Veiled Chameleon Yellow bumps on body

[ShadowChaos]

He seems to have some yellow bumps on his body, it looks like more are appearing too. He is eating and looks healthy otherwise.
here is a high res photo, they can especially be seen near his back leg.
http://i.imgur.com/5NWaLvt.jpg

 

[Lathis]

I would recommend a vet visit ASAP. They will likely need to biopsy one of the lumps to determine what it is. It could be any number of things, with the most common being either a viral or fungal infection. Fungal infections can be very difficult to treat and are often fatal. Please don't wait for a vet visit. Keep us updated, and good luck.

 

[ShadowChaos]

Yes, he is going to the vet today, they were not open sat-sun. I will let you know what happens. I was really surprise to see next to nothing about "yellow bumps" on a veiled. searching this forum, others and Google turned up very little info.

 

[ShadowChaos]

So he went to the vet today, after a long visit, they told me he has a viral or fungal infection. They recommended Miconazle and said I could take a chance with it, as it could help him or possibly make it worse, they only thing they could do for sure was to take a sample of the bumps and send it in for a biopsy. As much as I really want to help this little guy and help the chameleon community find out more about this infection (which there seems to be very little info on) I was quoted ~500$ for the biopsy...

I could take him back to the pet store, and return him, but I know he wouldn't make it..or be sent back and he would just die.. It would be nice to get a new healthy baby veiled but I feel I owe this guy. He hissed at all the other people at the vet office but when he got back on my hand he was fine and wanted to stay there, he has never hissed at me, so he must trust me even a tiny bit.. So I guess I will take care of him, and help him have best of a life as possible. They said he could live for a while and just always have the infection or it could take him sooner.

 

[kinyonga]

One case...
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/round-yellow-bumps-on-bearded-pygmy-skin.47835/

I've had these "pox" type bumps on one chameleon and a cone head years ago. The ones on the chameleon were diagnosed as viral. The vet gave me no treatment for the chameleon and the chameleon died a couple of days later. I had phoned the vet back because it was getting worse rapidly but he said there was nothing he could do but I could bring it back in if I wanted to. I arranged for samples of the "pox" to be sent for study by vet's in the States who were studying pox in reptiles but he refused to send the samples. The cone head died quickly as well but I don't know if it was from the bumps or the medication it was given.

 

[Pap]

Sorry to hear... Wish you and your little dude the best

 

[wodesorel]

If it's because of how much money that's the problem, call around to different vets. The difference in prices is staggering between clinics for the same exact services. (Albeit not always with the same level of care though.) We have more experience with vets than most due to the number of cats we have and the fact we're in rescue. Some will charge 2 grand for a procedure another will do for $200. The actual pathology on the biopsy should be well under $100 when sent out to the lab, everything else is what the vet is getting paid to remove or aspirate the lump to send it out. Heck, we once found a sympathetic vet that removed a cancerous blood vessel on one of our cats under full anesthesia and send it for biopsy and the bill was $125 total. I know it is a LOT harder getting medical care when it comes to reptiles, but this seems serious and guessing is just as bad as waiting. I would think that local anesthesia and a fine needle aspiration would provide some results and that's done during a simple office visit!

 

[xraygirl]

Call some different vets. I just had 6 spots biopsied on Chief. Use of a animal hospital (my vet does house calls, she doesn't have a clinic) + anesthesia, + histo on the samples = $150.

 

[MissLissa]

The price will also depend on your location- for 15 minutes of anesthetic, a biopsy, mail-away histology and FNA at the clinics I worked at would have come out to about $400-$500. Most of that cost would have been the histology itself, since we had to send samples from exotic animals away by special courier to be analyzed in the States.