while dots on skin

[cjcboardingdude]

Chameleon Info:

*I have a male, Veiled cham who is 10 months old that has only been in my care for 2 weeks.
* i have only handled it once and that was to add some branches inside the cage.
* I feed him 6-8 large crickets a day and he devours them. I have not started gut loading or dusting my crickts and i would like some more info on good methods of gut loading and good brands to dust with.
*I hand mist the cage 2-4 times daily and spray for 1-2 minutes each time. He drinks some of the time but recently he has not drank as much (may be in conjunction with his color change)
* fecal matter is moist and retains shape they have been getting larger since i have been feeding him more.


Cage Info:
* all screen cage that i made. it is 4 by 2.5 by 2.5
* all reptiglo lighting all with aluminum reflectors 1 150 watt sunglo spot lamp combined with a 27 watt 10.0 UVB for the day and a 75 watt blue night light. i try to make it a 12 12 cycle but without a day/night timer sometimes it is not 12 12.
*at the base of the basking spot it is 90 F. the floor temp is 73-75 F. the night time temperatures are in the 70's-low 80's
*I do not know the humidity levels as i do not yet have a hydrometer. i plan on getting one ASAP.
* in his cage he has a fake vine and an Umbrella plant. he has been taking nibbles out of the umbrella plant. it is located in the bottom half of the cage with the pot on the cage floor. its leaves do semi obstruct some the the climbing branches but he is able to get around them with ease.
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
* the cage is about 6 feet at its highest with the floor of the care about 2 fees off the ground.
* i am located in Spokane Washington

the Current Problem is that his color is very dark as i have had another thread earlier about this. now he has another problem he has little white dots on his skin that seem to stick out (that is they are not flush with the reset of his skin) any ideas as to what this could be?

 

[Michael Ryan]

most likely he is going in to shed

 

[chameleon884]

post some pics. that is the most important way we can identify your problem.

 

[carol5208]

I don't have a veiled but my panther has some white dots here and there that about the size of a pinhead and they are white and raised above his skin. Sometimes they are there and sometimes they are not. They are part of his skin.

 

[carol5208]

Your basking light is way too hot if it is 150 watts. You should be using about a 60 watt ordinary house bulb. Also, 10.0 UVB is not recommended either. You should get a reptisun 5.0 UVB linear light. You do not need a light for night time. Chams like it dark to sleep. The supplements should be as follows: Calcium w/o d3 every day(you can skip here and there), Calcium w/d2 twice a month and a multi vitamin 2 a month or so. I use Repcal and Sticky Tongue Farms for my brands. As far as gutload, you can use a variety of fresh fruits a veggies. I used orange slices for hydration, Kale, Romaine, Mustardgreens. Collard greens, apples, mangos carrots, sweet peppers etc. Try and post a pic of your cham please so we can try and determine what the white spots are. I would also recommend you get some type of drip system for water so there is a constant flow of water for him. Sometimes misting is not enough. As far as his fecal, it should have two parts, a brow/black and a white part. The brown is the poop and the white is the urine (urate) It should be white and if it is orange, then your cham needs to get more hydration