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little bits of shed stuck in eyelid...

lele Apr 13, 2006 04:34 PM

Hi All,

Haven't been here for awhile - I guess b/c all is well. Darwin is STILL doing a semi-brumation thing and has been keeping his left eye closed a lot and for several weeks off and on. Now it is is most of the time. I brought him to the vet for routine checkup/fecal (glad I did, he had low count of pinworms) and asked about his eye while there. Vet said it was probably dry and suggested "natural tears" and more humidity. He had just endured a VERY long shed (first since Sept) on front of head and 3 legs (now his belly is going).

Yesterday I looked at his eye with a 16x handlens and can see tiny bits of shed that seem to be stuck b/t his lid and "brow bone" and some in the corner as well. It does not seem to be IN his eye but it is obviously enough to be troubling him. I have been spritzing it with a warm, fine mist then rubbing gently with my finger (he is such a good boy and actually puts up with this for a bit!) I don't know what else to do for him. Neither I nor the vet see any infection, discharge, etc. Does anyone have any "at home remedies" for this? I would normally use jojoba oil on stuck shed but since it is his eye I don't thinnk I should.

Sorry so long! thanks in advance! Here's his good eye

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Replies (2)

jmarchon Apr 14, 2006 08:52 PM

The natural tears work great for these things. Keep them up for a few days (3x a day) and you should see improvement.
J. Marchon Reptiles

lele Apr 14, 2006 08:54 PM

OK, thanks! I'll get some tomorrow.
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she's back!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

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