Peachypink
Chameleon Enthusiast
Goodness, did he do a fecal test at least?
HELP!!!!!!
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breannaballew
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No, he just weighed her and gave dewormer. Is it normally traumatic like that?
Peachypink
Chameleon Enthusiast
I've never had one do that. I would be finding a different vet. I would think he would need to know what kind of parasites to know the right meds.
breannaballew
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I actually use a different vet for my car and dog and she recommended him bc he's the only one in my area that sees reptiles. I kept asking him if he was hurting her jaw and he said no. But she's sitting her in the car continually opening and closing her mouth or sitting with it just open and I've never seen her do that. Hopefully it's just bc he made her drink dewormer.
breannaballew
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I think so too. We've been home now for a bit and she still hasn't calmed down enough to go to normal coloration. I'm just hoping he didn't injur her mouth and make her forever afraid of people because she has been easy to handle.
I would give her some alone time for a while and just check on her from a distance. She definitely sounds like she had a rough time. You will likely see some dark bruising around the area soon. Sounds like the vet was way too rough on her in my opinion. Hope she is doing better later on or tomorrow.
breannaballew
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I can already see bruising on her little mouth. I think he was too. I'm keeping away and hoping she recovers well. Thank you!
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
I agree, vets can be bad or good. Sounds like you got a bad one. Sadly sometimes it's unavoidable, but I really hate it. It sounds like he has no experience with chameleons, she should come around to you, it may take some trust building but they usually come around. I hate it when vets are so rough with reptiles, especially chameleons. Thank God I have a good one, she tries her best to take it slow with my two and give them breaks. Hopefully your little ones parasites will go away. Oh and to answer the comment about petco being good or not, whether the store is actually good or not depends on the employees, management gives no actual training that is helpful, they hire people most of the time who know nothing, and their breeders often send sick animals that the employers have to take to their vet to get better and take care of themselves until they can sell them.
marley patches
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OMG I feel so sorry for her ,hope she gets better soon , she's a cutie for sure
marley patches
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the Petco I went to , the manager owns chams so I guess that's a good thing,gave helpful info also gave me her vets number and the vet was very good also , handled my 2 chams very careful and was pleased that I took them when they healthy , the nurse was shocked to see them healthy ,she said 90% of the time chams are very sick when they get to see them
JGuinan007
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I had a vet actually break some ribs Donut still does not like hands to this day
breannaballew
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It was a really awful experience and he insisted she was fine but she has bruising around her mouth.
breannaballew
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breannaballew
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They have been alive coming out. He told me to give her a dose everyday for five days. That's all he said. Thank you for letting me know about pooping the dead ones.
marley patches
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poop spot LOL I have 2 chams that does the same , I put a small piece of paper towel under there SPOT just so I can clean every other day , my male poops about half hour after I turn lights on every morning and I mean every morning same time same place LOL
breannaballew
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Loretta will not eat the doctored crickets. She never ate the one yesterday and now it's dying and her breakfast ones (morning is normally when she is hungriest) she won't eat either. She hasn't ate since her vet appointment. She is already looking thinner to me. She has been drinking bc I've seen her. I'm also struggling with inhecting the crickets bc once I do it just comes right back out of the injection spot. This is really frustrating bc I only have enough for the five days and so far we've used three does and she hasn't taken one. I seen LLL Retile has the same wormer (panacur, I think that's spelt right) if I bought it and gave the same dosage would that be ok? I really don't want to take her back to the vet.
breannaballew
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Idk but I'm very worried about her. I came home today to her in a full on shed. She also only opens her left eye partly open. That's the one he pressed in so hard. She was also just asleep. She has never slept durning the day. It's just really worrying me.
