My Male Veiled Cham Is Having Eye Problems

[beardeds7587]

hi i really need help on this because everywhere i look and ask everyone is saying diff things to do but now im at a site where they knw all about diff chams and not just someone thinkin they knw so please help me this is my male chameleon from a pair i did have them housed together but once i seen that the female was getting larger then him i removed him to his own cage...i had them together only because they were still babies ....he is really tiny only thing i ever feed him was fruit flies i tried to give him pin head crickets but i guess he is to little cuz he didnt even try to eat them ... any advice will be appreciated thanks ....and im trying to upload pics of him and his cage on here so u can see for urself was going on so its easier to understand ...the current temp is 89 and 60% humidity ....but the past couple of days i had a stronger light in there and it was getting to 100's but i new it was to hot so i changed to a 60 watt bulb..... and night time temp doesnt get lower then 73...i been keeping the humidity high hopeing it was a shedding problem on his eyes, i put him in the shower yesterday and today and its the same results.... idk what i can do i tried my best so please help me he hasnt ate or drank or went to bathroom in like ill estimate 3 days

 

[Elizadolots]

That cage seems really big to me for such a tiny little guy. I'm wondering if he has trouble finding food. Maybe you should be cup feeding so he doesn't have to hunt for them?

 

[beardeds7587]

i do cup feed him

 

[Thompson]

First off I would get rid of the bark in his cage, he could get impacted. I wouldn't keep humidity high for a veiled though, give the cage a chance to fully dry out or your veiled will run into some more health problems. Have you seen him poop lately? If not he could be impacted because he probably ate one of those peices of bark and that could be the reason why he hasn't eaten. One more thing, could you get a couple more pics of his eye(a little clearer though?)

 

[pssh]

what kind of UVB are you using?

 

[Elizadolots]

Well...he said the chameleon had not pooped for 3 days.

If it were me, I'd take him out and try to get him to poop. Mine both work up poop if I handle them for more than 10-15 minutes. A good shower on a houseplant can also induce pooping.

You say you are cup feeding? So, you put 10 crickets in the cup and there are 10 crickets in the cup after 2 days?

 

[beardeds7587]

yes i am cup feeding now i dont put that many crickets in the cup maybe 4 and if he dont eat them i take them out then put them back later untill he eats em but now he hasnt even opened his eyes and now he has not pooped in like 4 days but how can that make him keep both eyes shut during the day? i keep the humidity up to hopefully clean out his eyes hes only like 4 months old ....i got two real plants in there they are chameleon safe and no pestisides can that be harming him and the bark is to big for him to swallow so i dont see that being the problem thanks if you knw a reason why his eyes are shut during the day please let me know im trying everything i can ... his eyes are just shut and not sunken in.... i can have a better pic tomorrow and my UVB light is a zilla reptisun either 10.0 or 5.0 not to sure what one is better thanks for all the help

 

[beardeds7587]

More Picks Of His Eye These Are From 6-5-10

The First Pick Has The Two Real Plants At The Bottom Back... then pick of him and then two picks of his eyes 1 right eye and 1 left eye

 

[pssh]

zilla brand? Is it the desert series? Those (I believe) had been proven to kill reptiles/chameleons? I would turn it off immediately, and take him to a vet. It sounds like he has some real big problems going on. Make sure the vet is chameleon experienced. You need a reptisun 5.0 linear tube UVB light.

EDIT: He's also extremely small for 4 months old.

 

[beardeds7587]

to be honest with u the zilla is the holder for the reptisun 5.0 tube ....but yea i think the oldest he is ..is maybe 3 months old but i did have him housed with the female when they were younger but now she got bigger so i seperated them