Black Spot on Veiled Chameleon

DaniellaC

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Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - Donnie. Veiled Chameleon, Male, 3 yrs 3 months. Has been in my care since sept. 2009
Handling - Not very Often, He's a grouch at times ;) I occasionally take him out of his cage once or twice a week.
Feeding - Crickets, super worms, veggies. 7 days of the week, feeding starts Sunday then I feed Every other day.

Supplements - D-3, cal, multi. cal twice every week, D-3 once every week, multi once every month.
Watering - Have a spray which holds the spray when I pump, once to twice every day, 10-20 mins.
Fecal Description - Brown poo, white urine sometimes yellow.
History - nope. recently had his tail amputated due to it being necrotic.


Cage Info:

Cage Type - screen, 2x4 ft.
Lighting - UV bulb 10.0 repti glo, heating bulb 60 watt (that blue one that always seems to fuse out, seriously.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - Plant keeps humidity. Recently removed because it was old. I have been keeping him outside at times. I live in Miami, FL.
Plants - Umbrella plant.
Placement - In my room, or outside in my backyard.
Location - Miami, FL.


Current Problem - Recently had his tail amputated due to it being necrotic.
he is fine and eating as usual, one thing after he got his amputation, I saw this dark spot, tiny underneath his belly/chest area. At first I thought it was a bruise, but then days turned into a week/or two. Now I'm a little worried. I doubt bruises take this long to go away...or I don't know.



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it looks like a bruise.

it can sometimes take several weeks for them to go away. chams heal slowly.

Personally, you are gving too much d3. you should be doing a calcium without d3 every feeding, calcium with d3 twice a month, and a multivitamin twice a month.

also, i would shorten those mist times, but add more misting sessions.

for basking, you can just use a regular house bulb. its cheaper.

If that spot on the belly gets bigger, changes shape, or starts to look different, may want to look into seeing a vet to see if its a fungus.

also, just saw this, that back foot, that little black spot, looks like a sore/ abcess, so may want to visit your vet anyway to get both spots checked out.
 
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