Sick veiled please help. (eyes closed)

I have a 3 month old veiled female that for the last week has had her eyes closed sometimes but when I picked her up she would open them for the last two days she has had them closed the entire time. Should I just bring her into a vet or is there some kind thing I can force feed her that may help her out?

Howdy Steve,

Head for the vet if you haven't already. If you don't already have a good chameleon vet in mind, check out this list:

http://www.herpvetconnection.com/florida.shtml

If you are close to these vets, they literally "wrote the book" on reptile medicine.

Douglas Mader, DVM
Marathon Veterinary Hospital
11187 Overseas Highway
Marathon, FL 33050
Tel: (305) 743-7099
Tel: (800) 832-7694
Fax: (305) 743-4057


Ivan Alfonso, DVM
Kirkman Area Animal Clinic
5633 Metrowes
Orlando, FL 32811
Tel: (407) 295-7547
Fax: (407) 293-6331


In addition to the vet trip on Monday, you can post more info about your ENTIRE husbandry specs, including photos ov everything.

How is your cham doing Steve? Hopefully a full recovery.

Yep doing fine it took about a week for him to recover. But now hes been coughing a lot? He goes in tomorrow with another cham of mine to get checkedup on.

What was wrong with him and what vet did you go to? Just curious.....

Coughing indicates Respriatory infection.

Another vet trip is needed.

Best of luck.