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Her previous setup was in fact a little 5 gallon aquariumwith a combo hood fixture including a compact fluorescent bulb. The sales person at the store did actually recommend a screen cage, but since she was so young we really wanted to have more accurate control over her temps &...
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We live in Bellingham, WA and she was purchased at Petsmart. There is a herp vet down towards Seattle and that is where I used to take my iguanas. She hasn't eaten today.
photos
One pic is right after we purchased her, looking very healthy. The rest of the photos are after she developed the problem and one photo of her current setup. Here is a link to my photobucket:
http://s489.photobucket.com/albums/rr253/danielcollick/
care/cage info
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled: female approx 4"-6" head to tail, unsure of age and we've had her about 2 months.
Handling - before eye problem, once a day for exposure to natural sunlight, now we try not to handle her at all
Feeding - crickets, the occasional house...
I am very concerned. We've had her for about 2 months. This problem began as she regularly started trying to flush/clear one of her eyes. That all started about 2 weeks ago. Before that she was fine. Now she is very inactive except to eat and keeps both eyes shut most of the day.
We swapped out...