SURGERY: Foster female Veiled: 2+ years w/no egg laying

[Bren]

Hello to everyone on the Cham Forums. The Pacific NW Herpetological Society has taken in a foster female Veiled Chameleon. History: 2 previous owners: layed eggs for the 1st owner, never layed eggs for the 2nd owner. 6 months ago her coloring completely "greyed-out." She was surrendered for financial reasons. She was also housed next to a male Veiled; separate enclosure, with a paper screen between the cages. Her cage was glass with a screen top.

Now she has been upgraded to a screen reptarium, added a large sandbox. She seems to have gotten a little bit brighter. She is eating voraciously and pooping normal. We xrayed her (which I will attempt to attach.) She is full of eggs. Husbandry changes alone are not having an impact. PNHS has agreed to pay for the expense of a surgical spay for her this upcoming Monday (10/24.) I am nervous!

Any information or opinions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[bikesforme]

good view of x-rays . thanks for sharing those.

 

[lindawaz]

I wondered where they kept them all! Now I know Thanks

 

[laurie]

What a wonderful thing you are doing. I don't know a lot about the surgery, but there have been a couple of people who had had it done. If you can't find the old threads I will give it a try. At the very least please let me know how it goes.

 

[CesarGueretty]

You are doing a great thing!

Good luck to her and with everything!

I think mine is about to lay her first bunch!! I'm so nervous!!!

 

[Bren]

SURGERY UPDATE: Good news!

The foster female Veiled had her surgery last Monday. She is doing phenomenally, and even had color improvement right after waking up. I'm going to try and attach some of the pictures I took during the surgery. The first one is what we took out of her. The 2nd one is how great she felt after surgery, with all of those trapped eggs removed. She is eating like a piglet and currently on oral antibiotics.

She had never shown any aqua blue coloration, until after the surgery. When PNHS first got her, she was completely gray in color. She will remain in foster care here until she's fully recovered.

 

[heartben]

I only see one picture I am glad to hear she is doing better!!

 

[TyggyToo]

Thanks for sharing! I've seen dozens of iguana spays, but never a cham. They all woke up with the same 'thank goodness THOSE are gone' attitude and rapid recovery. We used to bet on the number of eggs we'd find.

 

[chameleoman]

Herpetological Society !

whats a herpetological society?
thanks

 

[Bren]

whats a herpetological society?
thanks

A herpetological society includes all animals that are scientifically classified as "herps," which includes reptiles, amphibians, and also includes chelonians (turtles, tortoises & terrapins) even though lately there has been some scientific debate about that.

 

[Bren]

Thanks for sharing! I've seen dozens of iguana spays, but never a cham. They all woke up with the same 'thank goodness THOSE are gone' attitude and rapid recovery. We used to bet on the number of eggs we'd find.

Yep, very much like an ig spay, but on a tiny tiny microscopic level..... And yes, the positive effect was immediate.

 

[Bren]

I only see one picture I am glad to hear she is doing better!!

It refused to allow me to upload the 2nd picture.... I'll try to shrink it & upload again.

Great news, yesterday she shed her entire head.... She's eating ravenously and keeping in her "happy" colors & happy tail!

 

[ijmccollum]

Awesome! Sounds like she will have a very happy life.

 

[jannb]

I'm so happy to hear that your female is doing well. Would you mind sharing your vets name so that other members here in need of a chameleon vet can be reffered to your vet? Not allot of vets know chameleons. Please post your vet info in this link below or post it here and I'll add it to the link. It might help to save a chameleon's life.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/area-area-country-vet-list-32880/

 

[chameleoman]

and what do u do at a herp society? i want to have a career when i get older that has reptiles and amphibians ect. but dont know what or where to head for? the closest career i could find was an exotic vet which could come in handy knowing the stuff if one of my animals ever got sick