Help Unsure whats wrong!!

[pissdrunx16]

oh I had one other question... I was talking to the vet that wanted to charge me 550 bucks... he said that I should pull the crickets leggs off before I feed them to him.... and that the barbs on the back of the cricket leggs couldve cause the prolapse??? is this even possible???? i have never seen anyone one do such things to any lizzards crickets???

 

[Brian]

oh I had one other question... I was talking to the vet that wanted to charge me 550 bucks... he said that I should pull the crickets leggs off before I feed them to him.... and that the barbs on the back of the cricket leggs couldve cause the prolapse??? is this even possible???? i have never seen anyone one do such things to any lizzards crickets???

I do it to raoches I just cut of the half the leg were the spines are. I usually feed medium sized crickets...as I buy 1000 and I want them to live longer.

 

[pissdrunx16]

is it really necessary with crickets though? what kinda a veggies or fruit you guys feed your chameleons? I cant get mine to eat them unless I literally put it in his mouth!!!

 

[pissdrunx16]

alright well i took dude (zoidburg)in for a check up the other day and he took a poop the night before!!!!! I am so releifed for sho lol I think he is going to he just fine!!!! stitches get out this next weds. thanks 4 the help

 

[spatulars]

Awesome to hear that he pulled through!

 

[Tygerr]

I'm glad to hear your cham pulled through the surgery. How is it doing now?

oh I had one other question... I was talking to the vet that wanted to charge me 550 bucks... he said that I should pull the crickets leggs off before I feed them to him.... and that the barbs on the back of the cricket leggs couldve cause the prolapse??? is this even possible???? i have never seen anyone one do such things to any lizzards crickets???

I don't think that the cricket legs would necessarily have caused the prolapse. Impactions (when there is a blockage in the digestive system) can cause a prolapse to occur, but a fully grown, healthy Veiled kept in the right conditions should have no problem digesting cricket legs.
If it was an impaction that caused the prolapse in your cham, then it might have been something else that contributed to the impaction (temps too low to digest, dehydration, inappropriately sized food items - crickets or roaches that are too large, or mealworms and beetles that are full of hard-to-digest chitin, etc.).

Some keepers recommend cutting off the legs of larger crickets and grasshoppers because the sharp barbs on the legs could cause cuts to the cham's mouth.
I never do, and have never had any problems.