ecoreef
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So I was shipped a new 6 month old ambilobe female on Thursday. Besides feeding and taking a few pictures I tried to leave her alone the rest of the day so I didn't really observe her a whole lot on Thursday. On Friday morning I noticed the classic signs of a respiratory infection. She was frequently "popping"/coughing and gasping for air and I knowledge some bubbles when she opened her mouth. I gave her a warm mist bath with a vicks vaporizer right away and bumped up her temps a little. After that I decided to take a video of her symptoms to show the vendor because I read on their website that they have a health guarantee. They responded by saying that she was fine when she left. I asked if I could purchase some reptaid from them and they shipped it over the weekend. I received the reptaid today(Monday) and gave the first dose. As of the past couple days her condition appears to remain stable. On the plus side her day to day behavior remains good. She is eating, drinking, and basking as normal. As long as her normal behavior(eating, drinking, basking, and movement) and appearance(non sunken or closed eyes) remains the same I will use this opportunity to as an experiment to test the effectiveness of reptaid against respiratory infections. If any of her conditions worsen I'll be making a vet visit for a culture and antibiotics. Hopefully that won't be necessary as I hate using drugs on chameleons.
Treatment will be .04 ml orally every day two hours after lights turn on.
Here is the video I sent to the vendor the day after receiving her. At 40 seconds in the video she has a good cough but it's hard to hear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mADryubgnxc&feature=youtu.be
I will update this thread with more info and videos of her condition over her treatment. Any sugestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Wish me luck guys and gals 'cause I'm already attached to her!
-Alex
Treatment will be .04 ml orally every day two hours after lights turn on.
Here is the video I sent to the vendor the day after receiving her. At 40 seconds in the video she has a good cough but it's hard to hear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mADryubgnxc&feature=youtu.be
I will update this thread with more info and videos of her condition over her treatment. Any sugestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Wish me luck guys and gals 'cause I'm already attached to her!
-Alex