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kinyonga
at Sun Mar 18 19:38:06 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kinyonga ]
You asked if you should rescue him....its something you will have to decide for yourself. He may very well require more trips to the vet...so you would have to be prepared for that. I have no idea how old he is so I have no idea how much longer he could live if you do save him. I'm not sure how much damage the burn could have done to him internally and I'm not sure if he should be on antibiotics....only a vet can answer these questions for you.
You said..."He HAS been to see a vet, who diagnosed it as burns, and game them some cream, Silvertone I beleive. Date on the cream was January 2nd. They also say he has been improving, but they have not been applying the cream because he gets very pissed. I applied some to him before I left, and he got VERY angry. Lots of hissing, and attempts to bite me, but I got it on all of the burns"...I think the name of the cream would be silvadene. Its a good one for burns. Burns (human and animal) often pick up the germ pseudamonas (sp?) and that cream should kill it too.
You said..."The burns range from the top of his casque along his back to the base of his tail, and some on either side of the body. They used a high wattage bulb during a cold snap, it burned a hole in the screen"...I have never seen as bad a burn as that on a chameleon. Its a real shame that it has had to go through this.
I hope the poor chameleon will get the help it needs and recover in the end.
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RE: Helping a Free Veiled back to health - kinyonga, Sun Mar 18 19:38:06 2007