ReptileRampage
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As a few of you know from previous threads me and my girlfriend "rescued" a female jacksons chameleon from the petsmart. She had many patches on various parts of her body that I thought were burns but were advised on here to be old injuries/bruising. The main concern was her eye which was black/purple swollen and pink around where her actual eyeball is. We took her to a vet the day after we got her, and the vet examined her and took a look under a microscope and said he feels it is bruising and not infection. He gave me eye ointment and told me to use it daily. I have been doing so for 2 weeks now as well as watering her well since she was dehydrated, and i thought it was clearing up, the swelling went away and the bruising was fading. NOW I go to check her tonight i have no clue whats wrong with her eyes. Her eyes seem "popped" out, almost like a balloon. and it wasn't just her injured eye (although it was worse on that one) It was also on her other eye as well. I will definitely take her to the vet if needed but would like to know more "chameleon expert" Advice on what this is. Vitamin deficiencies? something worse? I also noted that after snapping pics her eyes returned to normal. i left her with me while i am typing this and she fell asleep on my shoulder. I notice she isn't very active during the day like my panther is, she kind of lounges around and only moves to pretty much drink, or moderate her body temp by moving into the heat lamp or away from it. Please help me and let me know what you think is wrong with her. If needed I'll be happy to return to the vet, it is free because I got her from petsmart and the guy said they pay for vet costs. Thanks for any and all help