Eyesight Issue?

[ChameleonFan1989]

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - Panther Chameleon, Male and he's 2 years old and had him since he was 6 months old.

Handling - Once 1 a week

Feeding - He will only eat locusts and dubia roaches. I give locusts kale and the roaches butternut squash and dried dubia food I get from the roach colony (google it)

Supplements - I use Repashy all in one

Watering - Mist twice a day and see him drink.

Fecal Description - Normal with white end.

History - No history

Cage Info:

Cage Type - Extra large reptibreeze screen cage, dimensions are 61 x 61 x 122.

Lighting - UVB is 5.0 tube from reptiglow and a 60w basking bulb. His lights come on at 10AM and go off at 10PM.

Temperature - Temps are 80F, at night when lights goes off, its usually 65F to 70F. I use a temp gun.

Humidity - Humidity is 70 and use a digital gauge. I cover both sides and back with plastic to keep humidity in.

Plants - All fake

Placement - In the living room away from any drafts and since only 3 people live here, its low traffic.

Location - United Kingdom

Current Problem - My issue is I'm worried about his eyesight, seems he's been missing when shooting for his food. Today I even held a roach in front of him and even missed that twice. This has happened a few times over the past week or two.

 

[carol5208]

I have seen this many times on here and I think it has been pretty much determined to be a vitamin A problem. Does Repashy have Vit A in it? Also, not that has anything to do with the eyes but how come you leave your lights on so late? It gets dark way earlier than that outside or atleast where I live anyways. I always have my lights go out when it gets dark. I try to do sun up sun down like in nature. That is just an observation I am making. I would try a little more variety in your gutload too.

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Yes the Repashy all in one contains vitamin A. Also others members have mentioned leaving lights on a little later doesn't hurt, he's still getting his required amount of time for his UVB and heat.

 

[Lovereps]

Sorry to hear that your cham is having tongue troubles.
This is an excellent blog by Sandrachameleon which truly can help you to get it sorted out:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/232-tongue-troubles.html

You might also be interested in reading this thread about the Repashy. particularly post #7:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/repashy-calcium-plus-input-101541/

According to veterinarian (and she is a chamkeeper, too) Ferretinmyshoes, kale is not good to use regularly as a gutload because it can cause health issues.
I don't know that kale is the cause of the tomgue issue but the more things that are good, the less there is to worry about.
Here is the post:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/ferretinmyshoes/446-basics-gutloading.html
It is also mentioned in this gutloading blog:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/75-feeder-nutrition-gutloading.html

 

[sandrachameleon]

Did the tongue problem develop slowly over weeks?

It is my understanding that tongue troubles are NOT usually a result of Vitamin A deficiency.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-cham-has-tongue-issue-80739/#post764105
The fact that you're using Repashy Calcium + pretty much rules that out anyways.

How often do you use this, and do you use other supplements at all? IMHO Repashy C+ is too potent to be used all the time.

what exactly is in the dubia food?

agree that kale is not something you should use a lot of (Goitrogens). It would be good to add more variety to your chams diet.