Eye Problem Opinions

Helios

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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Blue Bar ambilobe female
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Around 2-3 times a week
Feeding - Main diet is crickets gutloaded on oranges, kale, collard greens, potatoes, squash. my dry gut load is Repashy Superfoods Bug Burger
https://www.store.repashy.com/bug-burger-en.html
Supplements - Male panther chameleon or adult female (non-breeding) 6 months and up:

Monday- Insects with no supplements. Tuesday- Rep Cal Calcium with D3. Thursday- Herptivite Multivitamin. Saturday- MinerAll O. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday they don't get food. This keeps them healthy and keeps them from getting overweight since they are no longer growing rapidly. It also helps them to be excited about eating, and they won't get tired of the usual food insects.
(this is copyed and pasted from http://www.bluebeastreptile.com/panthercaresheet.htm
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? MistKing How often and how long to you mist? From 9:00 a.m. - 6:30p.m. everyday per 3 hrs. Do you see your chameleon drinking? Yes all the time
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Her droppings seem perfectly normal although every now and then has a little tinge of orange but i havent seen that in a while.
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? No, she is CB if it matters
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
She was very young and underweight when I got her but seems perfectly healthy other than this eye thing.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? Screen, i think its like 18"x18"x36"
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? Reptisun 5.0 by flukers
Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Her temp is usually around 82-85 Lowest overnight temp? the lowest it has been all summer has been around 65 but normally it's around 77 at night How do you measure these temps? 2 Digital thermos
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? around 35%-40% it usually holds around 60% after misting for about an hour or so until it drys
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? digital hydrometer also I just have live plants but plan on getting a humidifier set up in the near future.
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? yes I am a Hoya, Split leaf philo(the one off of FL Chams safe list) and a ficus benj.
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? The cage is in a corrner of my bedroom and no vent on it and non high traffic. The hight is hard to say its on a metal shelf i have and i'm 5'6" and the top is about 2' higher than me
Location - Where are you geographically located?
Auburn, AL
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
Well I believe I have fixed it I just wanted to see what other people thought about here eye, she started to close it about a week ago like something was in it and i of course flushed it with a misting bottle then it just seemed to bother her so i tryed salene solution like some other threads on here, but still seemed to bother her then i noticed she missed a cricket i was hand feeding her and everything pointed to Vit A def. althought i have a good sup sched so i followed this article. https://www.chameleonforums.com/eye-problem-fixed-65579/index2.html and she definately seems better her eye is open everytime i check on her and I dont see any problems like i said i would like to know what yall think about it? Alos I will supply pictures I had taken and send another member maybe they will help
 
I also wanted to add that the gutload had been changed recently I was mainly using kale and random fruits and veggies but have been reprimaned so my theory is it was either the gutload being insuficient or Vit A def.
 
Here are the pictures...and I just came home and it seems to be giving her trouble again. The last picture is the most recent
 

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so you used vit a from a capsole on a feeder then?? i have used and use vit a with great sucsess be carefull asking about it tho LoL...
it has always helped me out with eye and tounge issues..
jmo
hoj
 
Yea I basically followed what that article suggested, I'm no using it in large amounts just what they said by using the qtip on the feeder and hand feeding I've spoken with one of the site sponsors and they said it definitely sounds like vit A deficiency and made some recommendations but said if they don't help go see a vet so I'll make the adjustments and see if I get any improvements
 
thats basically what i do as well..

i owuld take a closer look at your supplementing schedual as well, you may be overdoing it a little

jmo
hoj
 
thats basically what i do as well..

i owuld take a closer look at your supplementing schedual as well, you may be overdoing it a little

jmo
hoj

Funny you say so, I'm switching over to repashy calcium plus with every feeding. Before people freak out I know it sounds too good to be true but the sponsor swears by it and they have been around a long time and have amazing Chams...I think itll help and they say they have amazing results with it
 
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