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my baby veiled seems to have something wrong with his eye.
in the morning (every morning now) his eye seems to be glued shut with somthing. I mist his cage a few times and sometimes rub his eye for him....that work somtimes and he opens eye for the rest of the day but it seems to bother him still

if the first set doesn't work i take and eye dropper and put a drop of water on the eye and then he somtimes uses that to open it but not all the time.

i will then just getly rub his eye for him or mist the cage some more
I can get him to open his eye every day but it seems to be interfering with his eating now and i think a vet visit is needed

what should i do with the eye?
and give me a heads up on vet costs.?

Sounds like he's got an infection. Probably a bacteria one from the sounds of it. Mine got a cut on his eye a while ago and my vet gave me Vetropolycin and that worked great. It's used to treat bacterial infections on eyes, even humans. It's a sterial antibacterial ointment that is placed right on the eye itself. If your vet thinks that is based from looking at the chameleon, be sure to place some above the eye as well. Mine had the habit of sitting right under his basking light in an attempt to melt it off. lol Vet visit plus the med came to about $45. Used the med for about 2 weeks. Applied once a day and I still have over half a tube left (tiny tube)

If there is acutally dried mucous glueing the eyes shut there is probably an infection, but sometimes an irritant or a too dry cage at night can add to this. What's the humidity level day to night? Also, instead of using water to lubricate the eye use sterile saline contact lens rinse. It will sting less, soothe the membranes of the eye, and irritate them less than plain water with all its included minerals or chemical treatments.