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HELP! My new veiled chams eye looks like is is swolen and she cant open it! it seems as if the eye is moving inside but the lid wont open what can i do?! its only the right eye the left is fine. thank you

i have seen previous posts like this and it really depends if it is an infection, something stuck in it, or some other injury. Sounds like it could be just an object stuck in the chams eye and it can't get it out. You might want to try the shower trick. Put a ficus tree or some other bush or tree in the shower with your cham on it. run the water warm(not too cold, not too hot) and allow it hit HALF the plant. allow somewhere on the tree where it won't get wet if doesn't want it. allow the water to run from 15-25 min. this will allow the cham to try to flush the object with the excess humidity and saturation. this may help, but I just saw it in a previous post and it worked for a few others. if it doesn't help, i would deffinately see a vet so it doesn't get worse if it is an infection or something else that can be easily avoided. good luck, keep us posted

great thanks very much! it worked her eye is slowly returning to normal. thanks again!