sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
The skin on one eye turret doesn't look good/right to me. I'd like your opinions.
He was shedding a couple weeks ago, so at first just seemed like the turret was a bit slow to shed. Noticed him briefly rub the eye turret on a branch once - which seemed natural for removing stuck shed. A piece of the old skin did start to come off. So all seemed well. I increased misting time but figured it was all going to come off find eventually. Yesterday afternoon he was sitting under the dripper, and that seemed a good move in his part, to soften the skin. he moved away after drinking. I had a closer look and it seemed to me that the skin underneath a piece of the shed coming off didn't look right to me. Took some photos.
ignore the open mouth. He hates the camera and that is why he is showing upset colours and gaping.
last photo is of the other side, the "normal" looking eye.
He was shedding a couple weeks ago, so at first just seemed like the turret was a bit slow to shed. Noticed him briefly rub the eye turret on a branch once - which seemed natural for removing stuck shed. A piece of the old skin did start to come off. So all seemed well. I increased misting time but figured it was all going to come off find eventually. Yesterday afternoon he was sitting under the dripper, and that seemed a good move in his part, to soften the skin. he moved away after drinking. I had a closer look and it seemed to me that the skin underneath a piece of the shed coming off didn't look right to me. Took some photos.
ignore the open mouth. He hates the camera and that is why he is showing upset colours and gaping.
last photo is of the other side, the "normal" looking eye.
- Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
- Handling - not often. perhaps once a week briefly (less than a couple minutes), once a month for longer - he doesn't mind handling.
- Feeding - he eats hisser roaches, dubia, supers, silks, butters, meals, terrestrial isopods, etc.
- Supplements - sticky tongue farms mineral-o calcium. Repashy calcium plus for vitamins. not a set schedule - use is according to need.
- Watering - drippers run morning and evening. misting every other day minimally, more if humidity is low. he drinks well each morning, sometimes also in the evening.
- Fecal Description - normal brown with white urate. last fecal test was in September - clear.
- Cage Type - painted peg board sides, wood frame, solid wood floor, plexi double doors, wide wire top (not dense screen). 2 foot wide, 2 foot deep, 4 foot high. sits ontop of a stand, so top of cage is about six feet from floor.
- Lighting - ReptiSun 5.0 tube, about a month old. had a coil ReptiGlo 5.0 on there for a couple months prior to that, while waiting for the tubes to arrive. before that was a reptisun tube. 60 watt tungsten incandescent bulb for heat. All on auto timers.
- Temperature - Day bottom of cage 72F, mid cage 76F, basking area 85F. digital gauges (also have a temp gun but the values listed are as on the digital gauges). Lowest night temp 63F
- Humidity - digital guage, 30-70%. its winter, so the indoor humidity is usually on the lower end, around 40%.
- Plants - pothos. used to also have a ficus. This guy doesn't like hiding in plants, prefers open spaces.
- Placement - cage is in a room used only for chameleons and frogs. there is window, a forced air heat vent and an oil-filled rad (home heat is set low, the oil filled rad is set to come on if needed to keep that room above 60F) on opposite side of room from cage.
- Location - British Columbia, Canada. zone 7. currently winter outside.
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