DawnLove
New Member
Okay, I know this is long, but can you help a newbie out, before I begin to have an anxiety attack..
So I get home from work a little late today, after my fiance was in care for our new juvenile jackson's chameleon (female) all day..He had told me on the phone it looks like she has a crack in her spine area from leaving the light on her too long...Which confused me, cause I knew I mounted her daylight above her cage, and had been making sure the top of any of her climbing surfaces, was not to ever reach above 80 degrees, because Jackon's don't like it as hot as others..
So when I asked how is this possible, he told me he purchased at PetSmart (well actually he called it PetStupid) new lights today, because her Reptisun Sunglo Daylight Spot (75w) had gone out for some reason. He had a Exo Terra Reptiglo 5.0 UVB Compact Terranium Lamp bulb on her as a replacement!! (Not the fluorescent version either, which I had told him when we first started shopping for her cage was a no no!)
This is a compact UVB for her basking lamp!! He had no clue they were two different things.
He was already gone right before I came home, and I notice the skin on her back is white, I can see faint green through it, but it's pretty darned white..now I can see it on her tail as well. I took the light off of course, but Im in panic mode, and my heart is breaking, I've searched online for some answers, but they mention how UVB burns are generally other colors- like black or brown... Does this mean it's not so severe that it will scar her and damage her, and possibly risk infection? She is acting quite normal for the most part, shes eating fine and drinking her water. What should I treat her with, the "cracks" don't really look like cracks though like I had imagined, they seem to be where her skin may be peeling slightly...but I can't be quite sure til I closely monitor her some time longer..
He also picked up a UVA/UVB combination fluorescent..Because before, down here in Georgia, weather has been great for her to have some daily time outside in her own lil tree secured on our deck, so we hadn't purchased one yet.
The box says its a Exo Terra compact fluorescent canopy, but the combo inside itself looks to be a linear bulb, so I'm thinking some idiot in the store previously switch out the goods in the box? Upon inspection of the light inside, it seems to be a ESU Slimline Super UV Daylight bulb, not sure if this is a good or bad thing?
LOL the replacement bulbs my fiance purchased are Repti Sun Linear 5.0 fluorescents (like he was SUPPOSED to do to begin with..) So atleast he managed something right..
Stupid dillpickles at PetSmart not knowing any better..I think it's safe to say he will never trust their advice again....and he's gonna have some more 'splainin to do when he gets home.
So I get home from work a little late today, after my fiance was in care for our new juvenile jackson's chameleon (female) all day..He had told me on the phone it looks like she has a crack in her spine area from leaving the light on her too long...Which confused me, cause I knew I mounted her daylight above her cage, and had been making sure the top of any of her climbing surfaces, was not to ever reach above 80 degrees, because Jackon's don't like it as hot as others..
So when I asked how is this possible, he told me he purchased at PetSmart (well actually he called it PetStupid) new lights today, because her Reptisun Sunglo Daylight Spot (75w) had gone out for some reason. He had a Exo Terra Reptiglo 5.0 UVB Compact Terranium Lamp bulb on her as a replacement!! (Not the fluorescent version either, which I had told him when we first started shopping for her cage was a no no!)
This is a compact UVB for her basking lamp!! He had no clue they were two different things.
He was already gone right before I came home, and I notice the skin on her back is white, I can see faint green through it, but it's pretty darned white..now I can see it on her tail as well. I took the light off of course, but Im in panic mode, and my heart is breaking, I've searched online for some answers, but they mention how UVB burns are generally other colors- like black or brown... Does this mean it's not so severe that it will scar her and damage her, and possibly risk infection? She is acting quite normal for the most part, shes eating fine and drinking her water. What should I treat her with, the "cracks" don't really look like cracks though like I had imagined, they seem to be where her skin may be peeling slightly...but I can't be quite sure til I closely monitor her some time longer..
He also picked up a UVA/UVB combination fluorescent..Because before, down here in Georgia, weather has been great for her to have some daily time outside in her own lil tree secured on our deck, so we hadn't purchased one yet.
The box says its a Exo Terra compact fluorescent canopy, but the combo inside itself looks to be a linear bulb, so I'm thinking some idiot in the store previously switch out the goods in the box? Upon inspection of the light inside, it seems to be a ESU Slimline Super UV Daylight bulb, not sure if this is a good or bad thing?
LOL the replacement bulbs my fiance purchased are Repti Sun Linear 5.0 fluorescents (like he was SUPPOSED to do to begin with..) So atleast he managed something right..
Stupid dillpickles at PetSmart not knowing any better..I think it's safe to say he will never trust their advice again....and he's gonna have some more 'splainin to do when he gets home.
