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I have a 1.1 pair of U. Sikorae and the males eyes have turned 100% white. He doesent even have pupils anymore. Does anyone know what this is??

Thanks

Sounds like he is getting ready to shed.

He just shed a couple of weeks ago. I have had him for over a year and have never seen this before.

It would really be helpful to see a picture of some sort. It's kind of hard to have any useful opinion when you can't see the problem. Have you looked at his eyes in the dark, like an hour or two after you shut the lights off? You should be able to tell then if his are just really closed tight because of bright light, or whether it's something else.

Greetings

I keep Uroplatus and have not seen this occur to them myself, but have seen eyes cloud over in other species. There are in fact certain bacterial infections which can cause the eye to cloud over as you have mentioned. What you mentioned sounds like possible keratenosis or conjunctivitis or some other bacteria. Some bacterias can cause cloudiness to form in the space over the actual eye and underneath the spectacle. If this is in fact what is going on with your lizard, you will probably need to treat him/her with an anti biotic or anti microbial eyedrops, etc. You could try treating it yourself with non prescription ointments like terramycin, but if you really want to know the exact nature of the problem you would need to see an experienced vet.

Doug