haven't seen this before

[crystal9534]

it looks like bones sticking out from the side? any idea what this is?

 

[Tifanydalpont]

uhhh thats weird...

 

[chameleonkev]

Is that not just the skin starting to shed? Granted I am using my phone so I maybe carnt see the picture clear enought

 

[djfishygillz]

If it looks like raw bone then chances are he is rubbing the top of his cage to hard and scraping off his skin to the bone. I have seen chameleons do it before.

 

[AngieL]

His casque looks to be shedding or is it burned? Hard to tell from the pictures but I would take the little guy to the vet and get it looked at.

 

[crystal9534]

it's not a shed. yea he is shedding right now but he's had those sticking out for a few weeks. i haven't seen him rub against his cage though and he isn't able to touch the top where the light is

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Can you get a picture from the side? A thermal burn can happen from several inches away so he doesn't have to actually touch anything to get burned.

 

[crystal9534]

it's really hard to get a decent picture of his crown

 

[crystal9534]

it does look like there could be a burn, but how does the bone pop out?

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

It's more likely that the burned skin has died and what you're seeing is the skin that has split and it just looks like bone. But if a burn is bad enough it can remove all the skin over a bone.

 

[crystal9534]

we're actually trying to find him a new home. so if anyone in the western washington area is interested, we're asking 100 for him, his cage, and the mist king