Well, last May I lost my favorite chameleon, my CB male deremensis to an oral infection--maybe.
He came down with a swelling around his jaw, and some cheesey stuff stuck in there--pretty typical stuff. I gave him some silvadine cream, and baytril. I did not notice that an abcess formed inside his mouth, until it was quite large. I do not think the abcess is what killed him--I think it was the treatment. The vets had him warmed up to the high 90's post-op(stupid, stupid, STUPID), and he never recovered. IT took him about 2 weeks to die after that.
At first he lookd allright, but he seemed to get worse with each pasisng day. He HATED HATED the baytril.
My little WC male came down with the exact oral infection--only much worse. His jaw sweled all the way tio the corner of the mouth, and his skin was turning near black along the jaws.
I wasn't about to try the same treatment on this one.
So, all I did was clean out the crud and apply some silva sulfadine cream along the inside of his lips, along the gumline, and wipe off the excess. He never stopped eating, and fully recovered in less than two weeks. The black, necrotic looking skin went away with his shed last week, and he looks better than ever.
My big male veild got some big 3rd degree burns months ago,a nd was treated with silva..whatever cream,a nd baytril. His burned leg was burned to the bone at one spot in the knee, and all the skin was gone around all his knee. That leg looks bad, but is strong. His "good" leg is weaker now, and he often hangs it around, as if sore(he still has strength in it, enough to hold on)--I am wondering if the baytril caused him damage, or if the burns did some nerve damage.
He's fine otherwise.
I won't be using baytril on any of my deremensis anymore. Especially since my two females recovered from URI's last winter without any baytril.
On an unrelated note, my little girl is due in January...just 3 months away... can't wait.
