My 3 month old veiled chameleon has had one eye closed for about 4 days so I was told to give him a shower..well, now the same eyes is closed and the other one he shuts and opens allot but when he shuts it it stays shut for 30 seconds to a minute..I need help..
To answer your question.. something is wrong with your chameleon's eye. If you haven't seen the many, many, MANY posts on eye problems with chameleons, you may want to do a search for them. A long shower or really long misting session once a day to start, in addition to your regular misting schedule.. if that doesn't fix it within a couple days, a vet visit may be in order for a round of antibiotics. In the meantime, you need to look at your husbandry. Is your humidity too low/high? Temps? Vit A? Cleanliness? The only good thing I can think of about chameleon illness is that it immediately forces you to look at what you are doing wrong and correct it.
What do you think? You know a closed eye is a problem, you have been on this forum long enough. You also know that we can't tell you how much the antibiotics are going to be, because it is dependent upon what kind your vet prescribes, your area, etc. etc. etc.
I personally would be more concerned about my chameleons health than the cost of treatment, i know it can be expensive especially if you're on a tight budget but you have to take all of this into account when you buy the animal.
It's worth a trip to the vet's just to put your mind at rest
does he look any better...his eyes are open all the time now and he is drinking and eating like normal..im still gonna take him to the vet cause i got some money coming to me pretty soon.