Veiled with burn and possible eye problem

[Asiabree1]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female Veiled, she is about 7 or 8 months. We have had her for about 2 months
Handling - She is handled almost daily to treat a possible burn
Feeding - She is currently eating about 7 or 8 crickets daily. They are dusted with calcium without d3 daily. Crickets are fed fluckers orange cubes
Supplements - Zoo Med Calcium Without D3
Watering - She has a drip system and is misted at least twice daily and is also hand watered with an eyedropper
Fecal Description - She has never been tested for parasites, her fecal matter is brown and the urate is white
History - She appeared to have mild metabolic bone disease when we got her which appears to now be corrected or at least improved. She seems to always have a difficult time shedding, which led me to think that maybe she was not getting misted enough or not drinking enough which is why I now give her water from an eye dropper. I do not force her to drink i just put it near her face and let her lick the drops of water off the tip of the dropper.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - She is kept in a 18" by 18" by 36" reptibreeze screen enclosure
Lighting - She has an exo terra 75 watt heat light and reptisun 5.0 compact fluorescent uvb bulb
Temperature - The lowest overnight temperature is 74 degrees. Her basking spot is within the 80 - 82 degree range
Humidity - She is misted at least twice a day for about a minute each time to maintain humidity
Plants - No live plants
Placement - The highest point in the enclosure is about 6 and a half feet above the ground. She is not near any air vents
Location - South Florida

Current Problem:

I believe that she burned her face rubbing against the top of her cage, so I moved the light to be farther away from the cage so it wouldn't make the screen top so hot. I put some Vetericyn on the burn daily and it seemed to be helping to heal it but now the burn is turning dark and I'm not sure if it is because it is healing or because something else is wrong. One of her nostrils is also blocked off by skin now (I am also unsure about if this is from her shedding problems or because of the burn healing.)

I am also concerned because she seems unable to close one of her eyes, I thought this might be because of dehydration (yet another reason why I am hand watering her now).

Any help would be greatly appreciated

I will post pictures as soon as I can get them to send to my computer.

 

[Asiabree1]

Pictures

 

[Lazy Boy]

I'm guessing its a infection from the burn and working into the eye. I would take him into a qualified vet. Good luck and keep us updated.

 

[Asiabree1]

Thanks I hope it's not an infection. I have been cleaning it regularly usually twice a day. Thanks for the input

 

[kinyonga]

I have to agree wih taking him to the vet's ASAP.

 

[camimom]

Im not so sure that's a burn.

That looks like like a cyst/abscess that possibly ruptured.

Cysts/abcesses there on the face can directly influence the eyes, so its probably all one related issue. the face is so small and everything is so closely related to each other.

No matter what it is, you need a vet now. and will probably need antibiotics, because if it is a cyst/abcess it is infected,

If that's what it is, a vet will usually lance it, clean it out, then treat it. youll probably be given oral antibiotics.

but please get to a vet.

 

[ridgebax1]

I agree with the others, whether it is a burn or a cyst, it looks infected and should be treated by a vet. I noticed you do not list Calcium with D3 or vitamins in your supplementation. She should get Calcium with D3 twice a month and then twice a month multivitamins. You also should rethink her diet. First crickets are not very nutritious and using those Fluker's orange cubes does nothing to improve their nutritional value. You need a quality gut load for them and I recommend reading Sandrachameleon's blogs about nutrition and gut loading. Also you may want to broaden her diet. Add some Silks, horns, phoenix and butter worms to her diet. I tend to avoid supers and mealies as they are very high in fat. The silks and horns have a high moisture content and can help with hydration.

You also mention shedding difficulty, which can be related to low humidity. I suggest investing in a quality automated mister (by quality I mean not a Monsoon). Or being that where you live is fairly hot and humid perhaps get a small screen cage and let her be outdoors for part of the day. Natural sunlight can do a lot to help her make her own D3 which would naturally help calcium metabolism. Good Luck