! !Veild skin Problem ! !

[Jeremy l]

Cage : exoterra glass cage ( new screen cage is ordered and will be here on wed. next week. )
Lighting: reptisun 5.0 uvb bulb ( i know its not as good as the liner i am getting the new lights on tues. )
Basking: 60 watt bulb
Food: Crickets with flukers calcium dusted on them
Hydration: pro-mist 60 misting system 4 times a day 10min at a time
Folage: plastic plants and a live pothos ivy w/ branches
No substrate !

Problem : he has always looked fine until late today i noticed he was green on the bottom of him but dark brown/blackish on top and top of his head !
thought it might be bulb burn but he never sits right under the bulbs.
any help would be awsome

thanks jeremy

 

[Chameleonboy]

i think it looks like a burn to me do you have any heat running at night that he might go under?

 

[BocaJan]

It looks like a burn to me too. I had one of those squiggly bulbs, a 10 at that, and my poor baby got burned. Fortunately I read how dangerous those could be on the forum, and I changed it right away, however even the short time it was up caused some burning.

I would also make sure the basking bulb wasn't making too much heat under it. Do you have a thermometer? Keep one close to the bulb. You may have to reduce the bulb to a 40 or 25.

 

[ChrisnLisa]

Looks like a burn to me as well. Are those lights inside or outside of the enclosure? How close to those bulbs can he get to? (about how many inches away?)

 

[Jeremy l]

the bulbs are on the outside of the cage he can get within 2 to three inches to the lights but he never sits that close up there. i am going to replace the lights but i was going to get them on tues before the new cage came in but i guess i will to it tomarrow ! ! there is no heat or bulb running at night by the way

 

[Brad Ramsey]

That compact fluorescent could give him a "sunburn"
Doesn't have to be close or hot.
Throw it away now.
Better he should have no uvb light till tuesday then suffer through that kind of exposure.

-Brad

 

[Chameleonboy]

i agree with brad i have not herd anything good about those lights at ALL

 

[Jeremy l]

its gone, i'm picking up the reptisun 5.0 linier today and hopefully he will be ok

 

[BocaJan]

Be aware, it will take several sheds to get rid of the burnt skin. At first shed it will look like there is dry skin left. It won't come off. It may take 3 - 4 sheds. Be sure to mist well, especially during a shed, but don't try to "help" by rubbing it.

 

[Jeremy l]

i hope hes not in pain, i knew those bulbs were not great but i thought at least it would be ok until i got his new cage and lights. i thought at least that uvb bulb was better than no uvb bulb. i have the linier reptisun 5.0 on my panther but he is in a different cage like the one the veild is getting.