MrsM
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Hi everyone,
My guy Terry is going through a shed after recovery from a uri.
His body shed fine, but his eyes and head look so bad. It is day four and the bits left look uncomfortable to him. He doesn’t actively rub, and I don’t know where to go from here. I’ve tried taking him in a steamy room. He had dark areas on his side I dabbed with polysporin. I tried gently dabbing with q tip. I don’t know where to go from here he looks uncomfortable.
It makes me want to help but I’ll probably make it worse.
Look at my poor guy. Is this normal?
He’s still got half his eye shed and he’s really mad at me in these photos.
Betty’s shedding was so easy compared to this. I just want to help and if any of you have had this happen what did you do?
Cage Info:
My guy Terry is going through a shed after recovery from a uri.
His body shed fine, but his eyes and head look so bad. It is day four and the bits left look uncomfortable to him. He doesn’t actively rub, and I don’t know where to go from here. I’ve tried taking him in a steamy room. He had dark areas on his side I dabbed with polysporin. I tried gently dabbing with q tip. I don’t know where to go from here he looks uncomfortable.
It makes me want to help but I’ll probably make it worse.
Look at my poor guy. Is this normal?
He’s still got half his eye shed and he’s really mad at me in these photos.
Betty’s shedding was so easy compared to this. I just want to help and if any of you have had this happen what did you do?
- Your Chameleon – Panther- Male- 8 months. Handling – Daily to feed
- Feeding – calcium dusted gutloaded crickets, silkworms, bsfl hand feeding.
- On days he won’t hand feed sometimes I use reptiboost or repashy grub pie with lots of water and a drop of electrolytes.
- Today he had a butter worm too.
- Supplements – Repashy plus lod Calcium, vitamin A monthly
- Watering – I mist- more frequently lately not directly to him. Just can’t trust him around humidifiers he doesn’t move himself if it’s in his face.
- Fecal Description – Brown, infrequent, mushy
- History - Given to me by someone who thought he had MBD. In fact, he has a spinal injury and needs daily help to feed and get water, as he has trouble moving fast.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type – Screen- 18x18x36
- Lighting – Lugarti T5 UV 22” (diagonal across top) w reflector, basking bulb, heat bulb if temp drops during day
- Temperature - 78-90 by day 72 exactly at night.
- Humidity – Use hand misting often,
- Tried bringing him to steamy bathroom to ease shed...
- Plants – Combined fake plants and vines with screen canopies. Set this one up a little different because he looses balance, so there are canopies and a substrate to prevent him losing balance and falling.
- Placement – enclosure is in a sunporch by day, slide indoors into dark nook at night.
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