been to the vet, vet said it was not infected and I needed to give him this inflammation medication and soak him in sugar water and try to get it to retract. I tried that the first two days, then I discovered there is still stuck sperm plugs. I got the first one out on the other side easy peasy and then here comes the mess. The swollen side has half of it stuck, it wont come out no matter how long I soak, massage, and try to ever so carefully pull it out. It keeps coming out in tiny pieces, its like there is no progress after 3 minutes of trying to pull it out and I know it has to hurt. Called the vet again today and he said to keep doing what I'm doing... So now I'm on here asking for help because I don't know what to do. How do I get this out before it dries out. It has been way to long it has been sticking out.
- Your Chameleon - male veiled Chameleon. I have him since a juvenile and he is probably about 10 months old.
- Handling - Handle only when needed, if he's gone too far from his enclosure or I need to clean.
- Feeding - I feed him millworms, hornworms, Dubai roaches, superworms with calcium and vitamin supplements every other week. I gut load with feeding them left overs from my beardies vegetable leftovers.
- Watering - I mist 4/5 times a day with a spray bottle and I have a humidifier. He has a dripper that I have not seen him been drinking out of the past 3 days
- Fecal Description - never been tested for parasites and his poop is normal, white 'pee' and brownish black poop small that's medium size
- Cage Type - all screen cage that is a 16x16x30 that it is always open. Im in the process of building a bigger cage.
- Lighting - I have two 100 w exotera lights and a 100 w UVB bulb by evergreen pet supplies, that I bought in Aug. the lights go off at 9:15 and turn on at 9:15
- Temperature - I have a digital thermometer, the laser gun. The basking spot is at 85 F and the inside of the cage sits at 75 F the night gets to about 65F
- Humidity - Humidity sits at 60% and I have a humidity gauge. I mist. I have a humidifier.
- Plants - I have two pathos and another plant that I cannot remember the name of but I know for sure it is safe.
- Placement - The cage is in my art room. I go in there every day and multiple times a day to take care of him. Other than that I'm in there 4 times a week, max. He has clear view of the window with free range of the dorm size room. His cage is inside his new one and it is about 3 feet off the ground. The new cage goes all the way to the ceiling basically and I have some branches In there so he can climb. I have already taken out the glass for his new cage and installed screen.
- Location - I live in North Carolina.
Current Problem - The poor thing has a really inflamed hemipene, for over 3 days. Hes been to the vet, vet said it was not infected and I needed to give him this inflammation medication and soak him in sugar water and try to get it to retract. I tried that the first two days, then I discovered there is still stuck sperm plugs. I got the first one out on the other side easy peasy and then here comes the mess. The swollen side has half of it stuck, it wont come out no matter how long I soak, massage, and try to ever so carefully pull it out. It keeps coming out in tiny pieces, its like there is no progress after 3 minutes of trying to pull it out and I know it has to hurt. Called the vet again today and he said to keep doing what I'm doing... So now I'm on here asking for help because I don't know what to do. How do I get this out before it dries out. It has been way to long it has been sticking out.
. Maybe Beman can help
