Skin issue

[Jesushatesteve]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - Panther, male, 1.5 years old, had him since he was 3-4 months old
• Handling - several times a week
• Feeding - Locust staple, gut fed on veggies, calcium and reptivite
• Supplements - calcium from a pet store, reptivite with and without d3
• Watering - spray enclosure 3-4 times daily, dripper used twice a week, regularly drinks from spray directly

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - Repti breeze XL
• Lighting - Mercury vapour bulb, 8am - 8pm
• Temperature - approx 38 degrees basking spot, ambient from 32- 26 thermometer dial and probe
• Humidity - 70%-75%, never below 60%, naturally humid area/house + regular spraying, hygrometer dial
• Placement - no fans or vents, near front door which is facing a busy road, about 6ft from the floor at the hghest point
• Location - Edinburgh

Current Problem - Dry, hard area on his back, protrudes slightly form his skin. Appeared while i was out of town for a few days. Hasn't grown in size or affected his usual feeding habits or temperament in 4 days.

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[listen2justin]

i have the same exact thing! and i noticed mine after i came back from a week long trip too. i just don't know if it was there before i left or not. i reached out to the breeder i got my guy from, the Kammers, and he said it looks minore but to go to a vet to be certain. I'm still trying to get a vet appt tho. but yes, no change in behavior that i've observed.

@ahood tagging you on this. does yours look like this too?

 

[JacksJill]

The closeup is too blurry to tell. Papilloma is something to be aware of. There are some threads with good pictures for comparison.

 

[Lennoncham]

Your temps seem to be a bit high. 38 Celsius would be 100 Fahrenheit. Your basking spot should be 85-90 f. And your ambient temps should be 75-80 f. Also how often are you using each of those supplements. You should be using a calcium without d3 most feedings. A calcium with d3 twice a month. And a multi vitamin twice a month.

 

[Jesushatesteve]

Your temps seem to be a bit high. 38 Celsius would be 100 Fahrenheit. Your basking spot should be 85-90 f. And your ambient temps should be 75-80 f. Also how often are you using each of those supplements. You should be using a calcium without d3 most feedings. A calcium with d3 twice a month. And a multi vitamin twice a month.

The supplementation is almost exactly as you suggest.

 

[ahood]

i have the same exact thing! and i noticed mine after i came back from a week long trip too. i just don't know if it was there before i left or not. i reached out to the breeder i got my guy from, the Kammers, and he said it looks minore but to go to a vet to be certain. I'm still trying to get a vet appt tho. but yes, no change in behavior that i've observed.

@ahood tagging you on this. does yours look like this too?

Yes, looks just like that. I went to a vet and she said increase humidity, but the only way to really know is to take a sample and send it to the lab, but I don't want them to actually have to cut a sample of his skin :/