swollen and blody eyes after the meal

[trenutko]

The plant in the terrarium is Epipremnum scindapsus pinnatum aureum (devil's Ivy). ..... Sometimes he eats the soil from the pot where the flowers are planted. Last summer I fed him with the grasshoppers I colected in the nature. For the past year he has been eating only farmed food. I will make a short video of him eating so you could see.

 

[xraygirl]

The plant in the terrarium is Epipremnum scindapsus pinnatum aureum (devil's Ivy). ..... Sometimes he eats the soil from the pot where the flowers are planted. Last summer I fed him with the grasshoppers I colected in the nature. For the past year he has been eating only farmed food. I will make a short video of him eating so you could see.

I hate to tell you but that is not the plant in your habitat. You have something else. The search that comes up with that name you gave brings up what most of us call a golden pothos plant.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

That's not Devil's ivy in your picture.......

 

[trenutko]

Chameleon swollen eye: http://youtu.be/60trF_fI6Dc

 

[trenutko]

Another movie while he's drinking :

Chameleon swolen eyes 2: http://youtu.be/CuefJxgfgTA

 

[MelissaB]

The videos won't play, the site says it's private.

 

[trenutko]

Try it now

 

[MelissaB]

Thank you, they work now.

That is so weird. It's almost like he's holding his head to the side, like there's drainage. And at 3:27 you can see the red around his eye. When he opens his mouth, can you see if anything is going on in the back of his throat?

 

[trenutko]

Inside everything looks normal.

 

[Juliaf3]

Whoa- are veiled teeth suppose to be black?

 

[kinyonga]

Exactly what caught my attention Juliaf3.

 

[trenutko]

From when he was little his teeth look the same.

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

No the teeth are definitely not supposed to be black. They should be white/clear. Black/brown is usually an indication of infection like stomatitis (mouth rot) that has caused the bone that the teeth attach to to be damaged.

As far as swollen turrets - the biggest concern for that is either a blockage of the nasolacrimal ducts and/or infection of the sinuses. Those can often go hand in hand. Infections in the sinus can often cause pressure on the eyes or even spread to the turrets or from the turrets. Everything in that area of the head is fairly connected so it's common to see involvement of multiple structures like eyes/nose/mouth/etc. If the casque is swollen that may just be fat built up in which case is nothing to worry about. However if the texture is different between the two sides (one side is soft, the other is harder) then it could be an abscess in that region too.

Here are some pictures of the nasolacrimal duct system on a necropsy (WARNING - pictures from a necropsy - no blood but it is graphic so prepare yourself accordingly). You can also see the normal color of teeth of a veiled chameleon: https://www.chameleonforums.com/que...solacrimal-duct-101170/index2.html#post934475

As a vet, given the conjunctivitis you can see in the first set of photos you posted and swelling of the turrets I would do a nasolacrimal flush to try to clean out the sinus and duct and start some antibiotics. I would look extremely closely at all arcades of teeth for signs of active infection. This would be where I would start and depending on what I saw there may be other things needed.

 

[kinyonga]

Thanks for posting the link to the photos. I'm now beginning to understand how those tear ducts could be clogged. Its never been so clear to me as to why chameleons so often seem to get those big swollen eyes.

 

[trenutko]

Thank you very much for your time and opinion, i will show my vetenarian your thoughts. I hope that we will succeed to help my chameleon.