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[Wuzz1991]

Hi my name is rob and I have a 5 month old Panther chameleon blue bar and I just noticed yesterday that one of his eyes where not as open as his other eye and I also noticed when he sometime blinks his eyes would sink in and out ? I went to the store yesterday and bought vitamin A retinyl palmitate and used a Q-tip a put a little bit on a silk worm. Today his eye looks better but would someone know what is going on? I feed him crickets silk worms horn worms Dubia and Phoenix worms I have the little dripper and the reptisun 5.0 uvb 15 watts tube and a 75 watt heating bulb

 

[Beman]

Hi Welcome to the forum. Make sure you do not give the Vitamin A again for 30 days. That is a stronger way to give it and should only be done every 30 days if it is given in this form.

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[Wuzz1991]

I have a Panther chameleon male he is 5 to 5 and a half months old and I’ve had him for little over 2 weeks now and I was holding him every other day he’s really nice. I feed him everyday around 11am and I put like 25 Phoenix worms in a bowl and like 5 silk worms then I will put like 10 dusted crickets in his cage everyday and 1 horn worm everyday if he eats it. I’m using the zoomed repti calcium without D3. I have a little dripper and an automatic mister in his cage to. I have it set on every 4 hours with 20 second sprays. When he poops it has a white part then a olive brown color part to. I have the medium size zoo med screen cage.i use the zoo med reptisun 5.0 uvb 15 watts tube with the zoo med 75 watt heat bulb the temperature in his basking spot is between 80 and 89 degrees and the cage floor is around 70 to 75 degrees. I measured this with the zoo med electronic thermostat. I don’t know what the humidity is but like I said I spray his cage every 4 hours with a dripper. The cage is in the corner of my room next to my bed and there is no vents. I live in middle river Maryland. But like I said I noticed yesterday that one of his eyes wasn’t open as much as his other eye and when he sometimes blinks his whole eye sinks in and out? Is that normal? But his eye looks better today I gave him a little bit of vitamin A yesterday on a silk worm

 

[Wuzz1991]

It’s his right eye that I think was something wrong with

 

[Wuzz1991]

This is what he normally looks like

 

[Wuzz1991]

This is his cage

 

[Wuzz1991]

This is his cage

 

[kinyonga]

Is there something going n with his mouth? It's looking a littl black near the front.

 

[Wuzz1991]

No his mouth is fine it just like that in the picture

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Hi Rob, welcome.

Handsome fellow!

I think a digital hygrometer would be a worthwhile addition. AFAIK, most come with an integral digital thermometer, and they cost about the same as a digital thermometer (on Amazon, eBay, etc.). Just don't get the dial type—they're prone to inaccuracy.

One of your spray sessions may need to be increased. Panthers need sufficient "rain" to keep their eyes clean. Here's an article & podcast on chameleon eye health:
Eye Health in Chameleons

In the case of eye health, our greatest husbandry issue is not allowing the chameleon to clean out its eyes. When it rains, chameleons are able to naturally wash out debris and built up “gunk” in their eyes. You may notice your chameleon during a long misting session drawing its eye in and rotating it about in its socket. It is unnerving when you first see it! But this is the chameleon maintaining its own eyes. So in captive husbandry it is critical that we provide a regular opportunity for this to occur. Regular rain sessions within the chameleon’s cage are the best approach. [More...]

Eventually (but soon) I hope you'll be getting a larger enclosure. For a panther, 24"x24"x48" is recommended.

Please avail yourself of the great resources this site has to offer in the Resources section and in the archives (Search).

 

[BenjiTheCham]

Isn’t that a lot of food for him? Unless I’m misunderstanding something that’s 41 bugs a day! Ik the Phoenix worms are small but still

 

[Wuzz1991]

Isn’t that a lot of food for him? Unless I’m misunderstanding something that’s 41 bugs a day! Ik the Phoenix worms are small but still

I mean he don’t eat every cricket some die or they get to places my chameleon can’t get to and Phoenix worms are very small and the silk worms I feed him are very small when he is full he stops eating I just make sure he has enough to eat

 

[Wuzz1991]

Isn’t that a lot of food for him? Unless I’m misunderstanding something that’s 41 bugs a day! Ik the Phoenix worms are small but still

I also free range feed him

 

[BenjiTheCham]

I also free range feed him

Okay