candibarz
New Member
Hello, been lurking for months but this is my first post.
Have had my female panther cham for about 3 months. Back story - she came home gravid and it was a rough clutch to pass as I was uneducated and didn't have a proper lay bin set up, so I believe she was eggbound. Her color was entirely black for a solid week and I was really worried for her. I did my research, made adjustments, and a few more eggs dropped. She ended up pulling thru and has been very healthy since, bright pink and active. She has laid a healthy clutch since that one with no issues, about 3 weeks ago.
Current issue... She has a black spot that just appeared on her tummy in the past 24 hours. She lives in a 2x3x4 enclosure that typically is around 50% humidity and higher, but it's been between 20-30% the past week due to cold weather and forced heat making it nearly impossible to keep it higher. Enclosure is mostly glass with screened sides and top. Several live plants, spider wood for climbing, and some other branches as well. Diet is mostly dubias with some wax worms, dusted with d3 calcium every feeding. Gut loaded with carrots and apples. I make sure she eats all her bugs so none are left wandering around. Enclosure is misted daily but still can't keep it above 30% right now.
She ate a superworm yesterday for the first time and now I'm a bit paranoid. LPS gave me 2 to sample. Now I'm reading horror stories about one who ate its way out of a chameleon
..... What's the chances this is just an external injury, that she caught her tummy on a pokey branch or something? Doesn't seem to be fungal since it's clearly discoloration rather than any type of growth. As mentioned already, humidity has been rather low lately as it's hard to keep it up in the winter with forced heat blasting. Could this be a contributing factor?
From what I've found, this is likely bruising, but I honestly am not sure. I'm planning to keep an eye over the next hours and days to make sure it's not getting worse. If it does, I will make a vet appointment.
Thoughts? Thank you in advance.
Have had my female panther cham for about 3 months. Back story - she came home gravid and it was a rough clutch to pass as I was uneducated and didn't have a proper lay bin set up, so I believe she was eggbound. Her color was entirely black for a solid week and I was really worried for her. I did my research, made adjustments, and a few more eggs dropped. She ended up pulling thru and has been very healthy since, bright pink and active. She has laid a healthy clutch since that one with no issues, about 3 weeks ago.
Current issue... She has a black spot that just appeared on her tummy in the past 24 hours. She lives in a 2x3x4 enclosure that typically is around 50% humidity and higher, but it's been between 20-30% the past week due to cold weather and forced heat making it nearly impossible to keep it higher. Enclosure is mostly glass with screened sides and top. Several live plants, spider wood for climbing, and some other branches as well. Diet is mostly dubias with some wax worms, dusted with d3 calcium every feeding. Gut loaded with carrots and apples. I make sure she eats all her bugs so none are left wandering around. Enclosure is misted daily but still can't keep it above 30% right now.
She ate a superworm yesterday for the first time and now I'm a bit paranoid. LPS gave me 2 to sample. Now I'm reading horror stories about one who ate its way out of a chameleon
..... What's the chances this is just an external injury, that she caught her tummy on a pokey branch or something? Doesn't seem to be fungal since it's clearly discoloration rather than any type of growth. As mentioned already, humidity has been rather low lately as it's hard to keep it up in the winter with forced heat blasting. Could this be a contributing factor?From what I've found, this is likely bruising, but I honestly am not sure. I'm planning to keep an eye over the next hours and days to make sure it's not getting worse. If it does, I will make a vet appointment.
Thoughts? Thank you in advance.
It’s a myth about superworms or any other feeder being able to eat their way thru. That looks like either dirt or a bruise to me. Have you taken a moist q tip and tried to gently wipe it off? It it is a bruise and doesn’t look any better within about a week, I’d suggest a vet appointment to rule out other causes, like fungal.
