brighteyez
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I've posted about my cham's eyes before, but he hasn't been getting better. Originally just his right eye would close sometimes, but now he has just started closing his left eye too, and I have noticed that in the past few days he has become a lot less active. He used to crawl around a good bit, but now, he spends most of his time sitting in his favorite plant covered by the leaves. Just now I caught him sleeping, which I know is supposed to be a bad sign.
Here are the two threads for reference:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/right-eye-25971/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/help-26054/
Here's his info:
cage type- screen repterium, 16"x14"x36", approx
lighting- one reptisun 5.0 uva, linear 18", and a basking light, i thinks it's 40watt but not quite sure. They are on from 7am to 8:30ish. And I also have a repti glo 5.0 uvb linear bulb that I turn on if it's getting to cold. I don't own any compact bulbs!
Humidity- Generally it's between 45-55. I try not to let it get bellow 50, but at the moment I'm hand misting, several times a day since I don't yet have a mister.
Plants- I have two pothos, one hanging and one on the floor, one bromiliad, and um, something else I can't remember the name of, but I know it's ok for chams.
Location- The cage is on top of a shelf thingy, about two feet off the ground in the corner of the living room, by the back glass sliding door. It's not too high traffic, mostly just me and my husband.
My cham- Male jackson, I think 4 or 5 months old, and I've had him for about 2 months now.
Handling- I generally don't if I can avoid it. My husband will pick him up once in a while, but definately not often.
Feeding- ekk! He's a bad feeder. He normally will only eat a few bugs a day, sometimes just one. I've had a lot of trouble getting him to eat ever since I got him. I mostly cup feed, and try to get him to eat several times a day (normally I fail). His menu consists of silk worms, crickets, mealworms, house flies, blue bottle flies, super worms, butter worms, phoenix worms and wax worms.
Supplements- mon rep cal, tue flucker's cal with d3, wed rep cal, thurs rep cal, fri reptivite without d3, sat nothing, sun rep cal.
Watering- I have a dripper, but I don't use it consistantly. He never seems interested in it. I mist for a minute or two several times a day, maybe five. I basically mist every time I walk by and see the humidity is low. Yes I see him drink.
Fecal- I don't think he poos daily, but I'm not sure, since he likes to hide in his plants, and if he poos in there, I won't really know right away. They are often kinda on the liquidy side. Urates normally white.
He's never been tested for parasites.
Since the first two posts, I figured it was a vitA definency, and started dusting his bugs with reptivite once a week, since that has preformed vitA. I've also been putting silk worms with vitA oil (just a little bit) smeared on their backs. Wilson doesn't always go for them though.
I also haven't taken him to the vet yet. Can someone please give me a recommendation for a got rept vet in NC??? I know there aren't any near by, so I wanna make sure I'm going to a good one before driving several hours to get there.
Thanks!
Here are the two threads for reference:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/right-eye-25971/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/help-26054/
Here's his info:
cage type- screen repterium, 16"x14"x36", approx
lighting- one reptisun 5.0 uva, linear 18", and a basking light, i thinks it's 40watt but not quite sure. They are on from 7am to 8:30ish. And I also have a repti glo 5.0 uvb linear bulb that I turn on if it's getting to cold. I don't own any compact bulbs!
Humidity- Generally it's between 45-55. I try not to let it get bellow 50, but at the moment I'm hand misting, several times a day since I don't yet have a mister.
Plants- I have two pothos, one hanging and one on the floor, one bromiliad, and um, something else I can't remember the name of, but I know it's ok for chams.
Location- The cage is on top of a shelf thingy, about two feet off the ground in the corner of the living room, by the back glass sliding door. It's not too high traffic, mostly just me and my husband.
My cham- Male jackson, I think 4 or 5 months old, and I've had him for about 2 months now.
Handling- I generally don't if I can avoid it. My husband will pick him up once in a while, but definately not often.
Feeding- ekk! He's a bad feeder. He normally will only eat a few bugs a day, sometimes just one. I've had a lot of trouble getting him to eat ever since I got him. I mostly cup feed, and try to get him to eat several times a day (normally I fail). His menu consists of silk worms, crickets, mealworms, house flies, blue bottle flies, super worms, butter worms, phoenix worms and wax worms.
Supplements- mon rep cal, tue flucker's cal with d3, wed rep cal, thurs rep cal, fri reptivite without d3, sat nothing, sun rep cal.
Watering- I have a dripper, but I don't use it consistantly. He never seems interested in it. I mist for a minute or two several times a day, maybe five. I basically mist every time I walk by and see the humidity is low. Yes I see him drink.
Fecal- I don't think he poos daily, but I'm not sure, since he likes to hide in his plants, and if he poos in there, I won't really know right away. They are often kinda on the liquidy side. Urates normally white.
He's never been tested for parasites.
Since the first two posts, I figured it was a vitA definency, and started dusting his bugs with reptivite once a week, since that has preformed vitA. I've also been putting silk worms with vitA oil (just a little bit) smeared on their backs. Wilson doesn't always go for them though.
I also haven't taken him to the vet yet. Can someone please give me a recommendation for a got rept vet in NC??? I know there aren't any near by, so I wanna make sure I'm going to a good one before driving several hours to get there.
Thanks!
