My Leopard Gecko has a bumb under his eye?

[Devoid]

Hello everyone, we've had our Leopard Gecko, Clyde, for over 6 months now, we got him at a pet store when he was a baby. His temperature in his cage is fine, he eats meal worms and crickets, his feces look normal.

This morning I woke up and noticed he was sort of squinting in his right eye, so I got close and noticed there is some sort of bumb/open wound under his eye. We have a nice camera so I took a high resolution picture of it.

Anyone have any idea what it could be? I would like to avoid the vets if I need to, since they can be expensive, and he was never hand tamed so that makes it harder too.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

It looks like he was nibbled on by a cricket. He needs a reptile vet.

 

[Devoid]

It looks like he was nibbled on by a cricket. He needs a reptile vet.

Do you think that's all it is? I'm hoping its not an abscess.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

It's infected, from the wound. So yes, an abscess.

 

[animeavatar]

If you leave crickets in for your geckos then I reccomend putting food( I use cat food) in the tank for the crickets to nibble on.

 

[animeavatar]

I think a visit to the vet would be a good idea.

 

[Devoid]

If you leave crickets in for your geckos then I reccomend putting food( I use cat food) in the tank for the crickets to nibble on.

Well, we usually have little cricket cubes that we'll stick in there with him, but I guess Clyde looked more tasty.

Thanks for your help guys!

 

[little98dime]

I rescued a leo from a friend of mine and she had the same thing going on. A vet visit is definitely what he needs..