Does this look okay?

del33

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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male carpet chameleon approx. 4mos. old-- I've owned him for 5 days
Handling - Once when unpacking and once to try and pull sperm plug out
Feeding - approx. 10-15 1/4" crickets gutloaded with mixture of bug burger/dinofuel and veggies (collard greens, butternut squash, carrots, and apples). Hydrated with water gel
Supplements - Only supplement used so far was Repashy calcium plus on 5 crickets -- I know because I feed him individual crickets on kabob stick.
Watering - Hand mist for approx. 3 mins a day 4 times a day --wipe off excess water pooling on bottom of glass cage. I've observed him drinking.
Fecal Description - black/brown feces with white urate. No fecal testing done
History - Just reaching sexual maturity

Cage Info:
Cage Type - 18x18x24 ZooMed Naturalistic Glass Terrarium
Lighting - New 18" ZooMed ReptiSun 5.0, new 18" Hagen LifeGlo full spectrum bulb and 40W basking light
Temperature - Bottom of cage 74 degrees, Middle of cage 78 degrees and basking spot of 89 degrees. Measured using Exo Terra digital temp probe and SnapOn Infrared Temp Gun. Night time temp of 67 degrees
Humidity - Humidity of 65-80% using Exo Terra digital hygrometer
Plants - Ficus benjamina and Pothos
Placement - Cage mounted on 3ft table so 5ft highest point of cage. Located in Basement
Location - Virginia

Current Problem - Not trying to imply that there is a problem but I've noticed my cham's butt is looking swollen. When I first got him, I noticed that he had a small piece of sperm plug hanging out. It was too small for me to pull so I let him pass it normally 2 days later. It was a decent size plug. After he passed the plug, it was still swollen. 2 days later, he passed another big plug and I thought that the swelling went down. It's still there. He seems to have some inflammation around the rim of the anus but there's no redness there. Another thing that I noticed is that he is pretty well endowed for a little guy :). Does this have anything to do with it? I really love this guy but wifey keeps bugging me about his butt so I told her that I'd ask you guys. Thanks
 
While I know nothing of carpets and their exact care, I can say that my ambilobe did this when he was coming of age.

It looked exactly the same as your pictures.

It never protruded past what yours has, and went away in maybe a week or so. (memory doesnt serve atm)

My guy also seemed to grow faster in that area when he was "coming of age":rolleyes: I chaulked it up to this, and his body just going through changes.

I have never seen him like that again.

I would be interested if anyone has something else to add.
 
Thanks for your input. :) I was also thinking that it may be because of him reaching sexual maturity. His "junk" seems to be big in ratio to the size of the rest of his body. Hope he grows out of it. He also passes big sperm plugs.. Teenage boys :rolleyes: haha Horny little bastard :) He needs to get married!! That'll put an end to it. J/K...
 
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