Something growing on Cham?

[Judnimes]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - Not sure how old she is, we have had her a couple months, I'm guessing she is about 5-6 months old.
• Handling - She will usually crawl on my sons arm to get a superworm. We bought a large pothos plant a few days ago and she likes to climb on that a few hours a day. It can be a difficult to get her back in the cage though.
• Feeding - She eats 10-20 crickets.a day, we feed the crickets apples, potatoes and cricket food. We dust with calcium every day and D3 calcium twice a month.
• Watering - We have a mistking, we spray the cage for 2 minutes every 4 hours. Tried more often and had a mold problem.
• Fecal Description - white and black.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - Screen with 2 sides blocked. 16"x16"x36"
• Lighting - zoomed 5.0 UVB, daylight blue reptile bulb 60w
• Temperature - average80-85 daytime, 68 nighttime.
• Humidity - humidity is usually about 45%
• Plants - We have a fake fine and a medium size pothos in the cage and a large pothos next to the cage for free range time.
• Placement - Where is your cage located? The cage is on my son's headboard , about a foot from the ceiling. It sits in front of a window and she enjoys watching the action outside.
• Location - Where are you geographically located? Maryland, very close to the bay.

Current Problem - Yesterday when we were putting her in her cage we noticed a gel like substance near her eye and then noticed the same substance on her back. It is a translucent light yellow color. Pics below.

 

[Chameleomom]

Did she gets into something in the cage or out?

 

[Judnimes]

I don't think so, she only goes in the cage or on the pothos outside the cage. There is nothing that looks like that in either place. I'm trying to figure out right now if I should try to get it off. She isn't very tame so hands coming at her freaks her out.

 

[Lathis]

I would try to get it off and see if it comes back or appears anywhere else. It's very hard to see in the photos what it could be. Fungal infections of the skin could be one option (a bad one), or it could be the start of a shed. Definitely something to keep an eye on.

 

[Courts_spyro]

Are they blisters? Maybe from being too close to the bulb?

 

[Link]

Usually the crest will be the first to burn if she's too close to the light. But it could be fungal or bacterial also I'm sure you'll get a lot more like that from someone that knows more about veileds.

 

[Judnimes]

Thanks for the replies! I think it is blisters. I googled Cham blisters and that is what it looks like, she did get pretty close to her light the second time we let her out, we have since moved the light. I feel much better about that, not that I'm happy about blisters but at least they should heal and not be something serious. Thanks again!

 

[Carlton]

You will need to check the temperature at her basking perch to make sure it isn't too hot. She can easily burn herself again if she did it once. If the blisters break, protect the burned tissue with a light coating of Polysporin (without pain relief ingredients) as the areas can get infected.