Help!!

[kami baby]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - Female Veild Chameleon 1y and 6 months old, had her for about a year now.
• Handling- Around Every day. Is willing to come out onto my hand. I let her free roam about 2 and a half hours everyday.
• Feeding - Her diet consists on Dubai roaches, hornworms, waxworms, and moths. About 15 small roachs a day, 3waxworms a week, 1hornworm a week, and 1moths a week.Gutloading with hornworm food, same for everyone.
• Supplements - I use calcium with out D3 everyday and calcium with D3 2 times a week and some herbtivite 2times every month.
• Watering - I am useing a monsoon for automatic misting. And with a water enchanter. I spray down her laying bin just with a mister lizard jr. I see her drink a lot.
• Fecal Description - Dropings a normal and yes.
• History - Black spots have appeared all over but this one was the biggest.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type- Screen
• Lighting - I am using a 50 watt basking bulb which reaches a high of 90 degrees and a coiled uvb bulb.
• Temperature - Lower down is about 50 degrees. Same as for night. No lights.
• Plants - All Upper Plants are plastic. Lower are real that she likes to munch on
• Placement - Just against my wall.
• Location Southern Illinois

Current Problem - When I went to turn my chams lights on I noticed a odd looking black spot. She’s had one before on her back leg but faded away. I am pretty sure that it’s not her temperature. Maybe it’s a stress color? I just want to know.


Thanks.

 

[Kristen99]

I'm not sure about the dark spots but I noticed you're using a coiled UVB light I would switch that out for the tube UVB light the coiled one seem to hurt the chameleons eyes and just generally aren't that great and if you haven't changed or UVB light since you purchased it now would be a great time because you would want to change those out roughly about every six months

 

[kami baby]

Yeah I’ve read things like that and I just changed it. But I will probably get the longer one. But thanks for replying!! I really appreciate it!

 

[Kristen99]

No problem. Your little lady is beautiful!

 

[kami baby]

Thank you so much

 

[Fiona's Mom]

Pictures of the black spot would help.

 

[kami baby]

I don’t quite know how...

 

[kami baby]

Could you tell me?

 

[Syreptyon]

How to what? Take a picture??

 

[kami baby]

Post a picture

 

[Kristen99]

When you respond click upload a file and you can pick the pictures from your phone and upload them to the posting

 

[kami baby]

It was not as bad earlier but it seems like it is causing pain. It was almost her full side earlier

 

[kinyonga]

How old is she? Have you got any egglaying bin in her cage?

 

[kami baby]

Yes she is a year and 6m she laided a few months ago I have a oversized flowerpot at the bottom of her cage w/ natural dirt.

 

[Decadancin]

Is there a thermal burn there on the ridge of the back and the top of the casque? I also see what appears to be one that is healing on the back leg at the joint. What is the basking temperature? 90 degrees should not cause that, but could be a bit too high. How are you measuring the temps?

 

[kami baby]

Yes my basking temp is around ninety degrees. I am measuring the temps with a zoo med digital thermometer.