Bumps on head or caused by eye turrets?

sarie

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i noticed two bumps on my chameleon’s head. i’m unsure if it’s his skull / natural growth or if it’s something i should take him to the vet for.

Chameleon Info:

  • Your Chameleon - Ambilobe Panther Chameleon, age: 13 months, I’ve had him for 10 months
  • Handling - He likes to come out so I handle him around 3-4 times a week
  • Feeding - He eats dubia roaches and crickets. He eats usually every two days and can eat 8 large crickets and 10 1/4 inch small dubias within that two day period (he has a shooting gallery where i place the bugs) I gut-load with repashy bug burger, potatoes, oranges, collard greens, squash, dry oats
  • Supplements - I use repcal calcium without d3 daily. I use repashy calcium plus lod twice a month
  • Watering - i use a mistking a mist every four hours for around 2 minutes. i rarely see him drink but on occasions i see it.
  • Fecal Description - he has normal local poops — with a white urate a brown part — not dried out or anything. he has had pinworms in the past and was treated for it. since then he has been parasite free
  • History - got him from framschams—one issue with pinworms in the past


Cage Info:

  • Cage Type - 2x2x4 screen cage.
  • Lighting - 100w basking bulb, and reptisun t5 ho 5.0 linear uvb light that gets replaced every six months — his lights come on at 8am and turn off at 8pm. the distance of uvb is 6 1/2 inches from basking branch.
  • Temperature - ambient temp is 75. basking temp is 80-85. lowest overnight temp is around 73-74. i use a temp gun to measure the temps.
  • Humidity - humidity stays around 60-68. i use the mistking mister and frequent listings to keep it up. i use a digital humidity gauge to measure the humidity.
  • Plants - i have one golden pothos in his cage.
  • Placement - located in my room. i have an air conditioning system and the room is well ventilated. no high traffic areas. the cage sits on a stand so it almost touches the top of the room and stands around seven feet tall.
  • Location - NY
 
here’s what it looks like. last two pictures is what it used to look like.
 

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The two marks on the head look like they still have shed on them so I'm not sure...but the white "dots" on his arm look like they might be papillomas. I hope not.
 
The two marks on the head look like they still have shed on them so I'm not sure...but the white "dots" on his arm look like they might be papillomas. I hope not.
here are some baby pictures. the spots look like they’ve been there for a while. i’m not sure though.
 

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Are you talking about the two bumps looking down at the top of his head between his eyes? I think those are normal growth of his skull accommodating his eyes. As for the white spots that Kinyonga is mentioning, I don’t know what those are. Did he shed recently?
 
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