Hi everyone, I've been having some problems recently.
As an intro, I've had my leopard gecko for almost a year now(purchased last August), and the only other problems I've had with him was a prolapse that went away after some sugar soaks and some scabs that were in his mouth that were removed with moist qtips.
Starting on June 22nd, I went on a 3 week trip, and my grandfather was left to take care of the animals. According to him, my gecko ate normally and he sprayed the moist hide daily.
I came home from the trip to find my gecko with his eyes shut tightly and refusing to open them. I immediately consulted this site and started flushing his eyes out with saline solution. After a week of daily flushes, I eventually got out huge pieces of stuck shed from each eye.
I thought that was it, but now things have gotten even worse. His left eye is now shut all the way and will not open no matter what, and is slightly swollen compared to his other eye. Now the right eye seems to be alright, but he still chooses to navigate with it closed.
He still walks around his cage and comes out of his hide to warm up under his lamp(I use a heat pad and infra red lamp for extra warmth), but since he cannot see, he does not take notice to the mealworms I put in his dish. Just a few days ago, I cut mealworms in half, smeared the insides on his nose, and he ended up eating 4 whole worms. He hasn't eaten anything else since, and he didn't eat for two weeks before that. His tail is still fat though.
Now I've been begging my parents to take him to the vet to get eye medication, but we're in such a tight financial state that we can't even afford a checkup, and now I feel as if I don't deserve to keep this suffering animal.
Now my question to all of you here:
Is there anything else I can do to help my leo, or should I give him up for adoption so someone else can help him? I'll have a hard time giving him away, but I'll have an even harder time watching him walk around with an eye infection I just don't have the money to treat.
Please help me, this forum is the last place I can turn to for help!
As an intro, I've had my leopard gecko for almost a year now(purchased last August), and the only other problems I've had with him was a prolapse that went away after some sugar soaks and some scabs that were in his mouth that were removed with moist qtips.
Starting on June 22nd, I went on a 3 week trip, and my grandfather was left to take care of the animals. According to him, my gecko ate normally and he sprayed the moist hide daily.
I came home from the trip to find my gecko with his eyes shut tightly and refusing to open them. I immediately consulted this site and started flushing his eyes out with saline solution. After a week of daily flushes, I eventually got out huge pieces of stuck shed from each eye.
I thought that was it, but now things have gotten even worse. His left eye is now shut all the way and will not open no matter what, and is slightly swollen compared to his other eye. Now the right eye seems to be alright, but he still chooses to navigate with it closed.
He still walks around his cage and comes out of his hide to warm up under his lamp(I use a heat pad and infra red lamp for extra warmth), but since he cannot see, he does not take notice to the mealworms I put in his dish. Just a few days ago, I cut mealworms in half, smeared the insides on his nose, and he ended up eating 4 whole worms. He hasn't eaten anything else since, and he didn't eat for two weeks before that. His tail is still fat though.
Now I've been begging my parents to take him to the vet to get eye medication, but we're in such a tight financial state that we can't even afford a checkup, and now I feel as if I don't deserve to keep this suffering animal.
Now my question to all of you here:
Is there anything else I can do to help my leo, or should I give him up for adoption so someone else can help him? I'll have a hard time giving him away, but I'll have an even harder time watching him walk around with an eye infection I just don't have the money to treat.
Please help me, this forum is the last place I can turn to for help!
