Albino leo with shed skin in eyes

[MaggieCork]

I recently adopted an albino leopard gecko from my local pet store. They told me that he was probably blind and had an eye infection and provided eye drops for me to give him twice a day. To give them to him I have to open his eyes and I've realized that his eyes look perfectly fine and he responds to movement when they're open so he's obviously not blind. I've also noticed what from what I've come to realize is shed skin in his eyes. I know because when I squirt sterile water in and sort of rub his eye lid some comes out, but there's still a lot in there.
It's my first time owning one of these little guys, and I'm not sure what I should do. I was hoping that I could get some good advice. He's otherwise quite healthy and his tail is nice and fat. I have a moisture box in the terrarium with him and I put him in a warm bath to try to loosen it up also. I see him squinting sometimes but most of the time his eyes are clamped shut. I'm sure it's really irritating and I really want to help him ASAP

 

[LZRDGRL]

Take him to a vet to have the eyes cleaned out professionally.

Chrissy

 

[Snuffles379]

Yes, I believe a vet is necessary as well. It's definitely not safe for you to remove yourself. I just took my gecko to the vet for a similar eye problem and the drops will only help if it is infected but if there is what looks like shed moving around and coming out than your gecko needs to visit a vet to get it removed before it does any damage.

 

[JaapdeM]

you need some vitamin C for your gecko, also keep his eyes moist from time to time with a little sprayer of water. Ive had the same problem with one of my geckos i got from a pet store and it seemed to be a lack of vitamins, especially C. I got it in a liquid form and mixed it with his water, you can also give it directly but only a few drops