so i got a Jackson chameleon and have had him for about a month, he is doing great, i feed him everyday, have a fogger to keep the humidity up, a red night light a basking light, he has a UV bar. he is always a bright green unless i clean the cage, then he changes to a patern of green and brown with yellow. eats normally, moves around, doesn't seem ill in the slightest, but this morning i noticed he has a white spot about the size of a pecil whole, surrounded by black. i can't see any cuts or wounds, he hasn't fallen that i know of. im thinking it may be a fungus. any help would be great.
Jackson has a white spot with black around it. help.
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redsfandrew
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You really should check out this: https://www.chameleonforums.com/basic-husbandry-38769/ .
It will help with with your husbandry issues. As for the spot, it may be a burn from the light. Really with out a pic there is no way to be sure. Check out the health clinic section and post it there. ( with the proper form of course). Good luck!
This will help too.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/general-care-true-chameleons-5943/
It will help with with your husbandry issues. As for the spot, it may be a burn from the light. Really with out a pic there is no way to be sure. Check out the health clinic section and post it there. ( with the proper form of course). Good luck!
This will help too.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/general-care-true-chameleons-5943/
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pigglett79
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A picture would help others identify what it might be. As previously suggested you need to remove the night light. Chameleons can detect light at night even red and it will disturb their sleep. Also they need a drop in temp at night to slow their metabolism. Jacksons can go down pretty low at night, even in to the 50`s. I drop my room down to the mid 60`s at night.
deadhd5
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It appears to be a burn.
Can you elaborate on the placement of his basking light? What bulb are you using?
Jacksons do not need a hot basking spot, ideally it should be around 82 degrees, and can usually be acheived with a low wattage house bulb (incandescent).
Put some ploysporin or neosporin on the spot and make a vet appointment.
Can you elaborate on the placement of his basking light? What bulb are you using?
Jacksons do not need a hot basking spot, ideally it should be around 82 degrees, and can usually be acheived with a low wattage house bulb (incandescent).
Put some ploysporin or neosporin on the spot and make a vet appointment.
i cant imagine he could burn himself unless the frame gets hotter then i thought it did, i have a lamp on top of the cage, the top is glass because i was having problems with crickets climbing up there where he could burn his tounge. but ill put some neosporin on it. ill make sure not to use a pain releiving kind. and ill move the lamp away.
deadhd5
Avid Member
It is probably worth a trip to the vet, but I am sure your cham will make a full recovery. You will probably need to apply neosporin for a couple weeks to prevent any infection, then it will take a couple sheds before the discoloration goes away.
I had a cham get a burn once from a new basking bulb and it looked just like that.
I had a cham get a burn once from a new basking bulb and it looked just like that.
Dr O
Veterinarian
it does look like an early thermal burn, although i don’t know how it could be so pinpoint unless it’s just in the early stages, there was contact with just that one spot, or someone had too much fun with an Arctic Spyder laser pointer.
typically the area would dry out +/- slough in the next week. it does not look fungal at this point but that can change. i would definitely hit it up with straight neosporin and keep us advised, since it’s possible to grow in size or worsen. and of course of you’re seeing it worsen, to the vet you go.
typically the area would dry out +/- slough in the next week. it does not look fungal at this point but that can change. i would definitely hit it up with straight neosporin and keep us advised, since it’s possible to grow in size or worsen. and of course of you’re seeing it worsen, to the vet you go.
pigglett79
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I am also wondering about your glass top. Glass will block UV.
