Yeah I thought it was a burn too at first, but I lowered his basking spot and went down to a temp of 75 instead of 100. I’ll take a better pic of it when I get home! Thank you for your response.
For an adult male veiled, you want to keep the basking temp around 82-85. Make sure he can’t get any closer to the lights than about 8-9”. You can hold your hand where his back and casque will be on his basking branch. If it’s too hot to hold your hand there for a couple of minutes, it’s too hot for your cham and risk burns.
My guess is that he’s been able to climb the artificial plant in the corner below his basking light, so I suggest removing that. It’s hard to gauge distance, but the topmost branch may be too high also. The green vine looks to be at a perfect distance from lights for basking. As I already said, a vet visit is best and they can provide a burn cream, silver sulfadiazine, that is by prescription only and is the absolute best for burns and other wounds. Depending on the depth of the burn, he may need oral antibiotics too. To me it doesn’t look that deep or extensive, but burns can be deceiving. I’ll guess that he will most likely lose the burned spines and they won’t grow back.
