Eyes closed during day

[vangoghcham]

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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -I just got a male veiled chameleon about two weeks ago he is a juvenile veiled.
How often do you handle your chameleon?I handle him about twice a week to move him to his outside cage.
Feeding -I fed him crickets and flys ocasinally.I feed him about seven a day.I Feed him in the morning.I gutload my feeders with carrots.
Supplements -I use fluckers calcium with vitamin D3 I give it to him every feeding.
Watering -I have a fogger i keep the fogger running all day. I do see my chamelon drinking.
Fecal Description - My chamelons urate is mostly white and his poop is brown.My chamelon hasn't been tested for parisites. History - He his shedding around his eye.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - I have a screen cage.It's 16x16x30. Lighting - I am using reptisun 5.0 uvb and reptisun basking light.
Temperature - It is about 80 degrees during the day and about 72degrees at night.I have a thermometer in their. Humidity - Humidity is 50-55 percent humidified.I have a humidity gague. Plants - NO.
Placement - It is in a room where it is empty most of the day.Yes their is a fan near it.It is about 8 feet from my ceiling. the cage relative to your room
Location - Southwest Florida.
Current Problem - My current problem is that my chameleon is sleeping during the day.

 

[carol5208]

well it does not appear to be your lighting or temps. Could be a vit a deficiency. You need to gutload your crickets with more stuff. Some dark leafy greens, such as mustard greens, collard greens, kale etc. and also other furits and veggies. Get a plain calcium without d3 and use that at every feeding. The one with the d3 bi weekly and get a multivitamin also. Is your chameleon eating? lethargic? Just closing eyes? do you take him out in the sun?

 

[vangoghcham]

Thanks for your quick reply--more questions

Yes it has been a little chili but if it is the right temperature we put him in his outside cage.

 

[carol5208]

so is he eating, drinking, active or just laying around with eyes closed?

 

[vangoghcham]

We feed him some flies today and he was moving around getting them and he has been drinking alot.

 

[vangoghcham]

Could it be because he is shedding around his eyes.

 

[carol5208]

can you post some pics? Is the shed covering the eye where he would not be able to open it? Is he shedding on both eyes?

 

[vangoghcham]

Pictures of Van Gogh

Here are pictures of him.....shedding on both sides around his eyes and some on eyelids.

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

There should be more water than that fogger. I have it, and it rarely makes even a few drops appear. You need to be misting a few times a day.

 

[vangoghcham]

water is dripping from the leaves and i have to clean out the bottom every day because it is soaked.

 

[carol5208]

question, do you have the reptisun tube? I am noticing your light fixture has TWO lights. what lights are those.

 

[carol5208]

the shed is not over the eyeball so I don't think that has anything to do with his eyes closing from what I can see in the pictures.

 

[vangoghcham]

Does it look like he has any other dieseses

 

[vangoghcham]

they are the 5.0 and the basking light.

 

[carol5208]

how old is he? I know you said a juvenile but that can cover a period of many months. He looks pretty good from the pics. His limbs look good and not curvy. Is the side of his mouth shedding, or is that a burn or something where it is black. Is your basking light red? If so, it should be white.

 

[erik775]

from the looks of it i think you need to get rid of that reptisun 5.0 screw in bulb and get a reptisun or reptiglo 5.0 the long tube bulb...oh yeah and the light fixture......i could be wrong tho...any one else?

 

[vangoghcham]

it is a reptiglo 5.0 and the pet stores recommended it.

 

[vangoghcham]

he is 5-6 months old.

 

[vangoghcham]

it isn't a burn it is his natural color

 

[vangoghcham]

Yes my basking light is red i will get a red one tho