Dry Skin on 3 Month Cham

[AZJ0SH]

My 3 month old male veiled chameleon appears to have very dry skin from the looks of it. He just shed about a week ago, and today I noticed his skin looks dried out. His humidity level never drops below 40%, most of the time it's up around 60% with the humidifier going.

He does have a habit of climbing around on the top of the cage upside down, do you think he's getting too close to the lights?

Also, I am using a clear lightbulb, does that have negative effects compared to the soft white bulbs?

He seems healthy, his poop was slightly yellow today but the other droppings I found were pure white, so I don't think he is dehydrated?

I am trying to get a picture but he does not like my camera near the cage, he runs and hides in the back and keeps turning away from the camera.

 

[carol5208]

He could be starting another shed. It does seem soon but I have read on here where chams have shed a few weeks in a row or every couple of weeks when they are that young. .

 

[Texas Ranger]

Could be a bad shed. You could increase the mistings. Or even give him a shower. Or its like Carol said. Maybe he is just going to shed again.

 

[AZJ0SH]

He could be starting another shed. It does seem soon but I have read on here where chams have shed a few weeks in a row or every couple of weeks when they are that young. .

Could be a bad shed. You could increase the mistings. Or even give him a shower. Or its like Carol said. Maybe he is just going to shed again.

So it's normal for him to shed again if he did just over a week ago?

I do a heavy misting in the morning, and then every 2-3 hours I do another misting, then allow his cage to dry out before shutting the lights off at night.

My homemade dripper is not working, so I have been running my humidifier a bit more lately, I will try to increase his misting and keep the humidity more stable.

I will try to get a better picture today when I turn his lights on in an hour.

Thanks Guys