Black Spots?

[chamlover]

I have a beautiful Nosy Be that about 1 week ago i noticed had black spots on his back knees and 1 on his side. I've read on other threads that usually the cause is a burn when they are identical and on the back knees and i have never had this problem before. However would that account for the one on his side too? His cage is 24 x 24 x 36, just getting ready to put him in a larger cage. He uses a 5.0 uvb and a 40 watt reg light bulb. His basking temps are 87 and his bottom is around 73. I have noticed that his favorite basking branch is a little close to the light, about 4-5" but i thought as long as the temps are still good it would be ok. Is it? Should i hurry up and pt him in his new cage? He very rarely climbs on the screen and seems very healthy. His eating and drinking is fine and i really think it is bothering me much more than him. However i don't want to just leave it and end up with troubles. I have been putting an antibiotic on it 1 x a day. Do you think that is ok and is that often enough. Nothing swelling. If you look in my gallery you can actually see the black spots that i am talking about. His name is Amadeaous. Thanks in advance.

Debby

 

[AFH]

I think you're fine. I couldn't find him on your gallery, but if you think it's some burns, then antibiotic ointment once a day should be fine. Is he full grown?

My 1st veiled male had a black spot on his shoulder blade about the size of my pinky nail when he was about 4-5 months old. It looked like a burn, but I never could figure out how he got it. I put ointment on it for a week or so and after 3-4 sheds, it disappeared an never left a mark.



I think there was one on his knee too.

 

[chamlover]

Here he is. That is so funny i didn't know how to copy the pic from my gallery to here and i was just copying the info and poof here he is. lolUserchamloverCategoryMember GalleriesDate02-24-2008 01:44 PMDimensions600 x 450 | 2048 x 1536 Filesize45.3 KB | 614.3 KB

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Amadaous

 

[chamlover]

Wow, i just looked at your pic, that was a burn on his shoulder? How long did it take to clear up and did you ever find out how it happened?

Debby

 

[AFH]

To tell you the truth, I have no idea! It seemed a very unlikely place to have a burn, but that's what it looks like. Like I said, after 3-4 sheds, it was gone and left no traces. Kind of looks like the same thing on your guy. I just treated it with the ointment for a week or so, and he just shed out of it.