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Either a burn, pinched in a cage or removed to forcefully when its tail was rapped around something. Poor baby, super cute though.
Can you be very specific with your supplement schedule?
If you dont mind filling this out itll help us help a little better.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Amilobe Blue Bar, 1 month old, hatched from egg
Handling - Rarely handled
Feeding - Fruitflies several times a day
Supplements - none at the moment
Watering - Misting, pretty much all the time. They drink often
Fecal Description - Dark color with white tips, not yellow
History - Hatched from eggs in my house
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 1x1x1 butterfly screen enclosure. Temporary until ready for suitable emclosure
Lighting - 40 watt full spectrum, 5.0 uvb. approx 12 - 14 hours a day
Temperature - 85-88 Fahrenheit basking, mid to low 70's at night
Humidity - mid 60's to mid 80's I am in Florida
Plants - Live plants, Pothos
Placement - Day room, near sliding glass doors for sunlight, approx 5 feet high
Location - Florida
Current Problem - Tip of tail turned black
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Please Note:
The more details you provide the better and more accurate help you will receive.
Photos of the enclosure can be very helpful.
Too much oral D3 can cause tail problems so it's not that. Look for sources of burns or injuries. Sometimes cage mates will tail nip each other.
Cant be a burn, the lights are 3 to 4 inches above the enclosure and I rarely handle here. Luckily it is not affecting her, she is very mobile and eating. Hopefully it heals. Thank you.
Photos of the enclosure will help along with a close up of the tail.
How is a burn not possible? What's the lighting set up look like?
Your temps are quite high for one that young. Probably why it's drinking so much.
Temperature:
Baby/juvenile (<9 months): ambient 72-80F (22-26C), basking 82F (28C)
I really don’t like those lights for chameleons, especially babies. Is can cause eye problems.
I also recommend using supplements. I would lightly dust with calcium without d3, at just about every feeding and use a multivitamin once a month and calcium with D3 once a month.
It may not be the case, but changing colors of the tail is also mentioned in this article regarding kidney disease. I would consider examining humidity day and night as well as hydration methods to be sure dehydration and acute kidney issues aren’t possible
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/not-just-chameleons-kidney-failure.180134/