Kathidavis72
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I have attached a photo of my 4-month-old Veiled Chameleon. She does not seem to be bothered by the extra flap (?) of skin on her left eye, but should I. The right eye is perfectly normal. She eats, she ATTACKS her crickets, worms, even caught a ladybug that decided to visit her enclosure. She has a drip bucket for water as well as we mist her home 3-4 times a day. I use paper towels on the bottom of her cage as I was instructed that these were better than the actual substrate. She is NOT friendly. I can talk to her and she will come close but the minute I get a hand close to her she jumps, hisses, and acts as she will bite. Plus she turns VERY dark. So I am not sure how big she is. I do know that she is at least 7 inches long because I can put my hand up to her from the outside of the cage and she is as long as my hand (not counting rolled up tail).
I am not concerned with her eating habits or what we feed her because she has shed at least once a month and she is definitely a fan of the gut-loaded crickets. I am more concerned about the extra flap of skin. There are no lesions, not oozing, she keeps the eye open, and it has not increased in size as I noticed it last month.
We are new to Chameleons but have a Bearded Dragon and a Spotted Gecko that are not in the same enclosure but are close is this something that needs to change? Is it just a "birth" defect (or a Hatch defect as my daughter calls it)?
I am not concerned with her eating habits or what we feed her because she has shed at least once a month and she is definitely a fan of the gut-loaded crickets. I am more concerned about the extra flap of skin. There are no lesions, not oozing, she keeps the eye open, and it has not increased in size as I noticed it last month.
We are new to Chameleons but have a Bearded Dragon and a Spotted Gecko that are not in the same enclosure but are close is this something that needs to change? Is it just a "birth" defect (or a Hatch defect as my daughter calls it)?
