Grey patch on nose.

[Ryanoceros]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - 6 month old, Ambilobe Panther, Male, I've had him since February.
• Handling - I handle him every second or third day depending on his mood. When it's nice out I put him in a fake tree I've mounted outside for anywhere from 30 min to a couple hours..
• Feeding - His staple is Dubia. He eats anywhere from 7-12 3/4 inch roaches a day. He has an occasional hornworm/silkworm. I feed the roaches Bug Burger and gutload them with mustard greens, carrots, the usual.
• Supplements - I dust with Reptical (no D3) every day sometimes every other day. I alternate Reptivite (no D3) and reptical (with D3) on Fridays (so twice a month for each of them). Depending on his amount of outside time I sometimes skip the D3 for that two weeks.
• Watering - I mist 2 -4 times a day according to his current humidity. He drinks straight from the sprayer most of the time. He also has a dripper constantly available.
• Fecal Description - His urate is uniformly white, his droppings are uniformly brown and moist as well. No diarrhea, dry stools, bloody stools etc.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - 2x2x4 screen enclosure.
• Lighting - 60W flood bulb for heat, Reptisun 5.0 for UV. I turn on both lights when the sun comes up and turn them both off when it starts to go down. Roughly 10 - 14 hours of light a day.
• Temperature - I have a thermometer and hygrometer at both the top and bottom of the enclosure. His basking spot ranges from 85-92F. Overnight the temperature can go as low as 65. Normal ambient temperature ~72.
• Humidity - Between 40 and 80%.
• Plants - I have a pothos and a schefflera at the bottom of his enclosure which he normally sleeps in.
• Placement - The cage is in the corner of my bedroom, in a relatively low traffic position. The enclosure is placed on some mats to get it off of the floor and to prevent water from soaking the carpet.
• Location - West Virginia, US

Clancy just finished his last shed last week, right on time. It's his 2nd one in the little over 2 months I've had him. After his shed I was inspecting his body to make sure it went ok and noticed a whitish grey patch on his nose. It almost looks like dry skin on a human. His color has been developing beautifully and he hasn't had any problems prior. Does this warrant going to the vet over or am I being a paranoid dad? Haha

 

[JacksJill]

Any chance that is calcium dust from a feeder? Will he let you brush a wet Qtip across it?
Are you making your feeders ghostly white?

 

[Ryanoceros]

Any chance that is calcium dust from a feeder? Will he let you brush a wet Qtip across it?
Are you making your feeders ghostly white?

Hey JacksJill, thanks for your reply. That was my first thought as well. It didn't seem to make a difference when I swabbed his nose and no I dust very lightly. No powdered donuts for little man haha.

 

[Ryanoceros]

I'm almost wondering if those couple little bumps on the end of his nose are just a different color now.

 

[Chompingreens]

Pictures r kinda foggy.Almost looks like he’s being rubbing his nose against the screen, but what do I know

 

[JacksJill]

My other guess was a bit of retained shed.