Scabies on chameleons?!

[Serbianchameleon]

Do someone have a photo of scabies on chameleon? I need it to compare it to my chameleon to see is it possible that she has it. I will get her results from lab in about 7-10 days just want to know how it looks like.

 

[JacksJill]

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[JacksJill]

Do you mean mites? https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/mites-in-reptiles/

 

[Serbianchameleon]

No I meant is it possible for chameleons to have scabies like this

 

[MissSkittles]

I wonder if somehow the fecal was contaminated. From all I can find, reptiles don’t get scabies. Also, even if so, finding it in feces is odd...they burrow under the skin and don’t live in the GI tract.

 

[Serbianchameleon]

I wonder if somehow the fecal was contaminated. From all I can find, reptiles don’t get scabies. Also, even if so, finding it in feces is odd...they burrow under the skin and don’t live in the GI tract.

Yeah its surreal I really mean that the guy at vet station just did something wrong.. My breeder said he never heard his entire life that a reptile got scabies.

 

[Serbianchameleon]

I wonder if somehow the fecal was contaminated. From all I can find, reptiles don’t get scabies. Also, even if so, finding it in feces is odd...they burrow under the skin and don’t live in the GI tract.

And he said its just two of the scabies mites in there? Just two? That sounds like he didnt washed his hands from bunny before checking fecal tests of my cham..

 

[MissSkittles]

Are they doing a recheck of a fresh fecal sample?

 

[salty dog]

there was a real sl#$*y chameleon got genital warts a while back.....

 

[JacksJill]

I've never heard of scabies in reptiles. There are some mites that snakes get and can pass to other reptiles. Even so you wouldn't check a fecal you would do a skin scraping on the edge of an affected area where there is scabbing and redness.