Veiled chameleon white face?

[JustinMartin123]

Hey there, I have a rougly 5-6 month old veiled chameleon and he seems to be doing well however for the past week's I noticed his face is more pale than I see in pictures of other chameleons his age/size. I was curious if this is something I should be worried about, if so what can I do to dix this?Thanks

NewChameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - 5-6 months old , has been in my care for 2 months.
* Handling - Every day and put in his tree for about 15 mins a day.
* Feeding - He gets around 15-20 crickets a day and 1 superworm and 3 mealworms(not dusted worms)
* Supplements - Repticalcium without d3 all dusted crickets 6 times a week. Supervite micro-fine vitamin supplement once a week all crickets.
* Watering - Glass of ice cubes on top of cage drips for about an hour and mists at around 4pm.
* Fecal Description - His poops are medium and black, his urates are small and white.
* History - no privous problems

Cage Info:
* Cage Type: 36" X 18" X 18" glass
* Lighting - Reptile uvb 150(13w) and intense baking spot(100w). Both exo terra
* Temperature - Basking spot: 85-90 lowest temp in cage. At night drops to 65-70
* Humidity - always stays at 40-50
* Plants - Money tree
* Placement - high on a table

 

[carol5208]

Maybe he is going to shed?

 

[JustinMartin123]

Maybe he is going to shed?

No he has been like this even after shedding.

 

[Trex {Omega}]

i could be completely wrong but ive heard some mention around here about how over supplementing can cause the face or noise area to get really white

 

[Graves923]

This is normal. Around that age they tend to lighten in the face or get darker on the edged of their casque. My males face is mostly grey while his is just out and about but as soon as he gets nervous or angry he pops his bright colors like in my profile pic.

The over supplementing that Trex mentioned is excess salt that the chameleon will secrete from a gland in their nasal cavity. It usually shows as a white crusty build up. There is a thread somewhere on these forums that goes into detail about it if you want to search it.