What is this?

[skeleptica]

Hey I was just checking on Lola and I noticed something on her arm, I tried wiping it off with a q-tip but I think it's attached to her. Any idea on what this could be?

ps. the little piece of fuzz hanging off is from the q-tip.

 

[kinyonga]

Did it just suddenly appear there or did it grow?

 

[ToniandGizmo]

I am no expert at all on this but are these nematodes? I would occasionally find something that looked similar to this on the stalks of my garden plants. Hopefully more experience keepers will chime in.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

It looks like a leaf.
did you try seeing if it would come loose with your finger?
Nematodes are under the skin.

-Brad

 

[ToniandGizmo]

It looks like a leaf.
did you try seeing if it would come loose with your finger?
Nematodes are under the skin.

-Brad

Thanks Brad for clearing that up for me. In the plant world the nematodes I was referring to actually show up on the outside stalks of the plant. They are the same shape (but were gray in color) as whatever those were on the chams leg. The only way we could remove them from the plant stalks was to take a cotton ball dipped in alcohol and brush it on them (obviously not recommened for a cham). The little buggars have quite a grip.