Please respond, I'm worried

[ToniandGizmo]

Please, please keep us updated. I am praying for your little guy.

 

[ciafardo 4]

Please, please keep us updated. I am praying for your little guy.

hey hey hey no religion on this forum please

 

[ToniandGizmo]

hey hey hey no religion on this forum please

Sorry about that..... I'm not actually a religious person. My heart just goes out to the little guy, that's all.

 

[beeze]

How is he?

 

[ciafardo 4]

Sorry about that..... I'm not actually a religious person. My heart just goes out to the little guy, that's all.

i was just joking with you im sorry i know you mean well

 

[ciafardo 4]

yea how is he please let us know

 

[ToniandGizmo]

i was just joking with you im sorry i know you mean well

It's okay ciafardo, no offense was taken. We're all cham lovers here.

 

[littlevillage]

He's doing about the same, but a little more relaxed. Hopefully he hangs in there until tomorrow, my vet will be back in town by then. It's very heart breaking to sit here & not be able to do anything. I've had my share of crying today, along with my 8 yr. old daughter.

 

[ciafardo 4]

i feel really bad for you guys hope he pulls thru hes lucky to have such good keepers

 

[sandrachameleon]

He's doing about the same, but a little more relaxed. Hopefully he hangs in there until tomorrow, my vet will be back in town by then. It's very heart breaking to sit here & not be able to do anything. I've had my share of crying today, along with my 8 yr. old daughter.

Hope everything turns out okay and the vet has some ideas for you.
Are you able to look down his throat? I wonder if its possible he has a cricket or something stuck part-way?

 

[Jam]

Has he pooped lately (brown fecal matter, not just urates)? This is exactly how my first cham acted when she got an impaction ...

 

[littlevillage]

As much hissing as he's done today, I've had a pretty good view, and I don't think there's anything stuck in his throat.

 

[royden]

This is agood point.

Put on some garden gloves to avoid being bitten, run a warm shower and hold his body (not his head) under the water and massage his organs around his vent and infront of his back legs.

 

[littlevillage]

Has he pooped lately (brown fecal matter, not just urates)? This is exactly how my first cham acted when she got an impaction ...

That's a good question. I'm really not sure. I'll check his cage to see if I can find any fresh. I hate to admit it, but his cage is due for a cleaning.....

 

[littlevillage]

Why would his eyes be puffed so far out? They look like they're going to explode.

 

[littlevillage]

We have showered him. He basically doesn't have any fight left in him. he just laid there in my boyfriends hands. No hissing or gaping. I just put him back in his cage. He is going to the bathroom as I'm writing this. Hopefully that's a good thing.

 

[Jam]

What you are describing sounds very much like my first cham before she died. She had a bad impaction (unfortunately I was not as versed in cham care as I should have been) and despite spending many days at the vets she did not make it ... BUT I did not catch it as early as I might have if I had known better.

I think of it as a pain/stress response. All animals (from my experiences) respond different. When Corey (first cham) was going through this she would gape a lot. I'm glad that she's pooping. I'd keep the showers up. My vet was even giving her warm supervised baths while gently massaging her abdomen.

 

[littlevillage]

I would like to say thank you for everyones help & concern for Henry.
Henry passed away early this morning. He will be missed.

 

[Chameleonboy]

wow that is shocking I am sorry for your loss

 

[ciafardo 4]

i am so sorry we were all pulling for the little guy all of us wanted so bad for a happy ending again so sorry for your loss