Can't figure out what's up with my Panther Chameleons Eye!

[JaxyGirl]

If you have given him antibiotics and nothing seems to be working, but the eye still seems sensitive, it could be a vitamin A deficiency.

 

[dyeLucky]

If you have given him antibiotics and nothing seems to be working, but the eye still seems sensitive, it could be a vitamin A deficiency.

I figure he should be getting enough of it with the superworms and other things, however I have Repashy Cal Plus on it's way and will start dousing the roaches & superworms with it to see if it helps.

 

[JaxyGirl]

Read this Nutritional Value of Comercially raised insects
http://www.geckotime.com/nutritional-value-of-commercially-raised-insects/

 

[Peachypink]

Yeah, I'm going to try that instead @Peachypink. Also, my guy wasn't a reptile specialist, but was familiar with them. I am also unsure if mine really has an eye infection as he has no infection coming out.

How did you drop the liquid in his eye? I can't get Kimarhi to keep his eye open for me to put the medicine in because he knows I'm trying to do it or something.

UPDATE - Also, I got a decent dubia roach colony starting and purchased some Repashy Calcium Plus, so I'll try using these and see how things go.

Well, he didn't like it but what I had to do was basically manhandle him at first. I grabbed him from above and had my thumb and first finger on either sides of his neck and then cupped his body in my hand. Then I held him on his side and put the drops in. If his eye was closed I just made sure to get it dead center. Then you have to hold him like that for 30 seconds. If his eye was closed the gravity will at least get some in there but honestly most of the time his eyes were wide open when I was doing that. Sometimes I would use a washcloth grab him with when he was feeling feisty. I didn't like doing it, it stressed him out so much. He would really wiggle back and forth to try and get away so you have to be firm but still gentile so you don't snap the poor guy. After a while I was able to reach my hand on the cage and when he saw the drops coming would lean over to the side away from my hand then I was able to just drop them in without having to hold him...and as long as I kept my hand in there for a while he would stay leaned over to let the meds sit for the 30 seconds.

 

[dyeLucky]

Read this Nutritional Value of Comercially raised insects
http://www.geckotime.com/nutritional-value-of-commercially-raised-insects/

Well, that's great to know...That dubias are fattier...lol

 

[ponders]

Have you tried rinsing his eye out with saline solution prior to administering the eye drops? Buy a large bottle and you can just squirt it into the eye through the lid and fill up the eyelid with the saline. This can help remove anything that might be in the eye and then when the eye is back to normal size, put the eye drops in.

 

[Chameleon Mike]

Well, that's great to know...That dubias are fattier...lol

You were saying? lol

 

[dyeLucky]

Must have misread that somewhere...Thanks.

UPDATE - After 2 months of trying to figure out what's going on and multiple vet visits, Kimarhi finally passed this after noon... ;(

He was starting to do some better with his eye and was eating the new roaches with the dusted repashy calc plus, but he stopped eating a couple of days ago and his eyes were starting to sink in stating last night. After I seen this, I had planned on taking him to a reptile specialist on Monday, but he went fast...

Thanks for all the advice everyone....