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That makes sense. Beman said something similar, that some strains cause cancer. I guess it was just such a shock to me because I expected him to live a normal lifespan.

Thank you for your support and solidarity! ❤️❤️ How long did your panthers live after the virus began to show? If this is common place with papilloma, why is it often said that the virus shouldn’t impact lifespan. Even if it does so indirectly, do you think we should warn chameleon keepers when...

Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughtful response. I really appreciate you and am happy to have a community like Chameleon Forum to help through the care of Yato. ❤️❤️

Thank you so much for taking the time to write a thoughtful response. I truly appreciate your perspective. I didn’t know about papilloma and cancer, but now that you mentioned it, he had one spot that looked different from the others. If I saw that spot alone I would have suspected cancer but...

Yato, my panther chameleon just died at a little over 4 years. I’m pretty wracked with guilt because I had him essentially his whole life and he didn’t even make it to 5 years so it’s clearly on me, but I’m all over the place in my head about it. If it were you, would you consider ever getting a...

OK, I'll look into reptile specific vet.

@MissSkittles do you treat the sores/growth spots with anything?

Thank you for tagging MissSkittles. I took him to an exotics vet twice over this and didn't get a lead on what it is. Last time she took a chunk of the growth to send to a lab but said they didn't know what it was.

Hi MissSkittles, Thank you so much for this response! <3 This was very helpful. I've got some concerns about some of the decor in Yato's enclosure--I think the frequent misting has caused some water damage overtime, so I'll have to redo it in order to ease mind and make sure it's spotless...

Ooof, I just read the link. Thank you for sharing. Did not know it could be something that could spread to people too, so that changes a lot because I have a baby. How did he get it if there aren't any other reptiles around?

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - Yato is a Male Panther Chameleon, 3 years old. I've had him most of his life. Handling - Weekly to apply skin treatment. Feeding- Normally: Dubias, Black Soldier Flies and Hornworms. Occasionally a super worm or a silk worm. All tong or hand fed. Gutload...

:ROFLMAO: Glad to know it's not just me! I think I made it a week of withholding food before I got worried. So maybe I'll try a little longer next time around. In the meantime, I'll focus on the gutload of my worms.

Yes I had/have loose dubias. I set up a few sticky traps and caught a few of them. I don't know if I caught them all but my traps are coming up empty. I've tried various methods of trying to feed off dubias. I've tried different sizes. I've tried waiting until a dubia recently shed and is all...

Thank you Nightanole! Very informative. I'll aim to keep a good varied gutload if I can't get him to switch-up his bugs

Yato, my panther chameleon, only likes to eat worms. Not literally earthworms, but all the usual reptile bugs that looks like worms or caterpillars: superworms, mealworms, hornworms, silkworms, BSFL etc. I think it's something about the way they wiggle that excites him into eating them. He's...