m/p gravid cham ..vit A deficiency???? change dosage?? pics

nenitavega

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Your Chameleon Female Jackson, (dont know age) adult according to VET, has been here for 3 weeks
Handling I dont
Feeding crickets free at cage, super worm one everyday, gutloading Apple, carrots
Supplements Calcium once a week, ( ordered multivits and , calcium with vit D...waiting)
Watering dripping, misting system exoterra monsoon every hour 8 am - 8 pm times a day 120 secs
Fecal Description - Brown and White, waiting for parasite test result...
History none

Cage Info:
Cage Type screen cage, 18 x18 x36
Lighting exo terra UVB 100 13w repti glo 5.0, exo terra basking 50W, 12 hours
Temperature temp 65-80
Humidity - 60-80
Plants - fake plants
Placement - at garden
Location - Monterrey México

Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.

ive noticed she has one eye closed most of the time for the last maybe 4 days, she is m/p gravid according to VET , so i've read Vit A dedficiency starts closing one eye... i've also read its reccomended to give 100 iv's Vit A per 50 gram of cham weigth oraly once a day per 5 days... but she is gravid, so , i have few questions, is it safe for gravis? should i lower the dosage, she is gonna weight way more due to gestation...could it be sometihng else??? any suggestions are more than welcome, thanks... she is eating and drinking normally , took her to the Herp VET few days ago for regular check up, everything was fine....

you can see in the pics, look like lazy eye, like a bells palsy ... not sure.. :confused:

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Her eyes could be closing because of the compact bulb you are using. I have heard there are issues with certain brands of compact bulbs, the only safe ones I know of are the reptisun ones. I prefer linear bulbs because you don't have any issues with eyes no matter what you use, or at least none that I've heard of.
 
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