Frita just blew up her eye.

[PoshPenny]

I was just giving Frita her night misting which last about 15 min, and she blew up her right eye a couple of times so I stopped misting her. I read they do this to clean it out but should I stop misting when she starts or just keep going until she stops, or finish the 15 min like I do every night at 6. She went straight into basking and appeared to have her eyes closed but then I realized her eye facing the basking bulb was closed and the other was open and looking around. She was perching upright, tail uncoiled, no show colors, bright green, flattened out, she looked pretty happy. Is the one eye basking thing normal? Iv filled out a form on her my first post, nothing has changed.

 

[Lathis]

That is how they clean their eyes - they puff the eyeball up and swill it around the turret. It's a bit of a shock it you haven't seen it before but completely normal. I keep misting while my Jax does it. It seems to make him happy.

One eye closed when basking is not normal in my experience, but maybe others have observed this behavior. Could she be too close to the basking lamp or could the lamp be too bright? What is the temperature at her basking spot?

Closing eyes during the day can also be an early sign of sickness or eye irritation, so you should monitor that and make sure she is not closing her eyes regularly.

What type of cham is Frita? Want to share pictures with us, pretty please?!?

 

[PoshPenny]

She is female veiled. I did just adjust the angle of her basking light so that might be the issue. It's 82-85, 85 if she goes to the very top of the vine that runs at a slight incline. Below it is another perch which is actually a bird branch perch and the temp is 75-78, I got a new digital thermometer so my temps are more accurate. It's a megaray low watt 80 UVB basking light in a large black dome lamp. I keep it on a clamp hooked above the mesh so it doesn't touch. I did swivel it at an angel today though while cleaning her cage. I posted a picture of her actually a few post down asking her age.

 

[Lathis]

I'm wondering if the light might be too intense for her eyes. Keep a close watch on her behavior. Maybe it's nothing but better safe than sorry.