weird yellowish stuff on baby cham

chillwill007

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First of sorry doing this from phone so copy paste of the way to ask gets all jumbled up so I'm gonna try to answer everything.

Cham: almost 3 month old male jackson

handling: none really just couple times I picked him up to try and feed

Feeding: baby dubia roaches but haven't seen him eat any personally

Supplements: only used the trial pack of reptivite on 2 feedings

water: spray down cage about 4-5 times a day and use reptisafe in each spray bottle of water

Feces: Haven't seen any personally unless this is poop

History: only had him for 6 days. Was last baby from clutch of 18 captive breed. Owner said was feeding on fruit fly, small crickets and Duboia roaches(my roaches are one of his colonies that I bought.

Cage: reptibreeze medium 16x16x30

Lighting: 20 " zoomed 5.0 reptisun uvb strip along with a zoomed mini deep dome combo which had 1x100watt blue day bulb and another 5.0 reptisun uvb cfl bulb

Temperature: petco analog temp gauge down near bottom right of cage 65-70 ish basking area uses zoomed temp prob and is between 77-84ish,

Humidity: petco humidity gauge middle left of cage shows between 50%-75% between spraying down the cage.

Plants: 1 small live dracennia plant rest fake. And zoomed sphagnium moss on top of repti carpet to help maintain humidity till I get more live plants.

Placement: play area on top of a 75 gallon fish tank stand that sits about 3 or 4 ft from the ground. Just passing by traffic to go upstairs or to the living room. Across the room is a fish tank with about 9 fish and small baby turtle. Top of cage is probably about 6 ft from floor

Location: southern nj

Problem: found clumpy yellowish stuff on the chams base of tail and side of leg not sure what it is and also not sure if he has eaten anything yet
 
I would make vet appt and get him in asap. I'm sure he will need some kind of antibiotics and they will want to take a culture.
 
I would make vet appt and get him in asap. I'm sure he will need some kind of antibiotics and they will want to take a culture.

And nust wondering what makes u say antibiotics already. Dont mean to dought u or anything just wondering what brought u to that conclusion
 
Lol I would think you made sure it was actually a growth on him or at least check it out before posting. Your pictures weren't real clear and it looked like it might be a fungus growing on him hint why I said vet and they would probably give him antibiotics.
 
so hopefully it was nothing for concern. my other concern is location of the cage, looks like a play area, are kids constantly ging to be around in that area? could potentially cause great amount of stress
 
One time I made a post about these weird black spots on my cham. I was freaking out thinking it was cricket bites, fungus, anything bad. It was dirt. It happens to the best of us :D
 
I highly doubt it's a growth. Have you taken a wet q-tip to it? I took a look at your previous threads and don't see anything in the cage that it might be but perhaps he pooped somewhere and the urate got stuck to him. Maybe there is stuff in the moss.

I know you mentioned getting more plants, but definitely do that when you have the chance. It will give him more cover in which to hide and that will make him feel secure. A few more thin sticks for his little feets would be good as well.
 
I would agree that if it comes right off it is probably urate that got stuck to him. If it is slightly yellow he may be slightly dehydrated, so you would want to ensure he is able to drink enough.
 
Just a couple of things. You should remove all substrate from his cage. He can ingest it, that would be a vet visit. Also you may have trouble keeping humidity is his cage with all 4 sides open. A lot of people cover 3 sides with a shower curtain, or get the good cages, like I have, from DragonStrand. Misting his cage enough to keep his humidity up as the cage is now will have everything near it soaked.:eek:

Here is a link on how to set him up.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/jacksons/
 
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