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Carlton
at Fri Apr 6 14:10:36 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carlton ]
Baytril can be rough on a weakened cham, damaging kidneys and upsetting their gut. A cham on Baytril often stops eating or drinking just when it is important that they get extra water to flush the meds. He may be overmedicated (why the combination of meds?) and feeling quite sick. Or, it could be that the infection is not under control and is continuing to spread internally, or was more systemic because of his neglect. I think I would go back to the vet sooner than later. Poor little guy, good luck with him! As for the color changes, hard to say. Brown is a sign of being cold or SEVERELY stressed. I've seen chams on Baytril sit quiet and brownish rather than show their normal color. Yellow and green are more normal, but milder stress will tend to show as more intense shades of these colors with darkened borders around the stripes. Chams can change color on just one side in response to a threat, to heat or cold. When a cham basks and turns one side to the heat, at first they can turn the exposed side dark to speed up the heat absorption.
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