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I'm sorry for your loss...I lost a cham recently and I know how just plain sucky it is. I don't see anything in Jay's post that accuses you in any way shape or form of killing your chameleon, however, and try as we might, sometimes things just work out badly.
I don't think you can blame the vet though. I'm sure any veterinarian would try their best to save any animal. No one's perfect, though, and sometimes nothing can be done. Was it a herp vet or no? I've brought a chameleon to a non-herp vet (it was 3 am and an emergency) and they did basically the same thing, hydrating him with injections and keeping him warm and administering oxygen. The only thing that bothered me was the lack of compassion from her when it died on me...but she still tried with all she knew about chameleons from lectures in school and books she had laying around.
The subcutaneous fluid injection and everything else that was performed seems quite standard and I think that any vet you'd have taken her to would have followed the same procedure. (Correct me if I'm wrong please.)
I'd recommend a necropsy if it's not too late...in my experience you'll feel a lot better once you know what happened for SURE.
Good luck,
Heather Rose
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