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Hi all,

You may recall a few weeks ago I posted about having to see the vet for my eggbound female. Well, as it turns out, the vet who said she was eggbound was wrong. She wasn't even gravid! (He's a quack, but that's another story. ) At that time, as part of the treatment, he gave my female an injection of calcium in her shoulder. Well, I just noticed today that the place where she was injected is infected. It's kind of raised and black right there.

So, my question is: What should I put on the wound to help it to heal? I would like to avoid the vet at this time as it is expensive and it's what got me in this mess in the first place!

She is behaving normally, she moves fine and is eating fine. If she takes a turn for the worse, I will take her to a different vet. But, for now, I just want to see what you all put on your chameleons' wounds and what I should look out for.

Please let me know...
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1.0 Ambanja - LESTER
0.1 Nosy Be - KUBO
0.0.1 Scarlet Kingsnake - UNCLE WIGGLEY
0.1 Thayeri Kingsnake - BOO BOO BUNNY
1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake - FUNKY MUNKY
1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake - ???

How do you know it's infected? Can you express any pus when you squeeze the affected area? If you can, then it's seriously infected and you need to see a vet and get proper antibiotic treatment. If it's just a wound that's healing, and what you see is part of the healing process, keep it clean by swabbing it twice daily with 10% chlorhexadrine or Betadyne.

But in any case, you need to find yourself a cham-experienced vet, or at least a herp-experienced vet BEFORE the next inevitable crisis. Check the ARAV web site for a list of qualified vets in your area.