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I think it's time
Hi people.
I think it's about time to put my vieled chameleon Gus to sleep. He is over 6 years old now and any of you here longer than a couple months know his story, so I amazed he has gone on this long.
There is not a certian health issue going on....i.e. this isn't say "He has MBD so bad" etc. These are age related problems I am certain. Over the past few months his "bedtime" has gotten earlier and earlier. Normally he would be up until the sun was down. It got earlier and earlier and now he is asleep on his "night time bed" perch by 1 in the afternoon. His basking lights turn on at 8 am and go off at 8 p.m. but still in bed by 1 nowadays. Fully asleep too.
His aim is getting slowly, but constantly worse. My roomate was upset the other day because she watched him eat for the first time in a few months. He struggled to catch one cricket from 3-5 inches away in ten minutes. A contained cricket. Free catching them is a joke now although he used to be a pro.
His weight and tone are going even though he doesn't have parasites and he eats a fair bit. He is just getting saggy. Weak looking. He can't keep hydrated it seems and drippers/misting is not enough anymore...he needs long showers often, like three times weekly minimum. Honestly, his condition is going in much the same way a humans would at this point it seems.
After this past feeding which was pretty bad I am thinking about cutting short his suffering which I am sure will go on for some time as he is a real survivor. I am thinking of putting him down this week. I'd like to know what you guys think. Not the sorrys and thats too bad parts, I want the choice you would make. Put him down or let him die naturally on his own time even though he is clearly going downhill slow?
Marisa
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