Help...yemen chameleon losing a strip of his spines and top of mantle!a

[Charliemisk]

Hi please help. I have a 2 yr old yemen chameleon..he lives in a 3ft x 3ft x 1ft wooden viv with glass doors and a mesh panel inbetween..i mainly feed him locusts and meal worms that have been calci dusted with some veggie treats now and then. I dunno why buts hes spines and mantel have come off with a shed that has taken him along time to get off. Ill enclose pictures..sorry if info is vague im new to this!... any ideas is be very grateful! P.s. hes stopped eating and hasnt come over to drink from the bottle during mistings wish is unlike him!

 

[Lathis]

It's a burn. That's a very common place for a chameleon to get a burn from his basking lamp. Lower the basking spot or lift the lamp off the top of the cage and check your temperatures.

 

[Spags]

spines

from the look of the skin around the spines, it may be an infection. The first think i would do would be to go to the vet and get him checked out. If it turns out to be an infection the vet will give you medicines to treat it.

 

[Spags]

temp?

whats the temp of both the basking spot and normal tank?

 

[Blink]

That's definitely a burn. From the photos, I can tell that you have the basking light inside the cage. You need to get that bulb out of the cage ASAP! All lights should be above the cage. I recommend a vet visit.

 

[Spags]

That's definitely a burn. From the photos, I can tell that you have the basking light inside the cage. You need to get that bulb out of the cage ASAP! All lights should be above the cage. I recommend a vet visit.

absolutley, the longer it stays like that in the moisture of the chamz tank it might collect bacteria in the open wound, causing an infection. i recommend going to the vet to get a cream or something to help the burn

 

[Charliemisk]

Its not a burn i dont think ive hardly had the lamp on the last week because of the heat..only put it on tonight because it was cooling off...any more ideas? Hes got a small swelling on hes nose aswell

 

[Charliemisk]

He had no signs of burn or truama just a strip of skins hes been struggling to shed to a month or so now along hes spikes.

 

[Spags]

Its not a burn i dont think ive hardly had the lamp on the last week because of the heat..only put it on tonight because it was cooling off...any more ideas? Hes got a small swelling on hes nose aswell

It might actually be an infection. The yellow orange skin looks like an infected burn or an infection obtained during his shed. I would still go to the vet either way

 

[Charliemisk]

Im skint untill next friday thats the problem..ive been bathing the area in warm salt water to try and aid healing...i curious will he always be spikless in that area? And can i get antibac spray from say pets at home? Theres not many exotiv specialists in my area.

 

[carol5208]

Im skint untill next friday thats the problem..ive been bathing the area in warm salt water to try and aid healing...i curious will he always be spikless in that area? And can i get antibac spray from say pets at home? Theres not many exotiv specialists in my area.

Put some polysporin on it until you can get him to a vet. No, the spikes will not grow back. Once they are gone, that is it. Do you have any Silver Sulfadiazine by any chance? It is used for burns but can be used for other skin ailments also.

 

[Charliemisk]

Polysporin?

I have never heard of either of those things...would waterd down tcp sufffice?

 

[Charliemisk]

Sorry im from the u.k and we dont get polisporin here..have to get it in prescription for some reason!. Would somethin like savlon or sudacreme work?

 

[carol5208]

Sorry im from the u.k and we dont get polisporin here..have to get it in prescription for some reason!. Would somethin like savlon or sudacreme work?

I don't know as I am not familiar with those medications! Sorry. I did not realize you were from the UK!