Hey guys,
We've got a new red foot with weeping eyes. I'm concerned. Treatment?
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Watery eyes
CViridis
Nov 27, 2005 09:17 PM
Replies (2)
unchikun
Nov 28, 2005 10:30 AM
does s/she have any discharge from the nose or wheezing? if so this may be a respiratory infection which requires a vet's attention. otherwise, i wouldn't concern myself much. my redfoot's eyes water when he gets kind of dry (if he hasn't been misted in a while, or if he's been crawling around in my room for a while), and i've read others saying the same thing, so i'm guessing that it's just a way they keep their eyes moist. are you keeping things humid? try misting things down with a spray bottle maybe twice a day and see if this changes anything.
PHRatz
Nov 29, 2005 12:13 PM
I can't speak to what is normal for a redfooted tortoise but I can tell you that watery eyes are normal for an African sulcata.
They are desert tortoises so they are different from redfoots.
When they sit under a heat source for a long period of time they will have weepy eyes... and like the other poster said when there is no bubbling from the nose, no symptoms of respiratory illness this weeping is totally normal. Once they get out of the heat it clears up fairly quickly in a sulcata.
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PHRatz
