My Chameleon has had an eye problem for months now.

[CollinCoffman]

I got a baby veiled chameleon back in October, hes almost 3 months old (but still really tiny). Shortly after I got him I was holding him and he started rubbing his eye against my finger. When he lifted his head his eye looked super swollen and it looked like there was a bubble under the skin right in front of his eye (but still in that torrent like area). I just looked in his cage like 5 minutes ago and watched him rub his eye on his vine. Again his eye was swollen and it looked like there was a bubble under the skin. Is this normal or should I be worried?


Additional info: I got him at a reptile expo from chameleon breeders. They seemed pretty straight forward and all their chameleons looked pretty healthy. I've seen it happen with both eyes but mostly in the left eye.

 

[BeBoSON]

Hey,

Get your mist bottle and fill it with warm water. Have like a 10min misting session. This will help him flush his eye.

 

[DavidBuchan]

Hello, welcome to the forum Have you only seen this twice or has it been permanent since October?
Here's a great caresheet with all the basic info for keeping Veileds - https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/chameleonsinmyhouse/395-veiled-chameleon-care-sheet.html


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[Takara]

I have had the same problem with a rescue panther I received.

When I first got her, before her eye was swollen, I gave her Reptaid. She was pretty dehydrated and staved.

After it happened:
I took her to the vet and got eye drops and had a talk about vit A in chameleons/reptiles, but the vet didn't know much about them in particular.

I used the drops and started giving her some preformed vit A.

No luck with that, so I switched my approach and started nebulizing her twice a day with f10.

No luck with that so I started going a lil heavier on the daily dustings and giving her warm mists, but still no luck.

It looks like she has sinus infection, and her other sinus has a slight swelling.


I hope someone has a had a successful experience they can share to solve both our problems.

 

[ataraxia]

what you are explaining sounds very normal. I would take the recommendation of spraying the chameleon with warm water for a period of time to help clean.

 

[batmancumming]

i agree tht sounds pretty normal. my jacksons does it almost everytime i give him a long warm mist down. just cleaning out his eyes. may be an issue if it is swollen all the time though, so if it is you should make a vet appointment asap. i am currently dealing with an eye infection in my chams right eye for which i got terramycin ointment