eye problem?

[grimlin18]

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - male pantehr chameleon, 5 months old has been under my care for 4 months.
Handling - every day for about 10 min.
Feeding - feed it crickets daily offer 10 but only eats about 5, offer butterworms and grasshopers at times. gut load crickets with dry fluckers feed and lettuce.
Supplements - calcuim with no d3 ever day calsium with d3 twice a month multivitamines twice a month
Watering - mist 4 times a day and i use a dripper and i see him drinking
Fecal Description - so far his poops are brown logs with white at the end looks like a tiny tiny bit of red sometimes.not tested
History - none

Cage Info:

Cage Type - screen cage 24L 12D 24H
Lighting - ReptiSun's 5.0 fluorescent lamp, Zoo Med 75-wt. Basking Spot Lamp. 12hrs on
Temperature - basking temp 85, opposite end is about 75. night temp mid 60's, i use a digital thermometer
Humidity - 40-70 humidity i mist 4 times a day and use a digital hydrometer.
Plants - fake
Placement - at a nothern facing widow about 3 ft off the floor.
Location - southern california

my chameleon has one eye closed. he is in his sleep spot cuz its close to bed time but he usually looks around and stuff and i caught him with just one eye closed for a little while then he was alert again. and now thats hes sleeping his eye looks like its black. should i be concerned? whats wrong? it just started happening.

 

[Elizadolots]

How big are the crickets?

You're smart to be concerned early. I would say that one time is not necessarily a problem, but you need to record what happened so if a pattern develops you'll have that information.

I'm sure others will have more thoughts.

 

[grimlin18]

well they are about almost an inch, but they are smaller then the grasshopers he has been eating. but he has been slowing down on the eating, i just dont know if its cuz hes slowed down on growing. he used to eat about 15 a day but up until 3 weeks ago its been like 6 a day.hopefully hes fine tomorrow

 

[seanUTD]

Okay so everything looks okay so my question is how close is he getting to the lights... and have you tried a shower... Sometimes they will get stuff in their eyes and water helps them rinse it out...

 

[kinyonga]

What brands of supplements are you using?
Is it cool near the window at night?

 

[carol5208]

If they are an inch, they sound like full grown crickets to me. I would feed something smaller. JMO

 

[grimlin18]

well this morning his eye looked okay there seemed to be nothing wron but i"ll keep an eye on it. i use repcal by the way and it not cool near the window at nights. maybe he was just slightl dehydrated? i gave him some water before bed time last night and he drank it. maybe that fixed the problem.