male veiled has bump on his head???

[KCcham]

hello everyone, it has been awhile since I have posted here, but I ran into a problem a few days ago.

I noticed on my male chams head, he has bump that is smaller than a pea. I have not changed anything in his diet of his cage in some time. I will attach a pic so you can see what it looks like. If nned be, I can find a vet to take him to, but I live in the BOONIES and there isnt much around.

A little about the cham. 4 year old male. cage is 4x2x2 custom made screen cage with a big scheffelera(sp) in it. I have a misting system that runs twice a day for 4 mins each. he eats a variety of food, but mostly gut loaded roaches and crickets that are dusted twice a week. the temp gets into the high 80's in the basking spot during the day and down to 72 at night.

any help would be appreciated.

Jeffrey

 

[dodolah]

Could be many things.
But, i am guessing it's an infection.
He might have scratch his head on something and now it get infected.

 

[Syn]

A lot of posts like this end up being infections, schedule a vet visit! Best of luck.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Maybe an abscess from infected wound, in which case you probably would need a vet to lance it, drain the puss, clean the wound, and possibly provide antibiotics.

 

[Chameleon2341]

Please help me

Help me I'm only young and I have had my chameleon for about 4 months he's called rango and recently (about 4 weeks ago) my lizard has developed a bump on its head over the past 2 weeks it has gotten bigger and at first I thought it was a horn but now I think it is a abbcess please help and how much would it cost to get a vet to drain it I've read through other people's replies and I'm gettin worried

 

[Chameleon2341]

Please help me

Help me I'm only young and I have had my chameleon for about 4 months he's called rango and recently (about 4 weeks ago) my lizard has developed a bump on its head over the past 2 weeks it has gotten bigger and at first I thought it was a horn but now I think it is a abbcess please help and how much would it cost to get a vet to drain it I've read through other people's replies and I'm gettin worried


Any help given will be appreciated

 

[ataraxia]

Hi Chameleon2341, your chameleon has a infection more than likely that is in the nasolacrimal duct. The only way to solve this issue is to take your veiled into a vet that is knowledgeable with reptiles to do a culture on the infection to determine the proper antibiotics to cure your guy here.

Good luck

Edit: This is a great read for you to get an idea of where the infection is and how to help your vet with some info https://www.chameleonforums.com/question-about-nasal-passages-nasolacrimal-duct-101170/

 

[Chameleon2341]

Thanx

I've took him to the vet and she said he will be fine she gave me a bit of medicine for Rango and she told me about this stuff iodine of somefin like that he's starting to recover thank you

 

[Chameleon2341]

Sorry

Again how do you feed your veiled chameleon like fruit and stuff