Leo eye problems

[wolfluvr71]

About your leo:
Sex: I believe he is a male
Age: less than 1 year
Owned: About 5 months
Purchased: Pet store

A) Health/History
Handling: Once or twice a week
Behavior: Wont eat. Wont open eye. Kinda cloudy when he does open it which worries me a lot. Always out and laying around now. Doesnt move a lot.
Past Problems: None that I can tell. He has some problems getting shedding off his head so I had to put him in a warm bath until it was easy to pull off.
B) Fecals
- Same as always?
- Havent noticed but he uses one of his 4 hidey areas.
C) Problem
I was trying to help him pull the shedding off after a warm back and my phone had rang and startled him and he yanked back really quickly, ripping off the rest of it. I wasnt as concerned cause that was a week ago and now he just wont eat at all. I got him to eat a meal worm last night but he was like fumbling around and tried to catch it like 5 times and missed. Im scared it might be his eye because i got him out yesterday and he opened it and i was all cloudy.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
size: 15 gallon
Type: Glass tank
Substrate: Reptile Carpet
Hides: 4, 3 caves and one mo
B) Heating
Source: Warm room, infra red bulb.
Temps: Warm side=85 Cool side= 78
Regulation: 12 hour period of light, 12 of night.
Method: Electronic thermometer
lights: Infra red and uvb
C) Cage mates
how many? None
Health: None. Has been very healthy

Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
What kind: 6 meal worms every other day
How to feed: Drop in front of caves

 

[katie_]

He needs to see a vet. Eye problems are nothing to joke about, this shouldnt be treated at home. It sounds like you have damaged the eye.

His temps are off. You cant rely on a warm room. He needs a UTH to lay on. The warm side should be around 92 degrees.

 

[Ozy]

Ok. Leopard geckos do not need a UV light of any sort. I would ditch the red light also and get a heat mat with a thermostat. I use a ZooMed repti-therm under tank heat pad and a HydroFarms thermostat. Also, your hot side floor temp is too cold. It needs to be 90-95 degrees on the floor. What are you supplementing with? Are you gutloading your mealworms? I would feed him everyday. They need to be fed everyday for their first year. I feed mine as much as she wants, she turns away when she doesn't want anymore. As far as the eye goes, it sounds like it has been damaged. I would take the little guy to the vet and get it checked out. These issues with your set up also need to be addressed if you want your leo to live a long, healthy life.

EDIT - You also REALLY need to start noticing your leo's poop. That is sometimes the first sign that something is wrong.

 

[wolfluvr71]

I do have an under tank heater. I only keep it at that temperature because that was what i had been told to keep it at and that anything about 90 is too hot and to keep it around 80s. I thought i might of been feeding him too much but he would only eat around 6. I have been using rep cal as well as gutloading the meal worms. I had tried crickets but he didnt even attempt to catch them. Is there a special type of vet i should take him to?I dont think itd be a good idea to take him to just any vet.

 

[Ozy]

Trust me.. It's not too hot. My thermostat is set at 93 and my leo LOVES laying in her warm hide right on her belly. That is how they digest their food. With belly heat. First thing you should know as a leo owner. Don't ever listen to the people at the pet store. Leos are crepuscular (meaning they are most active at dawn and twlight). They don't like bright light.

 

[wolfluvr71]

Ill definitly adjust his temperatures now. Im just so worried about how skinny hes getting and he wont eat. I cant get into the vet until tomorrow too

 

[SORROW89]

Buy a vitamin supplement that has Vitamin A too.

 

[Ozy]

Just get a fresh poo if you can, put it in a ziplock bag and take to the vet in the morning. If your leo isn't pooping, they can give him a leo enima and get poop that way. Have them do a fecal smear and float and also look at the eyes. Get a mealworm, cut it in half and smear the guts on it's mouth. Be sure to put a multi-vitamin on it.

 

[wolfluvr71]

Just wanted to let you all know that after months of vet visits and medications that my poor baby has passed away. It makes me a bit happier to know that hes no longer in pain anymore. I will miss my little guy so dearly

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Just wanted to let you all know that after months of vet visits and medications that my poor baby has passed away. It makes me a bit happier to know that hes no longer in pain anymore. I will miss my little guy so dearly

Sorry to hear that. Does the vet know why?

~Maggot

 

[wolfluvr71]

Sorry to hear that. Does the vet know why?

~Maggot

The vet said that his body has just given out after so many months of fighting.