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I have 2 day old baby leopard gecko and when I went to give her food and new water today I noticed that her eyes were dried shut. She couldnt open them. I wet them a little then shortly after she was able to open them? Has any one else every had this problem or have an idea if something is wrong with her?Thanks!!
Spooner

it's maybe possible it was just dehydrated, or maybe it got something in its eye. maybe it was the angle you saw it at, and you paniced? just ideas, dont know anything about it.
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your head will collapse, but there's nothing in it, and you'll ask yourself, "where is my mind"

I had something similar happen to one of my hatchlings, but I'm still not exactly sure what occurred. Mine got a bunch of dry skin stuck to her head after her first shed, and the shrinking caused one of her eyes to deflate. I took her to a vet and he was able to get the skin worked off (it's so hard when they are that tiny). I don't know what happened, but she never opened her good eye, and after 2 weeks of hand feeding her I ended up putting her to sleep because she was so weak and not improving at all.

That's unusual. Could she have an infection in her eye and the discharge is causing her eyelids to stick? That might be the issue. If so, contact a vet. Sorry I couldn't have offered more help!!!

Cleo
1:1 leos...soon to be 1:5!!!

Hmmm...I have seen what could be interpreted as that, but irt was really a piece of shed that was stuck, cauing that appearance. When I helped my gecko release the shed her eye was fine. If it happens again in the next few days she probably has and eye infection and needs medicine for that- the crust of mucous can make their eyes dried shut like that, like humans with pinkeye. But if she seems fine now I wouldn't worry.