Help! yellow lumps
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GooglezNvincent
New Member
woah iv never seen ne thing like that!
Sancho
New Member
Looks like blisters forming. fill out the following info for help also can you post a full body picture and pictures of his enclosure?
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage construction (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and type of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Location - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage construction (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and type of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
Location - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
alhickabee
New Member
They look like fresh thermal burns to me. How are his lights positioned and what are his temps (basking and ambient). Whatever they are a vet visit is in order.
Louise
New Member
Cage Info:
Cage Type - wooden type casing with glass doors
Lighting - 60 watt basking light recently changed and 14 watt uv tube light. lights are on from about 8am till 10pm
Temperature - currently temperture isnt working
Humidity - drip system and spraying
Plants - bamboo, and creeping fig, logs and plastic evy
Location - high up in a corner of the room away from windows and doors.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - vieled, male, and 8/9 months. have had him 7months
Handling - not often barley at all
Feeding - locusts adult and hoppers and mealworms. One adult one or two hopper and however many mealworms he will hand feed. every day locust put in in the morning mealworms later that evening of during the day. calicum powder to coat food and they are feed on vegetables.
Supplements - calypso calicum
Watering - drip system and water dish, yes i see him drinking from both forms. Mist 3 times a day
Fecal Description - Smaller than usal but reguarly. not tested for parasites.
History - when i bought him he was in poor condition, dehydrted and stressed. this has resulted in him having a curved casque but has been growing well in other aspects.
Cage Type - wooden type casing with glass doors
Lighting - 60 watt basking light recently changed and 14 watt uv tube light. lights are on from about 8am till 10pm
Temperature - currently temperture isnt working
Humidity - drip system and spraying
Plants - bamboo, and creeping fig, logs and plastic evy
Location - high up in a corner of the room away from windows and doors.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - vieled, male, and 8/9 months. have had him 7months
Handling - not often barley at all
Feeding - locusts adult and hoppers and mealworms. One adult one or two hopper and however many mealworms he will hand feed. every day locust put in in the morning mealworms later that evening of during the day. calicum powder to coat food and they are feed on vegetables.
Supplements - calypso calicum
Watering - drip system and water dish, yes i see him drinking from both forms. Mist 3 times a day
Fecal Description - Smaller than usal but reguarly. not tested for parasites.
History - when i bought him he was in poor condition, dehydrted and stressed. this has resulted in him having a curved casque but has been growing well in other aspects.
Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
Looks like you've put the 'Ask for Help' info in your last post.
Sancho
New Member
WOW you have some Major changes to do!!!
I don't know where to start but I'll try..
1.) You need a screen cage for your cham! They need ventalation! Your cage shows no sign of it and could get a infection or other problems.
2.) Your lights should not be inside your cham cage!!! That's how they get burns! Lights should be places on top of cage where the cham cannot get to them and check the temps to make sure they don't get too hot to burn your cham.
3.) You should have a 5.0 UVB bulb. Not sure if you 14 watt is a 5.0 but that is what you need.
4.) Ditch the meal worms they aren't good as a staple.
5.) GET RID OF THE WATER DISH! It sits and collects bacteria! You need to hand mist him with a hand mister or buy a auto mister from mistking.com
6.) Vits and Calcium - You should be using repcal without d3 every other feeding on your feeders and repcal with d3 every 2 weeks and vitamins every 2 weeks
7.) No dirt or sand or anything on the bottom of the cage just plain old paper towels!
If you need any help on where to get the products just let me know.
I don't know where to start but I'll try..
1.) You need a screen cage for your cham! They need ventalation! Your cage shows no sign of it and could get a infection or other problems.
2.) Your lights should not be inside your cham cage!!!
That's how they get burns! Lights should be places on top of cage where the cham cannot get to them and check the temps to make sure they don't get too hot to burn your cham.3.) You should have a 5.0 UVB bulb. Not sure if you 14 watt is a 5.0 but that is what you need.
4.) Ditch the meal worms they aren't good as a staple.
