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My panter keeps his eyed closed all day for the past 4 days if i move him or shake the cage a little he will open his eyes he will also feed if i hand feed him but his eye just stay closed

My anbanja panther has been doing this in his right eye only. He is still eating/drinking normal enough but I took him to a reptile vet. He checked out "fine" but he said that in the wild they get lots of natural waterful that helps flush debris from their eyes to deter infection. He then flushed his eyes with a pure saline solution which could be done at home going forward. He prescribed Gentamicin Beta drops for me to drop in his eye 3 times a day for a week. So far no real difference yet. I'll let you know if the prognosis in a week. As an usual response, you may want to to take to a reptile vet.

you definitely do not want to be shaking the cage. it is probably the start of him being sick, so bothering him will stress him and hinder any rest he will get to fight off infection.

just take him to a vet, get him checked out, then leave him alone. im sure that the vet will give you some meds, or maybe a home remedy that will help. the sooner the better.

good luck with him!

What brand/type of lights are you using?

The Sun he lives out side he has been outside for about 3 months no prblem but past week eye's are shut he eats an drinks just wont keep his eyes open for long time

Can your chameleon get out of the sunlight?
Even sunlight can cause photo-kerato-conjucivitis in some animals.

What is the humidity outdoors? One of the first reasons chams start sitting with their eyes shut is dehydration. If the air is too dry it irritates their eyes and they shut them as much as possible. Don't guess, measure the humidity in the cage with a hygrometer. It may be drier for most of the day than you realize. When you give him water does he really drink a long time? Does he drool excessively during drinking? These are also signs that he's too dry. Also, if a cham is feeling exposed or threatened much of the time they sort of hide and shut down, sit unmoving, eyes shut, etc. If the eyes themselves are not glued shut with discharge or aren't swollen or discolored, it may not be an eye problem. Also check your gutload and dusting schedule. What do you gutload with and what do you dust with and how often? How old is he?

He's 8 months old yes he can get in an out of the sun theres alot of shade i live in florida so the temp is different everyday 75-100 changes everyday alot of rain i cover him when it rains bad he drinks water with big gulps i let the water run down the screen on the cage an he gulps it when he's done drinking he goes back to doing whatever he was doing before walking around thats before he got the eye thing i dust every other day just yesterday he started opening his eyes again an kinda acting normal but i can tell he is a little stressed looking darker shade but much better then 4 days sitting in the same stop with his eyes closed

but didn't you post that this same Cham ate a native anole?

Then a day or so later, it has a problem...and it's acting healthy?

Connection?????

-RG