Shedding

[Rucalee]

Here is a picture of him dry first thing in the morning.

 

[jajeanpierre]

Shed is a single layer of dead skin. It is opaque, but could be almost transparent when wet. The pictures do not look at all like a normal shed. I see he seems to have retained shed around his toes and tail, which I would mist to soften and gently try to rub off or at least open up that band of shed so it doesn't cut off the blood circulation to the extremities. Sheds that encircle any extremity can form a tourniquet and as it dries and shrinks (and the chameleon grows) can cut off the circulation to the foot or tail which can die.

I don't have any idea what is on his sides. It could be a wound or an infection of some sort, possibly viral. You can use polysporin (or neosporin) that you can get over the counter at a drug store but be sure that it DOES NOT contain any pain medication. Read the label carefully.

 

[gotwqqd]

I wonder if someone can fabricate a solution....ShedAll... Sprays on and breaks down the dead skin so it falls of quicker... Without harming the animal.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I wonder if someone can fabricate a solution....ShedAll... Sprays on and breaks down the dead skin so it falls of quicker... Without harming the animal.

Why in the world would you need something like that? What are your proposing, a uric acid spray?

Stuck shed that forms a band around tails, toes and limbs just needs to be removed. Stuck shed is sometimes indicative of husbandry issues and health issues.

 

[gotwqqd]

Why in the world would you need something like that? What are your proposing, a uric acid spray?

Stuck shed just needs to be removed. Stuck shed is sometimes indicative of husbandry issues and health issues.

You seem to be quick to dismiss anything anyone says you don't agree with.

How about you come across an animal where the old shed is constricting an appendage?
Instead of putting the animal through an ordeal by holding him immobile and cutting the shed, how about a light spray that removes out effortlessly?

 

[garyl]

I have only owned chameleons for 3 mths ,the male has shed 3 times female twice,I turn the mister up and hand spray with no problems,female shed this morning total of 4 hours and she was finished shedding

 

[jajeanpierre]

You seem to be quick to dismiss anything anyone says you don't agree with.

How about you come across an animal where the old shed is constricting an appendage?
Instead of putting the animal through an ordeal by holding him immobile and cutting the shed, how about a light spray that removes out effortlessly?

Think through what you are suggesting. You are suggesting something that dissolves skin. Don't you think something that dissolves dead skin would also dissolve live skin? Or damage eyes? It is used all the time in humans, a combination of salicylic acid and urea, but it is used on very thick skin, not something as thin as a shed in a lizard.

You soak it and rub/cut off shed that is constricting.

 

[Rucalee]

With a humidity of 10% at the pet store I'm not surprised he shed so badly. I have everything where it needs to be now. I'm hoping the vet can fix him up tomorrow. Petco is just as pad as puppy mills.

 

[Rucalee]

Well I took Rex to the vet this morning and they said the marks were some type of infection. The pet store I bought him from had brought their other chameleons in with the same issue. They gave me a topical and an antibiotic that I have to give him once a week. They also said that most young chameleons have a vitamin A defenecy and I have to give him a supplement for that also. The vet was very forceful with him and stressed him so badly. Before we took him to the vet he was active and hunting crickets now he is weak and can't hold himself up. I'm really hoping he makes it through the night. He won't sit in the light or stay up top of his tree. I would say he was hiding but he is so weak.