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Carlton
at Thu Jun 3 13:00:46 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carlton ]
Don't 2nd guess yourself. This happened quite soon after Zoe, so you are probably still crying for both of them. It might help to hear my very similar story.
I arranged to buy a wc verrucosus through a great shop. The cham arrived, but as the shop staff had never seen this species before they had no idea how bad it's condition was. I came in to get it and picked up this emaciated, wizened little guy whose eyes were so sunken it looked like he had back eyes. It wasn't even verrucosus, but most likely oustaleti. He had been delivered from their supplier stapled inside a paper bag. I knew he was in trouble, but started the Pedialyte, bug juice etc. Poor little cham drank almost constantly but was in kidney and liver failure with jaundiced eyes and mucous membranes. I drove an hour to a vet and like you, warned them of his condition. Part of it was embarassment at showing them such an abused animal. I wanted him put down right then, but we talked for a while, gave IV fluids and tube fed him, and decided there might be a chance. He died that night. I called the shop in tears. THEY were so angry at the cham's condition that they "fired" their supplier. Sometimes there is justice.
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- More on Chancey.... - icequeen, Wed Jun 2 22:54:30 2004
 RE: More on Chancey.... - Carlton, Thu Jun 3 13:00:46 2004
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