squinting eye

[skrupples]

i have a veiled cham and he will squint his one eye and like suck it in....what does this mean?

 

[Dylan Dutz]

Does it stay in for long? We need more info about your chameleon and cage set-up to make an accurate guess.

 

[Justin Carl]

What type of lighting are you using?
Is he/she been drinking?
What species?
Cage size and discription?
Supplement?
Fecal?
What is it eating?

 

[skrupples]

im using a mvb bulb, he has been drinking, veiled, his cage is 30x17x16(hxlxd), im giving him rapticalcium daily and repivite weekly, eating crickets and mealworms (small),what do you mean about fecal?

 

[Justin Carl]

what does it look like/color.
the dark part and white part.
where is your Mercury Vapor bulb located? on top of cage? slightly off?

 

[skrupples]

the bulb is located on top like 1 foot away from top of cage he is green with slightly lighter green stripes with a little bit of black

 

[Justin Carl]

well it sounds like the light is good. with a cage that small you dont want the light resting right on top. what wattage is it? how long has this condition with his eye been goin on?

 

[skrupples]

i think the bulb is 60 watt, its been going on for a couple of days, but its not all the time

 

[Justin Carl]

well, MVB usually come in 100 or 160 watt.
i have never heard of a 60.

 

[skrupples]

then it is a 100 watt like i said im not sure of the wattage but i know for sure its not a 160

 

[Justin Carl]

is that the only light you are using?
could you post a picture of him?

 

[skrupples]

yea thats my only light im using, and ill try to post a pic

 

[skrupples]

 

[dodolah]

can you post a bigger picture?
your cham's back leg seems odd..
It might be because of the blurry pic though..

 

[Justin Carl]

its a little hard to tell because i can click on the picture to enlarge it.
sorry for asking so many questions, but it is necessary.
Are his eyelids swollen?

 

[skrupples]

 

[skrupples]

no they are not swollen and im not sure how to resize them on imageshack its not letting me resize them

 

[skrupples]

 

[Justin Carl]

Maybe their is something in his eye.
You could always try a luke warm shower.
Place a fake plant in the shower and direct the water to the wall so it bounces onto his plant. no direct spray.

 

[skrupples]

leave him in his cage?.....and for how long do i leave him in there?