just a rant I guess

[marley patches]

i have a 14month panther , I took her to vet for check up when she was a year old,vet said she would lay eggs within the next 2 months,,well patches did dig a hole in laying bin, slept in hole over night,next day went basking and ate dubia roaches the next morning, she never covered the hole she dug so I waited for 10 or so days and looked for eggs,,,there was NO eggs , she ate very good til last week ,,,,her poo had blood looking stuff so took her to the vet ,,,,,vet said the eggs didn't develope and her body dissoveled the eggs because eggs didn't make shells,,well some nice person on here said I didn't know what I was talking about , if they dig holes they have to lay eggs , even said I should have took pictures or video it ,, this nice person is wrong ,,,my point is ,, if you have to make other group member look stupid maybe find another group ,,,, end of rant !!!

 

[Michelle Maxwell]

Best of luck to you and your baby

 

[Remkon]

I will start off with saying I have no clue what topic you are referring to and I don't feel the need to look it up either.

I will say that 99% of the people are here to learn and help each other... and so not all advise given can be accurate because 99% of the people here also are not veterinarians.
If that nice person gave you wrong information I'm sure it was given with the best of intentions and it may well be that he or she has not heard of the possibility that underdeveloped eggs could be dissolve and be absorbed by the body... This may be because it's a fairly rare occurrence that, I myself, have only read little about when I was doing my research before, I think, purchasing chinese waterdragons and that was ~12 years ago.
I have never read about it on these forums so I think it's safe to assume that a lot of people do not know about this .

If you feel the need to tell someone he or she is wrong or you have beef with anyone it may also help to send a PM instead since most of us will not care to read a rant like this and it reflects bad on the forum.
If you have any beef that you think you can't resolve on your own you should contact one of the very friendly and helpful moderators/administrators.

By happy your chameleon dissolved the eggs and has not become eggbound!

 

[JacksJill]

I understand your frustration. These little guys/girls make you worry enough as it is. You must have been worried sick.
Thank you for sharing your information on a rare occurrence that may benefit others in a similar situation.

When I worked at an exotic vet practice decades ago all most people knew about Jackson's chameleons was that you fed them mealworms that you dusted with ground up Tums. They had a life expectancy of a year or 2. The veterinary community and the keeper community including this forum have made great advances in reptile care. We are only scratching the surface of possible knowledge. We all have a lot to learn.