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I work at a small pet shop and we recently got some(5) young adult Leos in. They are all doing well except one I noticed is loosing weight and his tail is getting thin. I go in everyday and hand feed him and give him water with a dropper. He stopped eating on Monday and will spit the insects out, but will drink afair amount of water for me. This morning when I got in in the morning his eyes were closed and I picked him up and he took a good drink of water but wouldn't eat. I soaked him in warm water for a few min to see if he was keeping his eyes closed because he was weak or if these may have been crusted. He opened his eyes and they were milky white. It was not a unshed skin, is was like he had a thick layer of milk over his little eyeball. I gently rinsed his eyes. I left a very shallow 1/8 of an inch of water in a plate in his tank.
He climbed right in and drank more and just hung out in the water for a bit.
Is anyone familiar with what I described about his eyes? Right before I left tonight I checked on him and one of his eyes was starting to look clear (not milky white).

I am concerned, If he doesn't show improvement in the next day I will buy him myself and would like to help him at home also.

Thank you in advance
Tiff =)

because he's drinking so much, i'm thinking that he is impacted...maybe ate some sand and is trying to bring it down. i'm not sure about the milky eyes... it's really sad to hear what he's going through
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1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko (Melvin)
1.0 Black Lab / Pitbull mix (Mikey)
1.0 Blue Fighting Fish (Blue Balls)

I had a leo juvy for several months who was a pig and suddenly developed symptoms as you stated. She became very lethargic, stopped eating, stayed in her hide, and had a white "pus" over one or sometimes both eyes. The vet swabbed her eye and said she appeared to have a serious bacteria infection, but could not tell from what. Anyhow, he prescribed amoxyl/baytril combo and within 2 weeks she was 110% better. From what you described, sounds like a similar situation. I would still love to know how she got it though, since her cage was always kept clean and ate only mealies, and i always try to have good "husbandry."
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1.3.0 Carrot-Tail Leopard Gecko's
0.1.0 High-Yellow Leopard Gecko's
1.1.0 Tremper Albino Giant Gecko's
1.1.0 African Fat-Tail Gecko's
1.1.0 Box Turtle's
0.1.0 Columbian Boa
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They are kept on repticarpet and their cages are cleaned twice a week. Bleached and all new hides are put in also.
I thought also of impaction, but he is not kept on sand or bark. I wormed him and I am trying to keep him hydrated.
I was emailed last night by someone from this forum,to give him pedialite mixed with turkey baby food and give en with a dropper. He took that very well this morning and I wiped his eyes and used an eyewash on them. Thank you both very very much for your input. I will keep you informed.

Tiffany

Hi

I think that if a gecko has such problems as you described that you should check with the owner and describe what is going on with it's health, because it is not sellable in it's condition, so I think you should ask the owner if he/she will give you the gecko for free.

The owner should see how much you are willing to put into rehabilitating this gecko. Good Luck!

TLB

Thank you!

Tiffany =)
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Be well
Tiff =)