About your leo:
- Sex- Female (?as far as i know?)
- Age & Weight: approx 3-4 years
- How long have you owned your leo: 3-4 years
- Where was he/she obtained: petstore
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: weekly, lately:daily
- Is your leo acting any different today? Skiddish
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. Never had problems, always been healthy and average weight
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal): normal
- When was the last time he/she went: 2 days
C) Problem
- Please SEE BELOW
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20 gal
- Type: glass tank
- Type of substrate: paper towels, previously had her on calci- sand that is supposed to be digestible and okay for them, but decided to take her off it when eye probelms started.
- Hides: rock -warm side, coconut in middle kept moist ( she always prefers the rock hide on the warm side
B) Heating
- Heat source: lamp during day, under tank heating pad on warm side (never is "hot", only feels warm to the touch)
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 80 degrees, bit warmer on warm side
- Method of regulating heat source:
- What are you using to measure your temps: thermometer on inside tank wall
- Do you have any lights (describe): 1 light with heat buld used when needed
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females): none
- Describe health, or previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding: crickets or super worms, gave wax worms a try recently cuz i think she might want to gain a little weight
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect): put in tank and she hunts
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using: RepCal calcium powder
- What are you gut loading food with: cornmeal, water, and fresh fruits offered to crickets in their habitat
PROBLEM: (sorry its long, wanted to give as much detail as i could)
I have a 3-4 year old gecko named Starburst. She is healthy and average weight. A few weeks ago she was having trouble shedding, so I increased the humidity in her tank. After another week she was mostly shed but having trouble with her head and eye areas, so I gave her a warm bath each day till it all came off. The skin around her eyes was very difficult to remove and took a while. When all the shed was removed she looked fine. A few days later her left eye seemed to have a little clear film over it, so i put some eye drops (sterile saline) in it and it looked a bit clearer. Another few days passed with me putting eye drops in her eyes once or twice a day. Then i checked on her and the bad eye had gone completely white, this whiteness seemed also to be a film. After researching online I concluded that she had an eye infection. (I did not seem to me that there could be shed stuck in her eye, as i had helped get all the little pieces off when supervising her shed as i said earlier.) A trip to the vet is $75 minimum here, and I cannot get my parents to see a visit to the vet as justifiable for a pet that is $30 to begin with. This is not how I feel, but I can't really argue.
I bought Vetericyn Opthalmic Gel and also Terramycin (Opthalic ointment), and used those on her eye. After a week they seemed to gradually be clearing up. Her eye was mostly clear except for some chunks of film(clear/milky) that I could not remove because i was worried about injuring her further. Today, her bad eye was halfway closed and I could see gunk around the sides that looked like dried up film, I felt confident in removing it without hurting her so i removed the gunk with a pair of tweezers by pulling it from where it stuck on the outside of the eye. It came off and I was really excited, until Star opened her eye. There was a lot of clear liquid that came out first (it looked like i had just put in eye drops, but i hadn't) and after i cleared that away with a tissue, I began to see blood. More blood came out onto my tissue, but not a lot, just 2-3 dabs and it stopped. I put some Vetericyn in the eye with the intention of keeping the area clean and put her back in her tank to rest. Assuming a vet trip is not an option, what would you recommend I do now in continuing to care for Star's eye?
Additional Details
I believe it was the increase in humidity that caused her eye infection. I thouroughly cleaned out her tank and have her on paper towels and low humidity. She hasn't ate much since this all started, but on one of the days when her eye was looking best (after starting treatment with products above) I did get her to eat 5-8 wax worms. She hunted like normal, except seemed to have to rely on her good eye for judging distance.
- Sex- Female (?as far as i know?)
- Age & Weight: approx 3-4 years
- How long have you owned your leo: 3-4 years
- Where was he/she obtained: petstore
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: weekly, lately:daily
- Is your leo acting any different today? Skiddish
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. Never had problems, always been healthy and average weight
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal): normal
- When was the last time he/she went: 2 days
C) Problem
- Please SEE BELOW
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20 gal
- Type: glass tank
- Type of substrate: paper towels, previously had her on calci- sand that is supposed to be digestible and okay for them, but decided to take her off it when eye probelms started.
- Hides: rock -warm side, coconut in middle kept moist ( she always prefers the rock hide on the warm side
B) Heating
- Heat source: lamp during day, under tank heating pad on warm side (never is "hot", only feels warm to the touch)
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 80 degrees, bit warmer on warm side
- Method of regulating heat source:
- What are you using to measure your temps: thermometer on inside tank wall
- Do you have any lights (describe): 1 light with heat buld used when needed
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females): none
- Describe health, or previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding: crickets or super worms, gave wax worms a try recently cuz i think she might want to gain a little weight
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect): put in tank and she hunts
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using: RepCal calcium powder
- What are you gut loading food with: cornmeal, water, and fresh fruits offered to crickets in their habitat
PROBLEM: (sorry its long, wanted to give as much detail as i could)
I have a 3-4 year old gecko named Starburst. She is healthy and average weight. A few weeks ago she was having trouble shedding, so I increased the humidity in her tank. After another week she was mostly shed but having trouble with her head and eye areas, so I gave her a warm bath each day till it all came off. The skin around her eyes was very difficult to remove and took a while. When all the shed was removed she looked fine. A few days later her left eye seemed to have a little clear film over it, so i put some eye drops (sterile saline) in it and it looked a bit clearer. Another few days passed with me putting eye drops in her eyes once or twice a day. Then i checked on her and the bad eye had gone completely white, this whiteness seemed also to be a film. After researching online I concluded that she had an eye infection. (I did not seem to me that there could be shed stuck in her eye, as i had helped get all the little pieces off when supervising her shed as i said earlier.) A trip to the vet is $75 minimum here, and I cannot get my parents to see a visit to the vet as justifiable for a pet that is $30 to begin with. This is not how I feel, but I can't really argue.
I bought Vetericyn Opthalmic Gel and also Terramycin (Opthalic ointment), and used those on her eye. After a week they seemed to gradually be clearing up. Her eye was mostly clear except for some chunks of film(clear/milky) that I could not remove because i was worried about injuring her further. Today, her bad eye was halfway closed and I could see gunk around the sides that looked like dried up film, I felt confident in removing it without hurting her so i removed the gunk with a pair of tweezers by pulling it from where it stuck on the outside of the eye. It came off and I was really excited, until Star opened her eye. There was a lot of clear liquid that came out first (it looked like i had just put in eye drops, but i hadn't) and after i cleared that away with a tissue, I began to see blood. More blood came out onto my tissue, but not a lot, just 2-3 dabs and it stopped. I put some Vetericyn in the eye with the intention of keeping the area clean and put her back in her tank to rest. Assuming a vet trip is not an option, what would you recommend I do now in continuing to care for Star's eye?
Additional Details
I believe it was the increase in humidity that caused her eye infection. I thouroughly cleaned out her tank and have her on paper towels and low humidity. She hasn't ate much since this all started, but on one of the days when her eye was looking best (after starting treatment with products above) I did get her to eat 5-8 wax worms. She hunted like normal, except seemed to have to rely on her good eye for judging distance.
