Eye Problem

[spencer451]

Chameleon Info
Your Chameleon – Panther, male, 8 months.
Handling – Every couple of days.
Feeding – 5-7 Daily Crickets or Dubia Roaches, treats daily of one or two horn or butter worms hand fed.
Supplements – Rep-Cal with Vitamin D once every two weeks. Rep-Cal without Vitamin D every day. Herptivite once every two weeks.
Watering – Drinks from misting on leaves and side of cage.

Cage Info
Cage Type- ReptiBreeze 24x24x48
Lighting – ReptiSun 5 UVB, ReptiFlora, 35 watt basking, 50 watt basking, Led strip. Temperature range 73-95.
Humidity – MistKing set for 3 times a day for 1 minute, Foggers set for intervals between misting for 2 minutes. Humidity averages 70%. Ceiling Fan on low and cage dries out in between misting and fogging.
Plants – Artificial vines, 5 live plants ( 2 air plants, 1 large Schefflera, 1 Bromeliads, 1 Zamioculas)
Placement – Den. Low traffic area unless I’m on the computer or observing chameleon.
Location – Virginia Beach, VA
Current Problem – After feeding this morning his left eye clouded over with a cream colored film, this happened over maybe a five minute period. He wasn’t scratching at it or anything. Mister came on about fifteen minutes later and about a half hour after that the eye was clear again. He is acting normal and normal relaxed color. Any ideas on what happened?

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Chameleon Info
Your Chameleon – Panther, male, 8 months.
Handling – Every couple of days.
Feeding – 5-7 Daily Crickets or Dubia Roaches, treats daily of one or two horn or butter worms hand fed.
Supplements – Rep-Cal with Vitamin D once every two weeks. Rep-Cal without Vitamin D every day. Herptivite once every two weeks.
Watering – Drinks from misting on leaves and side of cage.

Cage Info
Cage Type- ReptiBreeze 24x24x48
Lighting – ReptiSun 5 UVB, ReptiFlora, 35 watt basking, 50 watt basking, Led strip. Temperature range 73-95.
Humidity – MistKing set for 3 times a day for 1 minute, Foggers set for intervals between misting for 2 minutes. Humidity averages 70%. Ceiling Fan on low and cage dries out in between misting and fogging.
Plants – Artificial vines, 5 live plants ( 2 air plants, 1 large Schefflera, 1 Bromeliads, 1 Zamioculas)
Placement – Den. Low traffic area unless I’m on the computer or observing chameleon.
Location – Virginia Beach, VA
Current Problem – After feeding this morning his left eye clouded over with a cream colored film, this happened over maybe a five minute period. He wasn’t scratching at it or anything. Mister came on about fifteen minutes later and about a half hour after that the eye was clear again. He is acting normal and normal relaxed color. Any ideas on what happened?

Not sure, but maybe he was cleaning his eye or something. Was he doing any goofy stuff before then like make his eye bulge like they do when they are trying to shed? My baby cham was bit on the eye, and one day the eye would be clear, the next day cant even see out of it. Ive been having to wash it with saline for a while. Finally getting better now. Hopefully someone that knows will reply. Sorry I couldnt be better help.

 

[spencer451]

Thanks

He wasn't doing anything unusual, just hunting crickets.

 

[spencer451]

Just an update on Buddy's eye. This morning the eye was clouded over again so I took him to the vet. No infection and the eye is normal, the vet said he could have irritated it by rubbing his head (he just started a full body shed). Treatment is just to mist the eye a couple of times a day with a saline solution. Also had a fecal done, no parasites.

 

[Psychobunny]

Its great to know he is okay and no infection.
Sometimes they do get tiny particles or old shed in their eyes.
It seems like it usually happens when they shed anyway.

Just spraying him every day will help him clean his eyes

 

[biochemnerd808]

Glad to hear all is well. Sometimes chams get a bit of skin stuck in their eye, and have to clean it out. Ours just had an exploding shed, and the skin on his eyes is sticking out like blinders. Kind of makes me want to pick it for him...