Missing eye? Stuck shed in other.

[LepardGeckosRock]

About your leo:
- Sex
N/A
- Age & Weight
3 months
- How long have you owned your leo
3 months
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend)
CB

A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo
Daily
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now.
N/A
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
Has MBD, clutch mate has recovered
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal)
Normal
- When was the last time he/she went
Yesterday
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on
The right eye seems only to be eyelids, this happened after shed today which i had to remove because i had left it for 3 days. When i took it off it seems like its just eyelids and nothing else. Shed is stuck over the other eye. He doesnt react when i move my hand by him and doesnt react when touching the top of its eyelid.

Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size
10g
- Type (ex. glass tank)
glass
- Type of substrate
repticarpet
- Hides, how many, what kind
on long hide, over heating bad and on cool side. Moist hide
B) Heating
- Heat source
Light, heatpad
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side)
Day-85 Night-78
- Method of regulating heat source
homemade reostats
- What are you using to measure your temps
tempgun, day night thermometer
- Do you have any lights (describe)
red heat lamp, Day and night

C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females)
None
- Describe health, or previous problems
Has MBD i am doing my best to cure him of this, has not bean getting worse but hasent improved. And now that this has come up i am extremly worried. Clutch mate also had MBD but has now gotten back to normal and eats normally.

Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much)
Reptiboost/calcium mix. 2 times a day (will be 3 times a day)
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect)
Syringe, hand fed
B) Supplements (describe how often)
Calcium 4 times a week, calcium d3 3 times a week. Vitamins 3 times a week.
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands)
Zoomed calcium, flukers calcium d3,
- What are you gut loading food with
Not feeding feeders


If he should go to the vet please tell me and i will talk to my parents.

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[cornsnakegirl]

Hm... not sure about the eye a picture or two would really help us out here For the stuck shed on the other eye, put him in a humid container (with airholes) and after awhile get a wet q-tip and see if you can ever-so-gently wipe it off. Also, the floor temp on one side of the tank should be at least 90 only on one side of the tank all the time. They do not need a day/night cycle for temps. May I ask why you're not feeding the feeders? The nutrition geckos get is from their food, so if you give mealworms or crickets some carrots, they will be that much more nutritious for your little fellow which is especially important with his MBD and this new eye issue.

 

[indyana]

I second the above ("gecko sauna" following by gentle wiping with a wet cotton swab). You could also pick up some pure saline eye drops and drip them onto his eyes to help loosen up any stuck shed.

If you are unable to get the shed off and he does not open his other eye within a week or two, I would look into a vet trip. Leaving shed in the eyes can lead to an eye infection, which is even worse.

Good luck getting this one eating. Hopefully the supplements you're syringe feeding will get its strength up soon.

 

[LepardGeckosRock]

Im not feeding the feeders becusae his jaw is to weak to eat. But i will try hand feeding him some small crickets today. And ill get some pictures tonight.

Edit: Just tried feeding him a a pre killed cricket and he just spit it out.

 

[LepardGeckosRock]

sorry for late reply, his eyes are open, just kept forgetting to post.

 

[indyana]

Good to hear! I'm glad the shed came out. Is he eating anything yet or at least gaining weight from the syringe feeding?

 

[LepardGeckosRock]

Slowly but yes he is gaining weight.

 

[indyana]

Okay, thanks for the update. Good luck with his recovery!