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Anyone familair with it? Using it (drops) for Cyrus eye. This vet says he prefers drops as the ointment can be too easily contaminated. Cy is shedding again so a little unhappy, just hid back though this time. He'll be one year old(!) next Tuesday so doing the spotty shed thing.

Also, anyone know if Vit A level can be determined from bloodwork?

thanks,
lele
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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
1.1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

It's called Terramycin, and I use the type made for cattle, though it's probably all the same thing. You can get it at major feed stores, works great for eyes and lip problems.

Terramycin
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
www.BLUEBEASTREPTILE.com

Hi Tyler how's it going?

It's Tobramycin Opthalmic Drops made by Butler - I took the name right off the bottle

I did a quick search for both thinking maybe one was generic, but it seems they are different.

Here's an interesting site where Terramycin is considered "small guns" and Tobramycin "big guns." www.vetmed.wisc.edu/courses/ophthalmology/library/ophthalmic_drugs.htm#smallguns

He was unable to actually diagnose b/c there are absolutely no other symptoms and when his eye is open it works just fine. Even the suggested Vitamin A theory doesn't seem to make sense b/c by now he would likely be showing other signs. I just hope this stuff helps.

these were taken mid November. it has gotten no worse or better :-/




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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
1.1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet