My Leo is having problems

[GECKO DUDE]

Ok i have some serious problems with my leo chewy. She will eat and all that but she is having some serious problems shedding and i think she might be eating the vermiculate. But now one of her eyes is shut because she has shed in it. So what can i do. Plz help

 

[acpart]

Ok i have some serious problems with my leo chewy. She will eat and all that but she is having some serious problems shedding and i think she might be eating the vermiculate. But now one of her eyes is shut because she has shed in it. So what can i do. Plz help

Here are some suggestions:

--rinse out her eyes either with a q-tip and warm water or by dipping your (clean) hand in some water and putting a drop on the eye. If the eye gets crusty, reddened or swollen, take her to a vet

--watch her when she's ready to shed. Provide more humidity by making her an extra moist warm hide, soaking her in 1/2" of warm water in the sink or spraying her. Help her shed by peeling off the loose stuff.

--check for anything that may be stressing her. One of my geckos who usually has no trouble shedding started to have severe trouble because she was housed with a male who wouldn't leave her alone. Once I removed her, she went back to "normal".

--replace the vermiculite with coco fiber or paper towels.

I hope this helps.

Aliza

 

[GECKO DUDE]

would i be able to use i think it is called saline solution on its eyes. I had that recommended before but i never tried it.

 

[Srt14292]

saline is basically salt water, seeing as geckos moisturise their eyes by licking them as well im not sure if it would work.

 

[GECKO DUDE]

hmm. Any other opinions

 

[L-G-C]

I had shedding problems too. I soaked the geckos in water for 2-5 minutes and used q-tips to help get the shed off. For the eye, I would soak a q-tip and get help to try your best to get it out, but not for to long b/c I don't know if it would irratate it. My geckos are now fine and very happy! Good luck.

 

[Lady_Kiya]

I used tweezers to carefully remove shed from the eye, but Ares trusts me and kept his eye open and stayed really still for me... so I would suggest the moist qtip for you.

 

[GECKO DUDE]

ok thanks. I have no idea how chewy got this bad. I took her to the vet and they said i should force feed her to get her to eat. Now shes eating but wont gain weight that fast and is having a terrible time with shed. And she doesnt have parasites so idk ill try soaking her. Thanks for all the help