Chameleon question

[karyn674]

Hello Genny

He is the smallest chameleon I've ever seen, they do grow up to a modest handful: This is him:






Chameleons do tend to run off but mainly with the help of creapers on the wall and I have none and they do move very slowly .

This is the wound he has. It's small and not bleeding. He just tore away skin, but I wish i knew how to help him heal it and prevent infection. Here it doesn't really show, it's a tiny cut:



Anyways he seems to do better now and has even ate a fresh fly!

[Genny]

AWW! He is adorable! Thankyou so much for sending some pictures of him I wish I could help you out about his cut but I really have no idea about what would help it. I'm glad he's eating; that's always a good sign So since he's staying w/ you do you have a name picked out for him?

[Twisterdog]

Oh wow, that is the cutest thing!!

[Catherinedana]

Does he have hairs sticking out of him or is that stray cat hair from your baby, Karyn?

[Karen]

Wow, he is just amazing and cool! I hope he decides to stick around for a long time, and we get to watch him grow up with you!

[karyn674]

Hello!

Thanks for your response!

Unfortunately our chameleon friend left us. He died during the night and I found him dead by morning yesterday.

My father in law brought it to me because he was spraying pesticide on the crops, where he found him. Normally I do not pick and slave animals just for my personal enjoyment...actually I'm very contrary to this. But I wanted to see if he was ok to free him in another field. I was suspicious by the amount of time he was sleeping. In my opinion and past chameleon experiances they tend to spend much more time awake. This guy just slept all the time!

Infact since it was raining for the past two days I kept him inside, attached to an indoor plant. I hunted for flies for him but was not interested. By morning I found him on top of the soil, dead.

I don't say it's better like this, becaus obviously I was hoping his guy would get better, and let him free once again, but I do think he was suffering. It is also not that normal that he falls off to the ground.....where this post started off! I suspect he was feeling bad due to the pesticide, if not directely sprayed on him, he might have ate insects that died from it...poisoning!

I'm sorry to give you such news, I'm even more sorry I wasn't able to help him!

Cathy, yes you're right....Chameleons do not have hairs....those are Lulu's after a lot of sniffing all over his body!!!

[Catherinedana]

Oh, I'm so sorry that he didn't make it. I'm sure the pesticides were what harmed him. That's such a shame.

Bless you for trying, Karyn. How many people would take the time to catch flies for an ill chameleon!

Cathy