A simple moutgh infection had progressed to death, and I belive it is partially my fault. I failed to complete the baytril treatments, and he died. HOWEVER, I did not realize until I began the second treatments, after the surgury to remove the abcess, that the initial dosage of baytril was much too high, .13 cc's, where as the proper dosage was only .05 cc. I wonder if this is what caused him to linger on for over a week and a half despite showing NO signs of infection, and having normal white blood cell counts.
I tis sad, as I raised him from a baby, and he was my first chameleon since leaving the hobby for several years. I guess, in some wayys, it was a bit of a wake up call. I never had time to take care of them while workoing and going to school full time, and coulfd not devote as much as I wanted. I graduated saturday, he died monday morning in my hnds--ironic, huh?
What should have been one of the greatest days of my life was marred by this sad event( and the fact that DONAHUE disgraced himself and insulted my entire graduating class and all in attendance by making what was "supposed" to be a moving, influential commencment speech turn into am incoherent, nonsensical, cry for attention).
On a positive note, my female MAY have his sperm, and if not eggs, could still produce some babies of his line.
This will not be the end...I will not give up on the species. I don't know what I should do. I want to bury the guy, but I also want to look and see if it was kidney damage, respiratory, or other...I froze him so I could dissect if I chose.....
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