Your pictures are to blurry to tell what the skin problem is....and I'm not a vet so I can't tell you anyway.



Personally, I would take it to a vet to have it checked out. It could be a very bad burn, or an infection or a fungus. There is one particularly bad fungus called CANV that can kill a chameleon.



You said...the cage is filled with live plants...are any of them toxic?



You said...."I did not see a UV lighting setup, only a basking lamp. The cage was in front of the window, and he was getting full morning sun"...sunlight is virtually useless when it passes through glass. Exposure to UVB light either from direct sunlight or UVB tube lights (also not passing through glass or plastic) is important for the production of D3 which in turn allows the chameleon to use its calcium. I don't see any apparent signs of MBD in the arms and legs.



You said..."His eyes are a little sunken"....this could be from dehydration but you said he had a drip system on his cage. I'm wondering if its due to dehydration or illness?



You said..."He has some sort of skin problem on both sides, and the ridge on his back is affected as well. Near the base of his tail, it has actually started to seperate from his body. The skin in these areas is grey, and hard to the touch. The affected skin is bumpy and bludges outward. The owner had some cream that a vet had given to him, but he said he was unable to apply it"...do you know what the vet said the problem was? Do you know what the cream was?



Do you know about gutloading insects or supplementing them before they are fed to the chameleon?



I hope you can help this poor chameleon!

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