One of my leopard geckos I have has been keeping her eyes shut for the past several days. She did shed about a week ago, and I had to help her get the shed off two of her feet. I didn't notice any on her eyes, looks to me like she got it all. But I've been noticing her keeping her eyes closed when shes walking about and not eating at all. Every now and then she barely opens a eye, but then closes it back.I did see her licking her eyes the other night, but thats all. I'm quite worried as I have already been having trouble with getting both my new leopard geckos to eat. I keep temps perfect and there moss pit sprayed down regularly. Thanks.
Leopard gecko keeping eyes closed
- Thread starter LazyGecko
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Neon Aurora
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- Sex: Female
- Age & Weight: 1 year old, weight I'm not sure.
- How long have you owned your leo: A little over a month
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend): From a breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: Only have a couple times since I have had her.
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now. : Ever since she shed, about a week ago, she has been.
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. : No
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal)
- When was the last time he/she went: I haven't seen her use the bathroom since before she stopped eating, about 2 weeks ago.
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on: She stopped eating about a week before she shed. Since she shed she keeps her eyes closed all the time. Walking around and all she keeps them closed. She opened her eyes last night a minute, so I looked closely at them, they look perfectly fine. One did look like it had liquid in them a little. I went ahead and put a couple drops of sterile saline in it to see if it would help.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20 gallon
- Type (ex. glass tank): Glass
- Type of substrate: Reptile carpet
- Hides, how many, what kind: 2 gecko caves, and 1 moss pitt
B) Heating
- Heat source: under tank heater, and cermanic heat bulb
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 90-92 on hot side, and room temperature on cool side
- Method of regulating heat source
- What are you using to measure your temps:
- Do you have any lights (describe): No
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) 1 female
- Describe health, or previous problems: Fine other than hardly eating
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much): Mealworms everyday and crickets 2-3 a week
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect): In a dish
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands): calcium dust and multivitamin( But they arent getting any where they are hardly eating)
- What are you gut loading food with: potatoes and carrots mainly.
- Age & Weight: 1 year old, weight I'm not sure.
- How long have you owned your leo: A little over a month
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend): From a breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: Only have a couple times since I have had her.
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now. : Ever since she shed, about a week ago, she has been.
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. : No
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal)
- When was the last time he/she went: I haven't seen her use the bathroom since before she stopped eating, about 2 weeks ago.
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on: She stopped eating about a week before she shed. Since she shed she keeps her eyes closed all the time. Walking around and all she keeps them closed. She opened her eyes last night a minute, so I looked closely at them, they look perfectly fine. One did look like it had liquid in them a little. I went ahead and put a couple drops of sterile saline in it to see if it would help.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20 gallon
- Type (ex. glass tank): Glass
- Type of substrate: Reptile carpet
- Hides, how many, what kind: 2 gecko caves, and 1 moss pitt
B) Heating
- Heat source: under tank heater, and cermanic heat bulb
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 90-92 on hot side, and room temperature on cool side
- Method of regulating heat source
- What are you using to measure your temps:
- Do you have any lights (describe): No
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) 1 female
- Describe health, or previous problems: Fine other than hardly eating
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much): Mealworms everyday and crickets 2-3 a week
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect): In a dish
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands): calcium dust and multivitamin( But they arent getting any where they are hardly eating)
- What are you gut loading food with: potatoes and carrots mainly.
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