I have two male Veiled Chams. Each in their own enclosure of course.
Seeing that Chameleons are not exactly the touchy feely type of pet, we don't handle them unless it is to re-arrange their cages.
They are housed under 24" Dual Arcadia HO T5s
1 x 12%
1 x 6.5k Daylight
and a single spot light for basking.
We leave them alone to enjoy their lives as much as possible. We feed daily, and they are misted for 2 minutes 3 times a day from our mist king system.
The male I am having an issue with is Boogie... He was the first to come to us because I couldn't stand how Petco kept him in a tiny glass tank!
He is roughly 4 years old now.
Well usually Boogie sits near the top of the enclosure on his vines waiting for food to be put in. The way he sits you can only see one side of his body. We put the food in and go on our way. Sometimes we sit back to watch him and his buddy (Bob) catch crickets.
Well Today I was able to see his other side and I could clearly see something was wrong. On closer inspection there is a mid size white/yellowish growth on his rib cage.
Knowing that in order to research it for a better idea of what we are looking it I would have to at least examine and feel the lump.
I hate grabbing him because it stresses him out. I managed to pick him up and palpitate the lump. It was soft and fairly squishy. He didn't seem to be in any pain while I was feeling the lump.
While moving the lump around and applying slight pressure to it like a pimple. It split across the top and seeped blood. This was where I stopped, cleaned the area and sterilized it. Then put him back in the cage.
I wanted to dress it in some clean gauze but I am not sure how he would handle that. Plus I couldn't find any and it was only me here at home. So I just put him back in the cage.
I had expected it to ooze puss of some sort which would indicate it needed lanced and cleaned out thoroughly. However when blood started oozing out I wasn't entirely sure this would be an abscess full of puss.
I have no idea what it is. I put out an e-mail to two local vets. One is the same vet we take all our other animals to but I don't think they do any reptiles. The other listed reptiles but I am not entirely sure how qualified they are.
He is not happy with me in the attached photos. There is a good shot of the growth though. I am thinking its an abscess but I didn't expect it to be oozing blood out the top. I had expected just a thick puss.
Any general thoughts or ideas? Anyone seen this before?
Seeing that Chameleons are not exactly the touchy feely type of pet, we don't handle them unless it is to re-arrange their cages.
They are housed under 24" Dual Arcadia HO T5s
1 x 12%
1 x 6.5k Daylight
and a single spot light for basking.
We leave them alone to enjoy their lives as much as possible. We feed daily, and they are misted for 2 minutes 3 times a day from our mist king system.
The male I am having an issue with is Boogie... He was the first to come to us because I couldn't stand how Petco kept him in a tiny glass tank!
He is roughly 4 years old now.
Well usually Boogie sits near the top of the enclosure on his vines waiting for food to be put in. The way he sits you can only see one side of his body. We put the food in and go on our way. Sometimes we sit back to watch him and his buddy (Bob) catch crickets.
Well Today I was able to see his other side and I could clearly see something was wrong. On closer inspection there is a mid size white/yellowish growth on his rib cage.
Knowing that in order to research it for a better idea of what we are looking it I would have to at least examine and feel the lump.
I hate grabbing him because it stresses him out. I managed to pick him up and palpitate the lump. It was soft and fairly squishy. He didn't seem to be in any pain while I was feeling the lump.
While moving the lump around and applying slight pressure to it like a pimple. It split across the top and seeped blood. This was where I stopped, cleaned the area and sterilized it. Then put him back in the cage.
I wanted to dress it in some clean gauze but I am not sure how he would handle that. Plus I couldn't find any and it was only me here at home. So I just put him back in the cage.
I had expected it to ooze puss of some sort which would indicate it needed lanced and cleaned out thoroughly. However when blood started oozing out I wasn't entirely sure this would be an abscess full of puss.
I have no idea what it is. I put out an e-mail to two local vets. One is the same vet we take all our other animals to but I don't think they do any reptiles. The other listed reptiles but I am not entirely sure how qualified they are.
He is not happy with me in the attached photos. There is a good shot of the growth though. I am thinking its an abscess but I didn't expect it to be oozing blood out the top. I had expected just a thick puss.
Any general thoughts or ideas? Anyone seen this before?