missing spikes on his back

[chendy]

Alright so my jackson that ive had for awhile now has an area on his back where the spikes are not growing. When i bought him he was like this.
so my question is, Is this an area of his body that was burned as a baby? or does he have some spinal disease?
other than that he is healthy and active

 

[ChameleonNerd]

can you post a picture please? my guess would be that it would be from an injury or burn, and although i have never heard of that, i suppose it could be a pre natal defect also. a picture would help

 

[chendy]

photo of his back

 

[ChameleonNerd]

i'm assuming if it was a burn that did that, it would be black in the area around it. i would also expect there to be some sort of other discoloration or something if it was an injury like a cut that did that. could just be a birth defect

 

[lindawaz]

no guess at all!
Weird almost looks like they went and grew the other way since no markings of any sort but spots for them

( no I don't think they are growing in )

 

[chendy]

would the discoloration have stayed there if it happened when he was a baby, he is around a year old now

 

[ChameleonNerd]

most chameleons have scars for the rest of their lives when they get a burn. i would expect the burn to be pretty bad if the spines never grew back. or if they melted that part of his back

 

[chendy]

yea, well hmmffff
im worried a little but its a mystery none the less

 

[ataraxia]

personally his dorsal area looks wider than normal. IMO it looks like a deformity or trauma at some point.

 

[chendy]

i wish i would of asked the pet store that i bought it from, most likely now they wouldnt know who i was or the jackson i bought from them.