Urgent! Leopard Gecko's eye is foggy? (pictures!)

[SidAndCira]

I was wondering if anyone knows what this is? I'm thinking something got in it or she poked it, because it wasn't like that yesterday and I don't know if an infection can grow that fast? I held her today and noticed her blinking one eye more than the other, and when I saw her eye it was foggy. Or is it an infection? Here are two images to show the difference. Also, it's not nearly as foggy as the image shows, not sure why it came up like that. Probably the flash. Her eye is not running, and doesn't have goop coming from it either, which is why I was thinking she poked it or something. In case anyone asks, she is in a 75 gallon. Her humid hide is about 86 - 90 degrees, and the hot spot they lay on is about 93 degrees. They have log hides, decor, etc. I use reptile carpet. There IS moss in their humid hide and dry moss in another hide, maybe some got in her eye?

 

[geckogirl3]

what is your heating.

 

[SidAndCira]

what is your heating.

Humid hide is about 86-90 and the hot side is about 93, the arid is 78, unless you mean what do I use? I use two heating pads and a infrared bulb at night since it get's cold. Oh, and it's kind of tinted blue, too. I'm wondering if her shed got stuck or something? I'm reading that you should use saline solution for the eyes when this happens, it said preservative-free saline solution, the kind for contact lenses. Would this work?: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Sterile-For-Sensitive-Eyes-Saline-Solution-12-fl-oz/11047681 and am I supposed to rub it on her eyeball or around it?

 

[rchase54]

My dog had something similar, and it was a viral infection. I'm not trying to make the leap from dogs to leos here, but you should proably get it checked out by a vet if it stays like that or gets worse (increased cloudiness, leakage, bulging of the eye)

 

[im faster]

it needs to go to a vet

 

[Russ S]

A vet visit is in order.

 

[SidAndCira]

I'll call the vet in the morning since they are closed at the moment, I was hoping it was something that wasn't requiring a vet visit (money isn't an issue, I was just hoping it wasn't something that severe!); but I was wondering if anyone had any idea of what it could be?

 

[DierdreDreamwalker626]

The same thing happened to one of our leos. Well it looked exactly the same anyways. Hers was because some vermiculite debris got in her eye and it got infected. We went to petsmart and they gave us some drops. She's 100% back to normal now..

 

[SidAndCira]

The same thing happened to one of our leos. Well it looked exactly the same anyways. Hers was because some vermiculite debris got in her eye and it got infected. We went to petsmart and they gave us some drops. She's 100% back to normal now..

Hey, could you link me to those drops? The only reptile drops I see on the site are the Turtle drops?

 

[bebetee]

I wouldn't trust any medication from pet stores I suggest a vet.

 

[mango+cola]

Similar to the problem noted in the general forum, this is what i told him (changed abit for your post)

This looks like a bacterial eye infection, which my own gecko has just recovered from last week. The gecko usually keeps the affected eye closed shut continuously, and after a week of watching my gecko not use this eye, it finally opened it one afternoon to which it was covered in a gooey (at the beginning of the infection, it just looked like a cloud over her eye, it hadent built up enough to look like goop), foggy film like substance (looking at it from a distance, it looks sortof like a caterac in a human). She was taken to the vet where we were given a very small tube of cream. She had this applied to both eyes (the other eye, although it did not look infected, had been as she transfered the bacteria from one eye to the other from her tongue) every morning and evening (2ice a day) for roughly 2 weeks. During this period, a very small amount of goop was removed from her less infected eye, while the heavily infected eye had all the goop gather in the center of the eyeball. Eventually (with the assistance of a saline cue-tip) the goop was removed (roughly 1 week into the meds) and after another week, she has both eyes open completly and there is no remaining residue. Make sure you continue medial doses even after the visable goop is gone (as it is bacteria, and even though the massive buildup is gone, even a small portion can reproduce and start the problem anew).

Hope this helps you with whichever your problem is. Make sure it is treated quickly as if it is left for too long, they can become blind through bacterial growth (also possible it could heal itself, but if it were my gecko I wouldent take the chance).

 

[fl_orchidslave]

If it's a stuck shed, that's simple enough to take care of. If it is an infection, a vet visit is necessary to get the correct medication and treatment directions. ***We are not vets here and cannot diagnose medical conditions over the internet.*** Either way, it needs to be taken care of right away to keep from having a more serious condition that can potentially cause permanent damage.

Asking what it is tells me that you are inexperienced in dealing with eye issues. I urge you to seek veterinary care, even if it ends up being a stuck shed, watch carefully the techniques your vet uses when cleaning out the eye. Don't blink and miss a thing! This is how you can learn the proper way to care for a gecko's delicate eyes, firsthand from a professional who has paid tens of thousands of dollars for their education and certification.

 

[Saphira]

It might be stuck shed. We have dealt with that before. you will need to get all the skin out of the eye.

 

[SidAndCira]

Well of course I am inexperienced in dealing with eye issues, that's why I am here asking for help, silly! But either way, her eye is better. This morning it wasn't nearly as foggy, it was hardly noticeable, and now it is completely clear and symmetrical to her good eye. I am wondering if it was shed she got out? It's not runny or anything, it's as bright and clear as it was before; but I still have her scheduled to go tomorrow morning.

 

[DierdreDreamwalker626]

Hey, could you link me to those drops? The only reptile drops I see on the site are the Turtle drops?

The drops we got are the ones that they actually purchased from a vet. they were prescription strength reptile drops, but he did say that they have known of some using the turtle eye drops before and it working just fine. There was also some stuff up there that he told us to use that was actually for fish that fixes cloudy eye. You dilute it and soak them in it, making sure they dunk their head under the water a couple of times. I know that a vet visit is always better, but we did this and her eye seriously cleared up in less that a week.

 

[Russ S]

Turtle and fish products should never be used on a geckos eye.

 

[SidAndCira]

Turtle and fish products should never be used on a geckos eye.

Well I figured that, that's why I asked her which one she was referring to.

In any case, I brought her and the vet said there didn't seem to be anything wrong with her eye, she assumed it was stuck shed (but the color faded back to normal, it looked like something with the eye, not the shed). She didn't even give me anything in case it came back. :T Fayetteville has no good vets.