white mouth

[rango11]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon Male ambilobe panther, 4/5 months old had him three weeks
• Handling - 10 minutes every other day or so
• Feeding - he eats 6/7 locusts everyday some days he eats a bit less, gutloaded with potatoes, letuce, spinach occasionally anything else thats in the fridge
• Supplements - plain calcium everyday with the exception of d3 once a week and multi vitamins once a week
• Watering - drinks dropplets after misting, mist 4 times for 3 minutes ?
• Fecal Description - never been tested but looks the same as it did in the breeders cage
• History - none

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - repti breeze large
• Lighting - cant find the boxes for the lighting to know exactly but I think it was exo terra 5.0 for uvb and acadia basking lamp
• Temperature - 85 Fahrenheit basking ambient fluctuates in the 70s because of of house temp Lowest overnight temp is high 50's low 60's. Have several thermometers to text with
• Humidity - humidity goes from 100 once mised into low 40s not long after misting (would.love to.know how to keep it higher)
• Plants - fake plants and medium live ficus
• Placement - ontop of gecko vis about 1 and half foot.of.the floor
• Location - south wales

Current Problem - hes awfully dark alot recently and has a lot of white around his mouth and on his head, almosts looks as though hes very dry. Eating as normal and pooping as normal here are a few pics but its hard to really see the

colour ( dont know why the pictures has multiplied)

 

[medgecko]

Can you get better shots of the head to better show the white areas of concern?
Please review this http://www.greenigsociety.org/foodchart.htm for a variety of items that may be available to you and https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/food/ for additional info.

 

[zlew]

If you're concerned about the white SCALES around his mouth, essentially his lips, don't be. I do, however, see some white speckling on his head and possibly on his front left foot. It's possible he's beginning to shed, or it could be something abnormal. If you can get some close ups of the trouble spots, we may be able to give you a more definitive answer.

 

[zlew]

Your husbandry looks very good! If you post a pic of the cage as well, we can also rule out anything that might be happening there.

 

[rango11]

will try and get more photos of the head the spots on the head almost look like the scales around his mouth, they look very dry and 'scaley' compared to his body and that one on his leg is not there now so not a clue what that was

 

[brownie64]

Might bring your basking temp up he might be that dark trying to warm up. His basking temp could be as high as 90's, 32c.

Is that better?

 

[Theveiled]

Might bring your basking temp up he might be that dark trying to warm up. His basking temp should be in the mid to low 90's, 32c.

Actually on the care sheets on the forums it says basking temp should be about 85-90 degrees Fahrenheit

 

[rango11]

Hes only that dark in the mornings so maybe hes just a bit cold in the nights, ive moved the basking spot about an inch higher and seems to be hiting those mid nineties now, can any one recomend the best way drain the bottom of the viv? Everytime.the dripper runs its like a lake t the bottom?

 

[brownie64]

A lot of folks drill a hole in the bottom, and attach a balk head and hose then drain it into a bucket. you can also buy a drain pan for those I believe.