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My aging panther apears to have become blind. How do i care for him now? What food and how? he has no other symptons. Thanks!

Can he see anything at all?

Luckily I have never had a chameleon that was blind in both eyes...I did have one that had his eye removed due to cancer though.

All I can suggest is that you hand feed him. You can get him drinking and then put the cricket in between his teeth so he will bite it...or...he might even recognize that there is a cricket there and open his mouth to eat it if you touch it on his lips. If he still has a will to live, either of these might work.

If this doesn't work you may have to make a bug slurry and put it into his mouth somehow.

If you suspect that he has no will to live, then it might be better to put him down. Its not easy to do, but sometimes its the kinder alternative.

Good luck with him.

I had a male Tamatave that was given to me with only one eye. A year later he lost the sight in his good eye. I had started hand feeding him when I first got him because it was difficult for him to hunt. After he lost his sight completely we had quite a time getting him to eat. I started off by tapping his foot and he responded usually by chomping my finger. Eventually we got into a rythem where I woud move by his side and gently touch him, he would roll his tongue out an inch or so and I would put the cricket or whatever on the end of his tongue. It worked good and he had a great appetite.. To date he was my longest lived Panther at eight years and he was blind for the last four years of his life. Good luck with yours.

And certainly an encouraging one for others who have chameleons with eye problems.

Made me smile Hope his guy does as well.
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Agreed, that is an amazing story - thanks for sharing it with us...

How are you making out with feeding the blind chameleon?