Hey guys,

I run a nonprofit reptile rescue so I usually work with much hardier herps like boas, pythons, sulcatas, monitors, etc. It is very rare that we get chemelons in, but we got a veiled in today with an eye problem. I have already asked a couple very experienced friends about this issue, but I was hoping I could get some more experienced feedback from you guys by posting a few pictures.



As you can see the eyes are both swollen shut. The poor guy has to be handfed because he obviously can't hunt if he can't see. The surrendering owner said he's still eating well when hand fed, and the little guy did have a healthy defication while climbing all over me today, so it seems like he is fairly healthy.



The cage he was in was glass but the lid was an open-air screen, so I'm thinking humidity may have been too low, which could play a factor. Also I'm told Vitamin A is probably too low so I'm going to dip his crickets in water and vitamin-A-rich-suppliments. If the eyes don't improve soon after that I plan on taking him to the vet, but often times I've found kingsnake is even better with diagnosing certain herps than the vet is, so I wanted to ask you guys first.



What would you reccomend?



Thanks!









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• Veiled has eyes swollen shut, looking for advice - rugbyman2000, Wed Nov 30 21:27:08 2005
• RE: Veiled has eyes swollen shut, looking for advice - WillHayward, Wed Nov 30 23:03:24 2005
• RE: Veiled has eyes swollen shut, looking for advice - lele, Thu Dec 1 10:07:58 2005
• RE: Veiled has eyes swollen shut, looking for advice - WillHayward, Thu Dec 1 10:30:59 2005
• RE: Veiled has eyes swollen shut, looking for advice - rugbyman2000, Thu Dec 1 19:42:06 2005
• RE: Veiled has eyes swollen shut, looking for advice - Carlton, Thu Dec 1 13:27:51 2005
• RE: Veiled has eyes swollen shut, looking for advice - WV_HERP, Thu Dec 1 19:37:57 2005
• Update Pictures...possible color clues...thoughts? - rugbyman2000, Fri Dec 2 10:06:40 2005
• Great! - WillHayward, Fri Dec 2 10:25:27 2005
• how many crickets?? & vet update - rugbyman2000, Fri Dec 2 20:56:43 2005
• RE: how many crickets?? & vet update - schwartzenstobe, Sat Dec 3 09:01:41 2005
• Q&A (long) - lele, Sat Dec 3 17:21:53 2005
• RE: how many crickets?? & vet update - izlight, Sun Dec 4 02:56:01 2005
• 12-10-05 update . . . he's doing ok but not better yet - rugbyman2000, Sat Dec 10 21:34:21 2005