Sore on tail

[Chameleon-23]

I have an approximately an eight month chameleon. He has had a sore on his tail for about two weeks. He was in a 16x16x30 cage until today we moved him to a 24x24x48. I thought maybe his cage was too small and he was hitting his tail and scrapping it. He mainly eats crickets dusted with calcium and d3 once a week. The cage has live and fake plants in it. I have been putting me neosporin on his tail once a day. Is there anything else you could recommend.

 

[Grayson Payne]

Are you only doing calcium once a week? You should be doing calcium without d3 every day then with d3 twice a month.

 

[Grayson Payne]

Are you only doing calcium once a week? You should be doing calcium without d3 every day then with d3 twice a month.

Not to forget, a multivitamin twice a month as well. Most people like to do with d3 one week then the next multi and so on... As for the sore, I really have no idea, I'm not really qualified to help you on that. I was just giving my input for supplements.

 

[Chameleon-23]

I do calcium everyday and calcium with D3 once a week. What multivitamin do you give ?

 

[Grayson Payne]

I do calcium everyday and calcium with D3 once a week. What multivitamin do you give ?

I actually don't have my chameleon yet ? However, I will attach the one I purchased. There are more users on here that can point you in the right direction better than I can. Also, try out the search bar feature! It really helped me as I was learning all of this information.

https://www.amazon.com/HERPTIVITE-M...88385101&sprefix=repltie+multi,aps,163&sr=8-1

 

[kinyonga]

Please post a photo of the tail.

 

[jannb]

How’s your chameleons tail? Did you ever take him to the vet?

 

[Chameleon-23]

I took him to the vet two weeks ago they said he had an infection. They gave him a antibiotic shot and gave me silvadine cream for it. He went back last week and he received another shot. Same clinic different vet. It start spreading more and I notice the end of his tail was dying. I found a exotic vet and took him in today. The place I first took him too we’re not treating him correctly and he had what she believe to be yellow fungus which had spread to his feet , belly and up his tail. The vet told me that it was a 90 % mortality rate even with treatment. I did not want him to suffer anymore so sadly I put him down today.

 

[Prince of Duval]

I took him to the vet two weeks ago they said he had an infection. They gave him a antibiotic shot and gave me silvadine cream for it. He went back last week and he received another shot. Same clinic different vet. It start spreading more and I notice the end of his tail was dying. I found a exotic vet and took him in today. The place I first took him too we’re not treating him correctly and he had what she believe to be yellow fungus which had spread to his feet , belly and up his tail. The vet told me that it was a 90 % mortality rate even with treatment. I did not want him to suffer anymore so sadly I put him down today.

Sorry for your loss

 

[kinyonga]

So sorry for your loss. It must have been a hard decision.

Just in case you get another chameleon...
The fungus known as yellow fungus is Chrysosporium guarroi and it is hard to treat in bearded dragons. It's species specific so chameleons should not get this forum of it....only bearded dragons get it. Chameleons get the form of it called Nannisiopsis vriesii...and it's usually treated quite successfully with a drug called itraconozole. Both of these fungal infections come under the family called CANV (cutaneous anamorphic of Nannisiopsis vriesii).

My lateralis chameleon and parsons chameleon were two of three chameleons that were the first cases of it that were studied in Canada and my vet (Jean Pare) was one of the ones who studied it and wrote it up along with another vet from out west (Lynne Sigler).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9523639
At first it was thought to be a form of trichophyton (ring worm) then several different fungi then finally named Nannisiopsis vriesii...or CANV.
Later it was studied further and split into families...and this is the article about that...
https://bioone.org/journals/Journal...nnizziopsis/10.5818/1529-9651-26.1-2.46.short