Chameleon has an odd looking eye

[argulor]

My little girl has one eye looking somewhat shut and the other open and alert... i have included pictures. what could it be ? if its an eye infection i will take her to a vet tomorrow

 

[kinyonga]

Is this the same one with a respiratory infection or pneumonia?
What did the vet say to do?

 

[argulor]

Is this the same one with a respiratory infectio or pneumonia?
What did the vet say to do?

no different one, that one went back to the ICU and is staying for a few days and getting a CT scan

 

[kinyonga]

How long have you had this one?
Are you just using calcium on the insects...no vitamin powder twice a month? No supplement with D3 twice a month?

 

[argulor]

calcium without D3 every day to every other day , multivitamin once a week, and calcium with D3 once a week. i am worried that it is too much

 

[kinyonga]

What vitamin A is in the supplements? Looking for beta carotene or retinol, acetate, retinal, retinyl, etc.
What do you feed/gutload the insects with?

 

[kinyonga]

Did you handle this one and the other one without hand washing in between? We're they in the same cage? Did you use any "tools" in both cages?

 

[argulor]

here is the multi vitamin theyre on:
https://www.beardeddragon.co/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=257

the soldier fly larvae arent on a gutload, her roaches eat a mix of greens and the bio dudes bug grub.

they are in separate tanks and i am keeping my hands clean when i handle them.

 

[kinyonga]

I just have to ask all the questions to help me figure out what might be going on. I'm not a vet and what I say is just my best guess from what I've learned/read/etc.

I thought it might have been the vitamin A but there is some preformed in the vitamin powder...so I don't think so now. Not sure what else it could be.
If someone else doesn't chime in with an answer you may have to ask the vet.

Could be an infection, injury or a number of other things.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

[argulor]

its quite alright, i was planning to call the vet about it anyway , we shall see what they say... thank you for your replies !!

 

[argulor]

here is another photo of her eye ,,,

 

[kinyonga]

It looks irregular along the edge of the lower "lid" of the eye. Don't know what it is though. Let me know how you make out at the vets.

 

[argulor]

thats what i thought too , the vet will call me tomorrow and i will ask them about this girls eye... as for the other girl we will see what her ct scan shows up with

 

[kinyonga]

Keep us posted about both please!

 

[argulor]

so i talked to the vet about her eye, ive been keeping her hydrated and gently doing saline washes on her eye lids, hoping that some saline will go into her actual eye. after a wash of saline she opens her eye again but it still doesnt look normal. there is no swelling or discharge, her eye just appears squinted

 

[kinyonga]

What did the vet say?

 

[Lennoncham]

Did she just recently shed? She may have some shed skin stuck in her eye. Or dirt from trying to rub the shed off.

 

[argulor]

sorry i have been so busy with my two girls to respond here. both are good this one just had a rough shed and she got some eye drops ,