really depressed!

[Sang]

well,

i just came back from the petstore after dropping off a mexican variety black widow.

got home to check on everything and was very upset to see my cham hanging upside down in his vivarium unfortunatly no longer alive.

this being my first chameleon and a very young one at that i can't help but wonder what the hell happened.

the AC kicks on when ever it gets over 78F in the house my room typically has the fan on and he gets misted about 4-5 times a day while im not home.
he was fine this morning woke up when the lights came home, drank the water after i misted him.

now i feel really shitty.. was he eating enough *i didn't see him eat very often* *any way to tell if he was malnurished*.

what sucks even more today is offically the 8th day that i have had him of the 7 day garuntee. i just called the petstore and they said if i go in on monday the guy i bought it from might be able to help me out, but i have to store him in the freezer till then.

OVER all im very depressed.

 

[Julirs]

This is unfortunately what happens when you purchase chams at a petstore. It most likely was nothing that you did.

 

[dodolah]

so sorry to hear that.
Hopefully things will work out for you.

 

[Sang]

i can't knock the pet store, i have been doin business with them for 20 years and they have the exact same set up i have except they have more chams then me.

 

[Sang]

some pics.. anyone see anything wrong, when i first saw him the only thing that conercerned me was that the coloring around his eye was dark and had a dark spot between his eyes on his well technically his forehead.

 

[BocaJan]

What a pretty little guy. I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[scrapmom]

sorry for your loss...mine is also that small...I can't imagine losing him now.

 

[Julirs]

Babies of the live bearing chams are notoriously hard to keep alive through about 6 months of age. They seem to do great and then start dieing off after 2 months. I went back through your old threads, your once stated basking temp of 88 was really high for a baby. He did not look dehydrated. Still, probably nothing that you did. Sorry about your loss, it is never easy.

 

[Sang]

for some reason i have a feeling it was the AC. my dad was like >.> OH welll uUUUHH ill uh buy you a new one. i think he changed the temperature the house is set at from 78 to 82. so the house AC doesn't come on till it hits about 82.

but i still find it odd hanging upsside down in the cage away from his lamp and the house temp was about 74 when i got home.

the hi temp of 88. is usually when the AC is set to 82. and today i think was one of those hot days.



well i guess the tucson reptile show might be a good thing to go to then.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Trying to keep a montane species in Arizona is a big challenge.
He was a baby xanth?
You'll have much better luck with the "hot lowland species"
From what I have heard Juli is right ... the Ovoviviporous babies are tricky.

-Brad

 

[studiocham]

The dark on the eye and forehead looks like the discoloration that occurs right before or during death. I call it the "black blush". It varies in body location by individual, and even color by species.

Sometimes, it briefly appears when a cham is very, very sick, and disappears when it begins to recover. It may be linked to circulation...?

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[ciafardo 4]

very sorry sang dont know about the ac montane are better off a little cooler than to much heat

 

[Roni013]

Sorry to hear about your cham. I know how quickly you can get attached
It's so hard to be chamless after you've had one in your life. Maybe you'll have better luck going to that reptile show, I know thats what I'm hoping.