{"id":10904,"date":"2022-06-30T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=10904"},"modified":"2022-06-28T02:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T07:48:19","slug":"flap-neck-chameleon-saved-from-illegal-pet-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/flap-neck-chameleon-saved-from-illegal-pet-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Flap-Neck Chameleon Saved From Illegal Pet Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10905\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/flap-neck-chameleon-jwvh-20220630-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flap-neck chameleon held in hand being fed via syringe\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/flap-neck-chameleon-jwvh-20220630-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/flap-neck-chameleon-jwvh-20220630-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/flap-neck-chameleon-jwvh-20220630-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/flap-neck-chameleon-jwvh-20220630.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a flap-neck chameleon was submitted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johannesburgwildlifevet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital<\/a> in South Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This flap-neck chameleon (<em>Chamaeleo dilepis<\/em>) was brought in by a concerned member of the public. They had confiscated it from an illegal, roadside seller.<\/p>\n<p>This chameleon was emaciated and extremely dehydrated, with a sunken left eye. Taken out of its habitat to be sold illegally, this poor chameleon was probably without food and water for a prolonged period of time.<\/p>\n<p>We started treatment by hydrating him and treating his injured eye. We also started tube-feeding him with <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a>. This built up his strength so he could start eating on his own soon.<\/p>\n<p>We treat indigenous animals free of charge, relying solely on the donations and support of our community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prolonged lack of food and water adds to medical issues suffered by a flap-neck chameleon that is nursed back to health by Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":10905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife-conservation-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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