My female blue "cammie" goes in for surgery today at noon. im hoping he will take some pics for me so i can share with people. shes in pretty bad shape right now, i recently moved and it really stressed my male. so much though that he came after me mouth open on moving day. about 3 days later i came home from work and noticed her jaw was ripped open by the stressed out male. apparently he bit her pretty hard. it looked like it would only need stitches at first glance. but upon further cleaning and digging we found that her jaw bone is completely snapped and she is cut all the way through. it needs to be pinned back into place and then stitched. hopefully all goes well with her. she has been housed with this male for 4 years now without the slightest of incidents. this just serves as a reminder that it only takes one little fight between them to severely injure one.
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wish my girl luck today (surgery)
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tegulevi said:
Levi, I hate to hear this, I hope they can fix her up, keep us posted.
Also, is this the female you bred this year? She might have gone after the male because she is in guard mode, which would explain why she was attacked; the male might have been fighting back. He is three or four times her size, because that is one huge male for a blue.
I do not keep my females and males together after breeding, due to the females getting mean after laying the eggs and being in guard mode. All of my breeding females are housed separate.
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I'm rootin for her, let us know how she makes out.
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tegulevi said:
Our thoughts are with you bro, keep us posted.
she made it through. her jaw looks much better already, hopefully i can get a pic of it soon. its still a long road of healing and trying to get her to feed on her own. but its a step in the right direction. i cant thank my vet enough. he did a great job
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Well done mate hopefully she gets back on track for ya!
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That's great news!! Hopefully she recovers quickly.
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DaveDragon said:
I agree Dave, I too hope she gets as good as new Levi.
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I really wanted to post this earlier but have been working so much overtime that I just didn't get to it.
I'm sure your little one will be fine. I had a similar incident a few years back but with my Rhino iguanas. Loofah got bit and it looked like his bottom jaw had been split with a cleaver! The vet wired and sewed him back up and within 4 months he was healed and within a year you couldn't tell anything had ever happened. Here are some photos. If you look closely you can see the twisted ends of the wire coming out near the suture line.
Same day
Ten days post attack
He recovered very quickly and I don't think he missed more than 2 meals. We administered pain meds and anti-inflammatories which helped, I'm sure. Good luck with your baby!!
I'm sure your little one will be fine. I had a similar incident a few years back but with my Rhino iguanas. Loofah got bit and it looked like his bottom jaw had been split with a cleaver! The vet wired and sewed him back up and within 4 months he was healed and within a year you couldn't tell anything had ever happened. Here are some photos. If you look closely you can see the twisted ends of the wire coming out near the suture line.
Same day
Ten days post attack
He recovered very quickly and I don't think he missed more than 2 meals. We administered pain meds and anti-inflammatories which helped, I'm sure. Good luck with your baby!!
