Musculature or gout? Panther chameleon

I’ve posted before about Aquaman’s free range in our bedroom and I’ve noticed his grip is considerably stronger. I’m his tree person that when he says “let me out”, I open his cage and put him on his branch by the table. In photos I’ve noticed his legs have become thicc. I was worried in the back of my mind, could this be gout? We allow him to cage climb. He moves quick when the room is warmed up and enjoys his free range the same as he would in the summer. I get the room to a toasty 80 degrees by 9am using a space heater by the window. Here are some photos. Thicc boi? or gout?

This is the photo of him in the summer already showing some thiccness. This is only weeks after setting up his free range.

It is the photo with him under the UV lamp gaping or yawning. I dose him with UV when I can when he is out of his enclosure and sometimes he does this xD. I step away when he does :p

The rest are current photos of the thicc boi. I could be wrong, could be gout. His grip reminds me of jackson chameleon or veiled chameleon grip where he could break skin. My kids are afraid because they say it hurts because his grip has become noticably stronger and he has gotten a lot bigger. He is only a year n a half.
 

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I’m not seeing anything that looks like gout…just some nicely muscular legs. Gout usually attacks a joint and besides seeing a very noticeable swelling at that joint, he would be favoring that leg, usually leaving it to hang down. So, just a big handsome guy. 🥰
 
Yes he is definitely not the scrawny boi we had in the summer. He picked up some new orange and green colors too.
 

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Here are some examples of his daily cage climbing
 

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