Help!! Eye bleeding

[thacarter]

I just got home and noticed that marshall's eye is bleeding There is a pic below. I set up a vet appt for 8:15 tmrw morning anyone have any ideas what this is from?? He is about 4 months old, panther male. his eye just shed and ive seen him rub it against a vine.

 

[Warrix642]

You need to rush to a vet NOW, it is an emergency!!!! If you get there soon they may be able to save his eye. One eyed chameleons usually have to be hand fed for there entire lives.

 

[thacarter]

You need to rush to a vet NOW!!!! If you get there soon they may be able to save his eye. One eyed chameleons usually have to be hand fed for there entire lives.

I wish I could!! the only exotic animal vet around me closes in 30 mins! thats why i did it asap tmrw morning

 

[Julirs]

If it is dripping blood you can't wait.

 

[thacarter]

If it is dripping blood you can't wait.

Im calling around right now! im trying im trying

 

[Julirs]

Im calling around right now! im trying im trying

I know you are. Don't panic. We all know how hard it is to find an exotic Vet when we have an issue.

 

[thacarter]

I know you are. Don't panic. We all know how hard it is to find an exotic Vet when we have an issue.

just called an emergency vet, they dont specialize but are willing to take a look, would it be better to go right away to a non specialist or tmrw morn for my normal specialist??

 

[skully23]

just called an emergency vet, they dont specialize but are willing to take a look, would it be better to go right away to a non specialist or tmrw morn for my normal specialist??

Go see this one now and still go tomorrow.

 

[Julirs]

Being that it is an eye I would go ahead and go today. Then possibly follow up tomorrow like skully said.

 

[thacarter]

In the car driving.

 

[skully23]

In the car driving.

Please update us when finished.

 

[thacarter]

Of course. Thanks

 

[gary1621]

Good luck!!

 

[Time420]

wish you and your lil guy the best

 

[thacarter]

Eye stopped bleeding by the time I arrived. It's starting to scab. Vet thinks it's just from irritation from running eye on brnch because of shed. Marshall can still see out of the eye. Moves fine. Both eyes kind of bulge sometime. Looks like a bubble then deflates after a few seconds. Is this normal?

 

[skully23]

Eye stopped bleeding by the time I arrived. It's starting to scab. Vet thinks it's just from irritation from running eye on brnch because of shed. Marshall can still see out of the eye. Moves fine. Both eyes kind of bulge sometime. Looks like a bubble then deflates after a few seconds. Is this normal?

that is how they clean their eyes..prefectly normal. If it looks worse tomorrow or no better I'd still go to the experience vet. or some may say..still go

Sounds like its going to heal, good luck

 

[Berg]

Im calling around right now! im trying im trying

WOW that was a good read..YOu guys going back and forth . I happy to here ur cham is OK would have been not as good if everything wasnt ok

 

[Elizadolots]

It's possible it wasn't actually an injury to the eye but to that very important and complex "lid structure" which then bled into the eye.

I followed this as it was happening but didn't want to interfere in what was going on. I applaud you all.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

You can help him clean his eyes by gently misting his face once or twice a day.

 

[thacarter]

Brought him to my normal vet this morning. Marshall wasn't opening the affectd eye at first then started to open it after about an hour or so. Vet said his eye itself is perfectly healthy. The globe around the eye looked a bit swollen. Said the bleeding most likely was from trauma (rubbing off the shed on a branch) and he wasn't opening the eye in the morning bc it probably still hurts a bit. Vet gave me some antibotic drops to put on/in the eye and he should be ok. No damage to his vision or movement of eye.