Oscar’s Left Eye

[blue_cham]

Keep us posted on him and like curlytails said, could be a bit of left over shed or bit of something too. So many possibilities (unfortunately )! Let us know how he does

 

[zigzagzug]

Keep us posted on him and like curlytails said, could be a bit of left over shed or bit of something too. So many possibilities (unfortunately )! Let us know how he does

Will do!!

 

[Alexander1]

As everyone else has focused on the cfl, I would advise to keep the eye hydrated, have him clean out his eye by squeezing some fresh clean maybe distilled water into his eye with a eye dropper,he may have a little bit of debris that’s irritating him, also would keep an eye on it, if it continues take a trip to the vet, he might prescribe you an antibiotic ointment or drops to help prevent any bacteria from becoming an issue, vitamin A deficiency and overdose may also have an effect on his eyes, improve your gutload , there’s plenty of recipes even members that sell premade dry gutloads,and fresh vegetables especially greens like dandelion leaves which are free rn, maybe some sweet potatoes etc, you want those crickets belly to be full of nutrients, I would buy a gut load or a capsule of bee pollen, it’s proving to be a key ingredient in proper vitamin and mineral balance, hope this helps, this is only advice and you should definitely ask a reptile vet with chameleon experience for the best answers , good luck with your beautiful boy!!

 

[Mawtyplant]

As everyone else has focused on the cfl, I would advise to keep the eye hydrated, have him clean out his eye by squeezing some fresh clean maybe distilled water into his eye with a eye dropper,he may have a little bit of debris that’s irritating him, also would keep an eye on it, if it continues take a trip to the vet, he might prescribe you an antibiotic ointment or drops to help prevent any bacteria from becoming an issue, vitamin A deficiency and overdose may also have an effect on his eyes, improve your gutload , there’s plenty of recipes even members that sell premade dry gutloads,and fresh vegetables especially greens like dandelion leaves which are free rn, maybe some sweet potatoes etc, you want those crickets belly to be full of nutrients, I would buy a gut load or a capsule of bee pollen, it’s proving to be a key ingredient in proper vitamin and mineral balance, hope this helps, this is only advice and you should definitely ask a reptile vet with chameleon experience for the best answers , good luck with your beautiful boy!!

I add a small something with distilled water, plain water are hard on the eyes (you can try it on your eyes this is a bit painful and irritate the eye!) I suggest you to use saline solution, ask at the pharmacy a physiologic serum to clean up the eyes.

I usually jump in the Vitamin A problems but this chameleon is young and if you have im for only 5 month I really doubt this can be the problem.

Now try to found where this problem come from by observing your methods and your chameleon habits

-How do you clean up the cage? with what product?
-Do you always wash your hand before handling?
-is there any water accumulation or spot in the cage can lead to a bacteria "sweet spot"?
-Is you water source look ok? (sometime water in town are rough, chemical and-or bacteria level are -over what he can tolerate, you can try to switch for filtered water till he get better)
-When he bask or use UVB, do you notice if he's more basking the right side of the left side? (this is important because if the eyes exposed more is the injured eyes you got your answer and you need to change the light!)
-cage inspection : is there any way he can get injured?
-did he shed recently (can be a piece of stuck shed)?
-is the nostril look blocked?

some advices too :

-change your basking : this zoomed basking are super focal and strong (you got the one with the bearded dragon picture on the box right?) i suggest you the exo-terra basking for tropical, the one with a chameleon on the picture way softer
change your CFL for t5ho linear bulb 5.0 (anyway CFL have a lifespan of 5 month.. at the end you will save money )
-feed him with more silkworm for the moment (silkworm can help to reduce inflammation if there is any and keep him hydrated, I think mulberry got kind of "antibiotic curative hippy thinking" anyway! this is not harmful and can really be helpful
-flush the eye daily with saline solution (an eye cleaner)
-you can try the turtle eyes drop by zoo med (this is made for turtle I know! but work nice, hydrate the eyes, I tried with my chameleon and it work nice and help my chameleon to recovery)
-if it get worst, go to the vet, he might need antibiotic ointment
-try to gradually swap your plastic plants for real one (help keeping humidity and are softer chameleon are rubbing themselves everywhere when its sheeding time)

good luck! If I think about something else I let you know!