Help please!

[A D Anderson]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? We have a veiled, he is 2 years old and we have had him for a year and a half.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? I only handle him when necessary. To clean the cage, or lately to medicate his eyes.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? He eats gut loaded crickets (flukers)
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? I dust with calcium D and without D
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? He has a drip and an auto mister.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Never tested. Has always been healthy. Haven't noticed any changes except he isn't going because he isn't eating.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage Screen cage 4ft tall 2ft wide
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (basks at about 80)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? have a thermometer
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? We have an auto mister
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? ficus and Pothos
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? He in in a quiet area, no traffic. Cage is 4 ft off the floor. Top of the cage is 8 ft.
Location - Where are you geographically located? We are in Kansas

Current Problem - Our guy's eyes are not opening!!! To start out with, we have been to the vet. Our Veiled is 2 years old and we have had him for a year and a half. The problem started with swelling in one eye and then the other eye wasn't opening properly. We were given antibiotic drops. We put these on a q-tip and wipe the solution on his eyes twice daily.
I have been putting him outside for the last couple of days to get some natural sun as well. He has been in such good health and now isn't eating at all. We are so worried.
My husband isn't home right now so I can't answer all of the questions about bulbs and brands, but I'm pretty sure we are using the correct type of lights. We gut load our crickets. He will eat the pothos sometimes and I used to see him drink.

 

[Carlton]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? We have a veiled, he is 2 years old and we have had him for a year and a half.
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? I only handle him when necessary. To clean the cage, or lately to medicate his eyes.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? He eats gut loaded crickets (flukers)
Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? I dust with calcium D and without D
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? He has a drip and an auto mister.
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Never tested. Has always been healthy. Haven't noticed any changes except he isn't going because he isn't eating.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Describe your cage Screen cage 4ft tall 2ft wide
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created (basks at about 80)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? have a thermometer
Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? We have an auto mister
Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? ficus and Pothos
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? He in in a quiet area, no traffic. Cage is 4 ft off the floor. Top of the cage is 8 ft.
Location - Where are you geographically located? We are in Kansas

Current Problem - Our guy's eyes are not opening!!! To start out with, we have been to the vet. Our Veiled is 2 years old and we have had him for a year and a half. The problem started with swelling in one eye and then the other eye wasn't opening properly. We were given antibiotic drops. We put these on a q-tip and wipe the solution on his eyes twice daily.
I have been putting him outside for the last couple of days to get some natural sun as well. He has been in such good health and now isn't eating at all. We are so worried.
My husband isn't home right now so I can't answer all of the questions about bulbs and brands, but I'm pretty sure we are using the correct type of lights. We gut load our crickets. He will eat the pothos sometimes and I used to see him drink.

Without those specifics it is hard to say what's going on. There are several things that can cause a cham to keep eyes shut. Though you mentioned that one eye was swollen and then the other. Chams can get infections in their nasal sinuses that can affect a duct near their eye as well. Did this cham ever have any swellings on its face or snout? That is often where they start. If the antibiotic eye drops didn't help, there may be an infection that isn't in the eye itself. Also, sometimes a eye problems can be caused by dehydration (too dry in the room and cage) and a vitamin A deficiency. We'd need more nutritional info to tease this out. Also a picture would really help.

 

[A D Anderson]

I'll get a photo of him right away.

 

[fluxlizard]

You didn't mention a multivit. Ever try giving him vit a? Your case seems at first glance to be classic vit a deficiency.

You might try a single drop from a human vit a capsule every day or two for a few days and see if it clears up. If it does, then include a multivitamin with vit a in it once or twice a month as part of his dusting schedule (reptivite is what I use)

 

[A D Anderson]

Let's see if this link works:

https://www.facebook.com/
I posted his photo on my fb page.

 

[A D Anderson]

Fluxlizard, Nope, no multivitamins. I thought he was getting enough with the gut loaded crickets. I'm thinking I was wrong.
Just went out and grabbed some vit A capsules and are trying them now. In fact just gave him his drop and put him in his cage for the night. Feeling hopeful for the morning.

We force fed him tonight some pedialyte with calcium powder mixed in and 3 meal worms. He wasn't interested in eating but we finally got him to swallow.
I hope he is feeling better in the morning.

Our local reptile store didn't give us much hope, but I'm not giving up on my guy!