carol5208
Chameleon Enthusiast
I want to introduce to everyone my little Ambanja I have approriately named Pee Wee. I purchased PeeWee back in November from Tree Candy Chameleons. Shauna, the owner and I have been in close contact from day one on his progress or lack of. I have not shown him to anyone as I have had a few problems with him, mainly that he refuses to grow properly. PeeWee turned 7 months old yesterday and weighs just a mere 12 grams. From the beginning, he just never had much of an appetite for any of the feeders I offered him, and never shed or grew. I did find these little long legged flies in my yard he would eat, so I spent countless hours on my hands and knees catching them with a cup just to make sure he was eating something. It took me quite awhile to get a fecal done as the poop was so small, by the time I would find it, it would be all dried up! So got the fecal and it came back with the dreaded Cociddia! I alerted Shauna of this and she tested some of his clutchmates and they all came back negative, so he must have got it from something he ate here. Maybe the flies, who knows! I had to treat him for the parasite and it was no easy task dosing a 6 gram chameleon! It took 3 of us; one to hold him, one to hold my red phone in front of him to get him to open his mouth, and another to squirt the med in!! After two rounds of treatments and two more fecals he tested clean! I still have to get another done very soon as I am aware it is a bugger to get rid of permanently. He has gained 6 grams since the treatment. I know Cociddia can stunt growth, but not sure to this extent. The other odd thing, is none of her other chameleons from her clutches have any orange in them whatsoever and are mostly blue, not green! He looks like a 3 month old pretty much. Just starting to get a little color. Shauna has been wonderful through everything and has offered me another chameleon if I choose. Right now, I am riding out the storm so to speak with this little squirt and see how things develop. I am keeping him no matter what, even if I get another down the road. I will keep you updated on his future progress, so without further ado, I introduce PeeWee!!! First pic is resting and the next two are fired up. Yes, the little S@#t can fire up! lol
