Black eye, female jacksons

[liestesnevada]

Hello! I've had my female jacksons chameleon for just over 1 month now. She gave birth just over 3 months ago (at a petstore), and I am waiting for her to give birth again before I de-worm her (she came to me 2 months after she gave birth and already had pinworm) so the medication doesn't harm her babies.
Yesterday I noticed her left eye looked a little darker than the right and she didn't eat all her crickets (she's a pig with food) which is odd for her. Today her eye is very dark and alarming me. She's still very active, can move her eye without any issues, not lethargic, she's well hydrated.
Here's her care info:
temp: 80-85 basking spot, 70-75 ambient temp during day, night: 66-70. With summer I've just turned off her basking spot as her ambient tank temp is 75.
light: 10.0 UVB and outdoor light during weekends
enclosure: zoo med repti breeze 18"x18"x36" full of vines, golden pothos and schefflera (the safe variety with the gold on the leaves) and the soil of these plants are covered with sphagnum moss so the dirts not exposed
substrate: paper towel
water: misted 2-3 times per day (always mist prior to feeding as well) humidity ranges from 60%-85%
Supplements: sticky tongue farms miner-all indoor once per week.
food: mix between crickets, hornworms (treat), small mealworms (very rarely), butterworms. she mainly only eats crickets. all bugs are gutloaded weeks prior to being fed.

Thank you for all input.

 

[MeruJack]

My male jacksons had a red spot on one of his eyelids about a week ago but two-three days later it had cleared up on its own. If your chameleon is otherwise acting normally, I'd suggest giving her a few more days to see if it might just resolve itself. Just keep an eye on her and the black spot for any changes.

 

[liestesnevada]

My male jacksons had a red spot on one of his eyelids about a week ago but two-three days later it had cleared up on its own. If your chameleon is otherwise acting normally, I'd suggest giving her a few more days to see if it might just resolve itself. Just keep an eye on her and the black spot for any changes.

Thank you for the reply. Hers isn't necessarily just a spot, it literally looks like a black eye like she got in a fight. Even tho she's alone and I've never seen her fall

 

[Carlton]

It could be a bruise. If so, it should resolve itself in a few days.

 

[liestesnevada]

Thank you for the fast replied everyone! I've raised reptiles for over 10 years and know how rapidly they can decline with little warning and I'm relatively new to chameleons so I appreciate everyone's input

 

[liestesnevada]

Checked on her this morning, and her eye is back to normal
Anyone here had experience with breeding jacksons females and know how often they give birth? I've heard every 3 months after her initial clutch but that seems like very little time to develop babies

 

[Andee]

Jackson babies do better in individual enclosures. They can die randomly at the 5 to 6 month range.

 

[MeruJack]

Anyone here had experience with breeding jacksons females and know how often they give birth? I've heard every 3 months after her initial clutch but that seems like very little time to develop babies

They CAN give birth every three months but that has not been my experience. I had one female (dwarf jacksons) give birth 18 months ago and has not given birth since. I had another female (dwarf jacksons) give birth six weeks after I received her and then again six months after that due to retained sperm. Her babies are three months old and I think she's gravid again. I read about a necropsy that was performed on a female jacksons chameleon and found that she had babies inside her that were three different ages (three different clutches at three different developmental stages). That would explain how a female COULD give birth again only three months later.