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Do you have snakes? These could be snake mites or they may be plant mites. Snake mites are known to transmit infection and can be a challenge to get rid of. Soaking the animal in water will drown the mites.

There are no insects that would live in the eye like that. There are insects that live in the lungs but they are pretty large and most people mistake them for worms. I'd be more interested in the fluid. It should be cultured and cytology would be fun. Can you post a picture of what you see? Is...

In reptiles, an antibiotic like amoxicillin is best combined with an aminoglycoside such as gentamicin or amikacin.

These are such frustrating cases. These swollen eyes are as common on the veterinary boards as on these keeper boards. The prevailing theory is still vitamin A related and you have already given a dose. Maybe repeat in a week. A systemic antibiotic is probably a good thing. Fortaz (Ceftazidime)...

Could be something simple like shed skin. Try flushing with saline eye rinse. If he climbs to the top of the cage and hangs under the light he could get too much heat which would be bad for his corneas. Also check his humidity. Most important thing is never ask PetCo for advice about keeping...

Just to again be clear, I do not treat client animals in practice so my knowledge is from the literature and both lay and veterinary forums and the little bit of reptile pathology (slides) I get. There are other active vets who visit here occasionally and know much more than I. You can PM them...

I wouldn't give him anymore vitamin A. You should start to see improvement in a few days if that is part of his problem. It looks like the incision is where the skin turned black? I doubt that the duct can be accessed through that. A flush can be attempted if he is healthy enough for the...

There is no check for vitamin A deficiency. It is diagnosed by response to treatment. I would not put vitamin A very high in this case. I would like to see blood work to evaluate liver and kidney function.

Dr Donoghue in Mader's book recommends 2000 IU / 30 gm BW, two doses 7 days apart. It is possible to overdose. Clinical signs would be lethargy, anorexia and in more severe cases sloughing of the skin. Its better to under dose than overdose.

If there is an infection it is secondary to the epithelial dysplasia of the ducts and glands. Vitamin A is needed for epithelial cells to maintain their specialized surface structures such as villi. Without it they become similar to skin cells and produce keratin. Those impacted temporal glands...

I think the people who wrote about vitamin A overdose got confused with their medical terminology and mistakenly mistook hypovitaminosis as too much instead of too little. Hypervitaminosis A has not been reported in chameleons that I am aware of. Jacksons in Hawaii eat snails and small lizards...

Its not possible to cannulate the nasolacrimal duct without surgically separating the eyelids. What the vets can do is to insert a 24 gauge catheter next to the eye and pinch the eyelids closed. Then gently flush with saline. The vet should see saline coming out the nose. The catheters are...

Chameleons are known to eat other lizards and if large enough small birds. "Meat" doen't need to mean cow. It could be pinkie mouse. I know there are those who feed pinkie to their females with the belief it provides calcium. In reality they are not great sources of calcium but they are terrific...

Have you considered vitamin A deficiency? Would love to know if he is producing tears. I would expect higher tear production in photokeratitis and low to absent tears in vitamin A deficiency.

According to my human endocrinologist, 15 minutes of exposure is enough to produce enough vitamin D for a human. Not only that but they said all that is needed is a quarter sized area of the skin to be exposed. Humans are not reptiles and reptiles may need more or less but that is the only...

The small particles are likely pollen.

Unfortunately there are few actual studies of vitamin A in reptiles. We have no idea if they can convert carotenes into vitamin A. There is one study which showed that deficient iguanas did not absorb beta-carotene but it did absorb another carotene that was not a vitamin A precursor. We know...

I think bloodwork +/- an x-ray is warranted in this guy. He is over a year old and carpets are not very long lived. Muscle weakness is usually a sign of calcium deficiency but given you dust with every feeding and use a good UVB light nutritional MBD is less likely. Kidney disease is not...

http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/penpals/stats.php3?Pays=MAD thats assuming you have a panther.

Do you have loose crickets in the house? They can do some damage to the chameleon. Glad he is back where he belongs.