grey swell (sorta) under my Jackson Chameleons right eye

[DinoEmperor]

Hi, my Jackson Chameleon has a grey sore under his right eye and not his left eye. This is the first day I've notice it and it's not looking like its covering his eye but im worried. I would love some help on determining what is going on. Hes been drinking and eating normally

 

[Ocelot357]

Hi, my Jackson Chameleon has a grey sore under his right eye and not his left eye. This is the first day I've notice it and it's not looking like its covering his eye but im worried. I would love some help on determining what is going on. Hes been drinking and eating normally

upload a picture, will help. Taking him to a reptile/amphibian vet is a good idea

 

[zlew]

Hi, I can't help you as im new to chameleons, but I am 100% certain that someone will ask you to post a photo hope you cham feels better

 

[Lovereps]

Welcome to the forum!
If it's hard to get the pictures into a post, you can upload pictures to flicker or somewhere else, you can just cut and paste the url to your post.

 

[DinoEmperor]

photo

Its hard to try and upload a photo sadly. but i feel as though his eye sore is getting larger.

 

[Lathis]

If it is in the soft part of the turret, he may have something caught inside his eye - a piece of stuck skin, debris, dirt, etc. Spend a few days giving extra long warm showers (5-10 minutes or more if you can) to help him clear it out. if after a few days, it doesn't clear or if discharge starts to appear in the eye, you will need a vet's help.

Even something small in the eye will cause it to swell up and look puffy and wrinkly. Sometimes, they just can't clear it themselves. I think Jax are prone to this because they come from a wet environment and rub their eyes on vines alot. I have had this issue with Ferdinand a few times, but he has always been able to clear his eye with extra showers.

 

[Lovereps]

It sounds like it may be an infection but here is something you can try for a day or two to see if it starts clearing up the eye problem.
If it hasn't helped in that time, then it isn't likely that it will.

If it has not, then your cham will need to see a vet who regularly treats chams or at least other reptiles, so he can get antibiotics.


You can rinse your cham's eyes with a gentle saline solution, which may help him to get the irritant out of his eye.


You want to gently squirt the saline solution into the eye and fill it up so the lid puffs out temporarily.
Even with closed eyes the gentle stream can penetrate the closed lid.

I've used these for eye rinses http://m.cvs.com/mt/www.cvs.com/shop...jtt_v_menu=exp
AND have also used this one by Bausch and Lomb
This Bausch and Lomb solution is made with the same ingredients called Sensitive Eyes Plus http://m.cvs.com/mt/www.cvs.com/search/_/N-0?pt=global&searchTerm=Sensitive+Eyes+Plus&un_form_encoding=utf-8&un_jtt_searchCVS.x=19&un_jtt_searchCVS.y=10

You can also cut and paste the questions from https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/, then add all of your answers, so we can see if anything might be causing your cham to get sick.
Very often people are given wrong care instructions or incomplete instructions, so a cham doesn't get all that he needs to be healthy.
Like other creatures, this isn't always true and sometimes they get ill for unknown reasons.