I haven't had this problem with adults in quite some

time, I do have it come up with babies and juvis

occasionally.



In my case, mine have enough humidity, so I always

consider vitamin A a possibility as well as just

a straight bacterial infection.



I think the vitamin A injections are risky and

unnecessary. WIth a severe case in an adult,

I would just put a drop of cod liver oil in some

force feed mixture and feed that to them, and make

sure they get that drop about once every two weeks.



I also use some of the eye washes for turtles that

you can get at petstores. One is more of a saline

solution, the other actually has some vitamin A in

it.



I also use a triple antibiotic eye ointment, or there

is a Terramycin Eye Ointment that is available over the

counter at some pet or farm stores. My vet has prescribed

it for turtles before, but it is available over the counter.



I would not use the drops or antibiotic eye ointments if they aren't having any problems. And, especially with babies, I try a force feed mixture with herptivite vitamins mixed in.



The Herptivite has vitamin A in the form of Beta Carotine, which is safer. I avoid giving cod liver oil to babies and juvies because too much can cause skin peeling and could kill them if they had too much. With adults a drop of cod liver oil is literally enough.



Basically it just takes time and patience using the above

methods.

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