kinky's eyes
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millionsofchameleons
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i will keep checking back for anymore ideas. im going to go again and order minerall outdoor formula now since it has no d3. and keep using my cal w/ no d3
millionsofchameleons
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my vet is experieced w/ exotic reptiles and seems like he knows what he is talking about. oh also to add he had a fecal exam done incase his immune system was being drained from parasites and was clean.
Eye problems can be the result of a irritation, or improper environment or care. Dehydrated animals are more prone to eye infections, as are animals that are receiving improper amounts of supplementation (too much or TOO LITTLE). your chameleons eyes do not look sunk in from the picture but sunk in eyes are a sign that your chameleon is not getting enough water. Eye irritations can also lead to skin infections (due to constant rubbing) so watch your chameleon closely he may be irritating it more by rubbing on objects in your terrarium, this can result in an even worse skin infection around the eye. Also you said you were using a qtip on the eye, this might not be a good idea because tiny fibers in the qtip could get in the eye and cause more irritation , i would recoment using a CLEAN seringe.
Revler
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I would also recomend ditching the Q-tip cleaning and using a clean syringe to flush the gunk out of the eye. Or if you want to use Q-tips, I know sometimes you might have to work at the crust to get it to come off, you can get those individually packaged ones from a medical supply store although there they are haughtily refered to as "medical swabs" in most of those medical supply stores 
I would also encourage you the culture as soon as your finances permit. I went through this with a veiled of mine where we tried antibiotics like they were candy with no avail for what we thought was a kind of mouth rot. After he had lost a substantial amount of weight and we went through 5 different antibiotics/mixed "treatments," i.e. antibiotics combos, I scraped up the money to have the infection cultured.
Turned out it was a simple old school infection of sometype that could be easily treated with an injectable antibiotic, three injections would be it. After the second injection the stress killed Kong. I had let it go too long and he had gotten too thin and too stressed out to handle injections, something we all know chams don't handle well anyway. I guess my only point is jump on the culture now. You will spend the same amount of money in the long run, possiably more, if you don't culture, and you might never get the answer you are looking for. We affectionatly call Kong the $2500 learning experience in my house.
Kinky is SO BEAUTIFUL I wish the best of luck it would be a horror to lose him.
I would also encourage you the culture as soon as your finances permit. I went through this with a veiled of mine where we tried antibiotics like they were candy with no avail for what we thought was a kind of mouth rot. After he had lost a substantial amount of weight and we went through 5 different antibiotics/mixed "treatments," i.e. antibiotics combos, I scraped up the money to have the infection cultured.
Turned out it was a simple old school infection of sometype that could be easily treated with an injectable antibiotic, three injections would be it. After the second injection the stress killed Kong. I had let it go too long and he had gotten too thin and too stressed out to handle injections, something we all know chams don't handle well anyway. I guess my only point is jump on the culture now. You will spend the same amount of money in the long run, possiably more, if you don't culture, and you might never get the answer you are looking for. We affectionatly call Kong the $2500 learning experience in my house.
Kinky is SO BEAUTIFUL I wish the best of luck it would be a horror to lose him.