5.) GET RID OF THE WATER DISH! It sits and collects bacteria! You need to hand mist him with a hand mister or buy a auto mister from mistking.com
6.) Vits and Calcium - You should be using repcal without d3 every other feeding on your feeders and repcal with d3 every 2 weeks and vitamins every 2 weeks
7.) No dirt or sand or anything on the bottom of the cage just plain old paper towels!
If you need any help on where to get the products just let me know.
Louise
New Member
yeahh i was wondering if i was meant to put it in this forum or somwhere speacial
Looks like a blister from a mild burn from that light to me. I would have a vet look at it because it may become infected. I would get an all screen cage with a MV light so you can hang it outside of the cage only down fall it will be about 120 bucks for a large screen cage and light set up if you go with a MV light
Sancho
New Member
Not sure if your inside the USA or Outside the USA but here are some links!
Cage:
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/reptile-cages-glass-and-screen/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/miscellaneous-sale/
Others:
On www.reptilesupply.com you can find the correct lighting and vits and calcium here are the names for all of them.
ZOO REPTISUN TERARIUM HOOD 20”
ReptiSun 5.0 Fluorescent UVB lamp 18"
Rep-Cal Herptivite 3.2oz
Rep-Cal Calcium - Ultrafine with Vitamin D3
Rep-Cal Calcium - No vitamin D3
Dunnigan
New Member
I asked myself this same question when i first heard it. Chameleons grow, when they are small the light is far away, as they grow if you dont move the light they get closer to it.
My guys basking temp (on the branch) was 85 F, i purchased a infared temp gun and check his temp (on his back) and it was at or above 95 F. I moved the branch to cool him off, My guy did start basking with his mouth open (thankfully), this warned me that it was too hot before he got a burn.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I would consult a vet regarding the "lumps"
Also, it is not a "rule" that you must use a screen cage for housing a chameleon. The truly important thing is maintaining the correct environment within whatever enclosure is used. Often, but not always, this means a screen cage is best. It is NOT clear from the information you've provided (and not yet provided, such as temp gradient and humidity readings), whether or not the current environment is adequate.
I would agree the lights shoudl not be inside the cage. Remove water dish (continue drip and misting). Careful about offering many mealworms.
You may find reading the various threads and website articles in this blog entry of great value: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/82-enclosures-housing.html
Also, it is not a "rule" that you must use a screen cage for housing a chameleon. The truly important thing is maintaining the correct environment within whatever enclosure is used. Often, but not always, this means a screen cage is best. It is NOT clear from the information you've provided (and not yet provided, such as temp gradient and humidity readings), whether or not the current environment is adequate.
I would agree the lights shoudl not be inside the cage. Remove water dish (continue drip and misting). Careful about offering many mealworms.
You may find reading the various threads and website articles in this blog entry of great value: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/82-enclosures-housing.html
Louise
New Member
okay thanks.
going to try to fix the quickest things first, screen cages arent easy to find here thats what i orginaly wanted but was unable to find any. so im going to have to order one online.
Only thing is he doesnt cope well with change and hates to be handeled just be worried about moving him.
is there anything i can do about the light now?
going to try to fix the quickest things first, screen cages arent easy to find here thats what i orginaly wanted but was unable to find any. so im going to have to order one online.
Only thing is he doesnt cope well with change and hates to be handeled just be worried about moving him.
is there anything i can do about the light now?
NewOwner
New Member
I read somewhere it could be fromm when your cham was 2 -6 months say,t hey are shorteer, and now its 9 mo old it could be double the height, making it able to burn.,
alhickabee
New Member
Where do you live??? It would greatly help people give you the correct info if you filled out where you were located in your profile. Many UK and colder climate keepers find that a glass / partial screen enclosures keep humidity and heat better, the key is a lot of ventilation. Which your current cage has none or very little of. Those lights need to be on the outside of the cage or at least sectioned off so there is NO possible way he can get close to them. You've got a lot of husbandry issues to correct ASAP.
