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I have an aquaeium with jeweled curly tailed lizards in it. At one time I had five some years ago. One by one over the years, months aparts from each other, they have developed some kind of infliction to their eyes. They get some kind of black crust over their eye, usualy more to the front of it. It starts on one side, but after awhile spreads to the other as well. Once it's done that they're blind, start to get a lot less active, and pretty much seem to starve to death since they can't see food anymore.

Does anyone know what this could be that hits them so far apart from previus ones, or of any possible way to treat it? Simply cleaning their eyes doesn't seem to help at all.

Best bet before I say anything else is to call your vet and have this lizard treated. Never mess around with their eyes. Eye infections/ bacterial infections, some go hand in hand with respiratory infections also.
But it can just be isolated in the eyes which is very serious as you have seen. If you have lost 4 lizards, they have died, then this one will also unless you get him treated , as soon as possible.

Could be from temperatures not being right, bacteria, many things. But your lizard needs some help, thats whats important now.

Let us know how you make out. Sure hope you take him !

Keep us updated.
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PHEve / Eve

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It has to be from bacteria that are on all the surfaces, and when a lizard gets weak, or has it's immune system compromised, the bacteria dig in and spread. The body reacts by exuding the scab-like covering. I assume they are in excrutiating pain. A good herp vet can give you anti-bacterial eyedrops made specially for lizards, plus an antibiotic injection into it's muscle, and oral antibiotics for you to give every other day. I hope you *take him in and end his suffering*.

Too much humidity, or too little humidity, can have serious effects on the respiratory system and the nose and eyes. As well as improper temperatures. You have to research the husbandry of your type of lizard. Do Google searches on it's specie's name. I recently finished treating one of my tiniest lizards who had some kind of serious eye infection. Luckily she made it back to normal and can hunt again.

Roger