Just another thought....she could be rubbing her eye because she has debris in it she cant get out and she needs to be misted more so she can clean her eyes.

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You can see the white spot below her eye and if you look carefully you can tell her lip is all split looking. In the photo of her cage she is in the upper left corner. She is real small. I actually was thinking the cage was too big but since she is wild maybe she needs even bigger...?

Along with the suggestions made above about the lighting , I would also recommend adding more coverage in the cage. Possibly a ficus at the bottom to fill in some of the gaps. She may be trying to get out and explore. More hiding places and other area to explore may keep her busy. Your setup looks good but I would even suggest some more vine. At the pet stores you can buy baby Bio vine that is perfect for a Chameleon that size. I would rap it so she had lots of exploring area. I think they have it in 6 ft increments. I actually buy it by the 50 ft roll. I love the stuff.

Do you have a dripper? If she is trying to drink off the screen you may want to avoid spraying there for a little while to break that habit. A dripper would be a good way to direct her drinking to a new location.

I see you have a feeding cup. Do you free range your food at all? Maybe just crickets? Free ranging some feeders may also provide some activity for her so she is not trying to escape.

as Tygerr said : She may not be happy with her laying bin as well and wants to get out to find another spot.

Edit I saw the answer above nevermind : How big is your bin? and how deep?

Lastly a trip to the vet should be concidered if her face starts to look too much worse or does not stop. There is always the risk of infection. She is WC and almost definetly has parasites if she has not been treated. She should be treated soon.

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Amanda, IMHO I would not consider downsizing when you go off to school. This cage would be as small as I'd recommend for her. You could consider getting a travel cage, and collapsing the larger cage during transit....
She needs some sort of topical antibiotic to help her current wounds heal.
Also as already suggested, it would be GREATLY beneficial to her, if you could line the inside of the cage with plastic poultry fencing. What I do is cut it in three rectangles (that fit the three sides of the cage), then I Zip tie the two sides to the back, and secure it in the cage with zip ties. I'm assuming that you would be replacing the shower curtain with this? Maybe you could affix the curtain to the outside instead?
Here is the poultry fence:
http://http://www.homedepot.com/weba...ctId=100384026
Also here are some examples of a few of my cages lined with it:
My sweet Honey RIP ;(

Big man Vega's, this past week!

Most importantly, you should see about getting some sort of topical antibiotic, so that her wounds can start healing..... You can get Zymox from KV vet: http://http://www.kvvet.com/KVVet/pr...DCCFAFED8C7DA2 IDK if something like silvadene creme would be available OTC?!?! Does anyone else have suggestions, of what she could use to treat the wounds with?!?!

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Thank you for your responses. I am going to go right out and get some plastic chicken fencing. I will also take you up Ryan on some extra vine and a plant. I won a $50 gift card Lowes.

She has a Habbamist that drips, you can see the nozzle in the one picture. I was going to return it but I think she does drink from that and it goes off hourly so that is good. And I mostly feed her free range. All her crickets are. I just have the cup for phoenix worms. When I went in today she was real colorful and had her nose pressed up to the screen staring out the window that is 4ft away. I guess that might be the problem!? I feel bad if I was antagonizing her.

Would you suggest I get an even bigger cage? I have to come home every now and again so I was going to leave this cage here all together. What kind are you using Ibesok?

Also, anyone, what would you recommend for the topical treatment? I am going to order the Zymox I think unless there is something better???

Thank you guys so much. I have been really worried about her. I thought I over supplemented her and was really concerned I couldn’t fix this. I am going to do all this stuff now. BTW, your cages look great Ibesok, I am going to do the chicken fencing just like that, thanks again.

I would think a 24X24X36 cage would be great. I find the best prices on cages are from LLLreptile

http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...ss-and-screen/

The 24x24x48 cage is a little cheaper but I am not too sure that won't be too big. Hopefully someone else will chime in and provide some input. Carpets are a little smaller than my panthers.

My Chams love to look out the window but seem to be happy in their home. She will be more content in a fuller/larger cage. My oldest Panther loves to explore and find different places to hide.

I am not familiar with the topical treatments so I will leave that for someone else.

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Ok, no problem. My standard growing female panther cage runs 16*16*30, then when they reach full size they upgrade a little to around 20*16*30. Male panthers on the other hand are provided with something much larger... Since carpets are somewhat smaller IMHO 18*18*36 should be plenty fine for now. I think it would cause more stress than anything now to upgrade.

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Mike from Fl said 18x18x36 was plenty big enough even for an adult carpet. Maybe she needs some time in the sun? I was thinking of getting some fake trees outside and having 'play time' for any future chams. Anyhoo, just thought I'd chime in

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