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#1718596
Kateey
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Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die.. 
Please help my vailed chameleon is very sick i dont know what to do were i live there are no vets my problum is for sum reason he has stoped eating n its like his is trying to poo but he is pushing soo hard hes insides are comeing out of his but he has started throwing up now too this is going on 2 days now i am help less he is 4 months old n he has gotten so thin u can see his ribs! i have been bathing him 4 times a day n putting polysporn on his but to try n help him get it back in! please help me this is my only hope!
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04/28/08 12:29am
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#1718608
Gretchenellie
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Message To: Kateey In reference to Message Id: 1718596
Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die..
if he has a prolapse, there is nothing you can do other then try to keep it moist and find a vet FAST!
and besides that, all of the other symptoms need attention as well. it doesnt sound too good and he needs to be seen by a vet.
im not trying to sound mean, but these are things you have to think about before purchasing an exotic animal like this.. are there vets in my area? can they treat exotics? can i afford a vet bill?
do you think he has managed to swallow some substrate to cause the impaction? maybe a small rock or pebble? how do you feed him ( free range or from a bowl )?
im very sorry for what you are going through... i wish the best for him..
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04/28/08 12:48am
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#1718621
Kateey
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Message To: Gretchenellie In reference to Message Id: 1718608
Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die..
i feed him freerange i gess u would say i just put the crickits in the cage n let him go at them all i have in his cage is the dirt that the store told me to use i forget the name of it n there was a vet here when i had first got him but they quit so im stuck the onley vet i can get too is 5 h away so im stuck i have been phoneing then n there trying to help me the best they can! if he did eat something is there anyway to help him get it out? n i have his brother too in the same cage tommorow i am going to take out the dirt n use this reptial carpit i found.. i dont know how to help him i am soo upset! i did everything by the books
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04/28/08 01:08am
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#1718712
Julirs
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Message To: Kateey In reference to Message Id: 1718621
Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die..
A vet is the only thing that is going to help you now. It sounds like a rectal prolapse and impaction. Maybe try soaking him in a room temperature sugar water bath. The water may help him pass whatever is stuck and the sugar sometimes reduces swelling and helps things go back in. It doesn’t sound good. Are you sure there are no vets in your area? Try calling every vet office you find in the yellow pages-maybe someone will have reptile experience. You also should not have 2 4 month old males in the same cage.
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04/28/08 07:08am
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#1718822
Kateey
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Message To: Julirs In reference to Message Id: 1718712
Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die..
yes i have called every vet in my town no one will help me not even the pet store i have been giving him a souger bath 2 times a day nothing is working n im not sure if there boys or not they were given to me n i didn’t really know anything about them! i read that if i give him cod liver oil it will help?? this sux! im soo heart broken! n i will be giving my other one away if there is anyone in Alberta who wants him(her?)..? as much as i want too keep then i just dont think its far to the chameleons for me to have them and there be no vet were i live...
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04/28/08 10:26am
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#1719167
Kateey
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Message To: Kateey In reference to Message Id: 1718822
Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die..
ok so heres the news.. i found a vet who would look at him the vet said he could not do much he fixed up my guys butt n he got 4 stiches but as for him not eating the vet dose not know so ill have to give it a day n hope he makes it right now he is to weak to stank but he has his grip still he has been drinking lots ok water so i hope he makes it! .... i have pic of his stiches if i can figer out how to put them on here i will
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04/28/08 04:50pm
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#1719169
Kateey
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Message To: Kateey In reference to Message Id: 1718822
Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die..
ok so heres the news.. i found a vet who would look at him the vet said he could not do much he fixed up my guys butt n he got 4 stitches but as for him not eating the vet dose not know so ill have to give it a day n hope he makes it right now he is to weak to stank but he has his grip still he has been drinking lots ok water so i hope he makes it! .... i have pic of his stitches if i can work out how to put them on here i will
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04/28/08 04:50pm
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#1722072
Boothy
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Message To: Kateey In reference to Message Id: 1719169
Help help my vailed chameleon is sick i need help i dont want him to die..
they can go abit with out food like weeks but they need water everyday , so aslong as you give him water and just put a few feeders in with him everytime he should come around for you , but a prolapse is a very painful thing to a chameleon when mine had it he seemed like he was in alot of pain always gaping when he moved and didnt move much maybe a couple of inches a day but he didnt make it on me, woke up the next day to take him to the vet and he was already gone but it sounds like your dude is back on recovery just try not to bother him as much as stress will be much more greater now and could result in death , not sayin hes gona die but if stressed out alot its possible he could but ttyl and keep us updateded
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05/01/08 11:07am
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