Sunken eyes? Please answer asap!!

[ApolloThechameleon]

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums! I highly recommend a vet visit to see what’s causing the eyes to be sunken. It could be an illness or dehydration. If you don’t have a a good chameleon vet, if you share with me where you live, I might be able to recommend a good vet.

 

[ApolloThechameleon]

Welcome to the forums! I highly recommend a vet visit to see what’s causing the eyes to be sunken. It could be an illness or dehydration. If you don’t have a a good chameleon vet, if you share with me where you live, I might be able to recommend a good vet.

Is it for sure sunken? I live in Tawas City Michigan

 

[jannb]

It looks sunk in to me. Please post some more pictures.

 

[jannb]

Here’s a list of MI reptile vets.

Dr. Karen Updike Milwood Animal Clinic	5942 Lovers Ln, Portage, MI	08:00 to 17:00	(269) 342-9865
Dr. Alia Habhab Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital	7510 W North Ave, Elmwood Park, IL 60707	08:00 to 19:00	(708) 453-8181
Dr. Jim Bader Mapleview Animal Hospital	185 Panther Dr., Holland, MI 49424	07:30 to 19:00	(616) 399-2140
Dr. Thomas Bankstahl Parkway Small Animal & Exotic Hospital	39321 Garfield Rd., Clinton Twp, MI 48038	08:00 to 22:00	(586) 416-8800
Dr. Wayne Beasley Cedar Creek Veterinary Clinic	2295 N Williamston Rd, Williamston, MI 48895	07:00 to 19:30	(517) 655-4906
Dr. Harland Renshaw Jr. Animal Clinic	133 28th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49548	07:00 to 20:00	(616) 723-0668

 

[Beman]

Is this how the eyes normally look or is he sucking them in because your holding him? They will pull in their eyes out of stress as well.

 

[ApolloThechameleon]

It looks sunk in to me. Please post some more pictures.

 

[Beman]

They look sunk in there. Could be dehydration. Could be illness. Could be lack of food intake.

I would pull all of the fake ivy vines out. They are a major impaction risk for a veiled. You can hang them on the outside of the cage but you do not want any fake plants inside where he can eat them.

 

[ApolloThechameleon]

They look sunk in there. Could be dehydration. Could be illness. Could be lack of food intake.

I would pull all of the fake ivy vines out. They are a major impaction risk for a veiled. You can hang them on the outside of the cage but you do not want any fake plants inside where he can eat them.

He has never bitten at those vines, they’ve been in since day one. He knows to eat his live plants which he has plenty of. I can’t think of him being dehydrated since I see him drink/ sit underneath his dropper a lot.

 

[ApolloThechameleon]

Is this how the eyes normally look or is he sucking them in because your holding him? They will pull in their eyes out of stress as well.

I noticed in pictures and it looks like that how’s his eyes normally look. I did some research and maybe he’s going into shed? It may also be that I was holding him, recently he hasn’t liked that

 

[Beman]

I noticed in pictures and it looks like that how’s his eyes normally look. I did some research and maybe he’s going into shed? It may also be that I was holding him, recently he hasn’t liked that

Yeah see my post above.