Gecko retained shed in/ around eyes

Cerebrate64

New Member
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Location
Montana
About your leo:
- male
- about 7 months
- about 4
- Got from +++++
A) Health/History
- Not handled often.
- has had problems shedding toe
C) Problem
- He shed last saturday, and he has a black rim around one of his eyes, other eye clearly has some skin on it. It's too small an area for me to just pull off, and bathing him doesnt reach the affected areas. Im looking to see if I can make it fall off, I don't have much money for a vet.

Housing:
A) Enclosure
- 20 gallon
- glass
- paper towels
- 3 hides made from gift boxes
B) Heating
- Heat source
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side)
- Method of regulating heat source
- What are you using to measure your temps
- Do you have any lights (describe)
C) Cage mates
- none

Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- Mealworms, used to eat 7-10, only eats 4 or so lately
B) Supplements
- reptivite and flukers with d3

Will try to post pictures after work.
 

sausage

BSc AMAS
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Location
Winchester, UK
try using a warm damp cotton bud to moist the skin around the eye. try rolling the cotton bud to dislodge it. DONT do it if its on the eye ball its self. If its on the eye ball its self try flushing it out with sterile water.
 

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