Hello,
I have a female Chameleon named Cami. I believe she is 4 months old. I have only had her for a month. She eats crickets and meal worms. I dust her food with calcium with out D3. I mist her 2-3 times a day. She also has a fake tree water pump. She is in a chameleon cage 16" L X 16" W X 30" H. She has lots of vines and sticks to climb on. She has blue 50w basking bulb.
My questions: She shed about week and a half ago and has been having trouble with one of her eyes. She kept it closed mostly of the time and it would bubble on one side when she rotated it back. I thought she just had an old piece of skin caught in her eye. I put her in the shower to see if that would help wash it out. She freaked out, she wouldn't even stand on she purch in the shower she panicked badly. She stayed in my hand the whole time. I took her out when she began panicking. Then she kept both eyes closed the irritated one kept swelling up really big and she kept rubbing it on my hand over and over. She tried crawling up my shoulder and fell I tried catching her and I did before she hit the ground but now I'm afraid her ribs have broken. She's moving great and still eating well, but she's taking deep breaths. I'm not sure how to help her. What can I do for her? I've called several vets and none will see her because the don't see reptiles. It's late where we live and she went to sleep a couple hours ago I got up to take pictures. The ribs look this bad in the pictures when she hisses and breathes deep when shes resting the look more normal.
I have a female Chameleon named Cami. I believe she is 4 months old. I have only had her for a month. She eats crickets and meal worms. I dust her food with calcium with out D3. I mist her 2-3 times a day. She also has a fake tree water pump. She is in a chameleon cage 16" L X 16" W X 30" H. She has lots of vines and sticks to climb on. She has blue 50w basking bulb.
My questions: She shed about week and a half ago and has been having trouble with one of her eyes. She kept it closed mostly of the time and it would bubble on one side when she rotated it back. I thought she just had an old piece of skin caught in her eye. I put her in the shower to see if that would help wash it out. She freaked out, she wouldn't even stand on she purch in the shower she panicked badly. She stayed in my hand the whole time. I took her out when she began panicking. Then she kept both eyes closed the irritated one kept swelling up really big and she kept rubbing it on my hand over and over. She tried crawling up my shoulder and fell I tried catching her and I did before she hit the ground but now I'm afraid her ribs have broken. She's moving great and still eating well, but she's taking deep breaths. I'm not sure how to help her. What can I do for her? I've called several vets and none will see her because the don't see reptiles. It's late where we live and she went to sleep a couple hours ago I got up to take pictures. The ribs look this bad in the pictures when she hisses and breathes deep when shes resting the look more normal.