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Hi,
I recently purchased a water monitor at a reptile show near me about 3 week ago. After I got it home I put a mixture of sand and soil in the tank. After a few days I noticed that one of his eyes was always closed I thought it may have been due to the sand, so I removed the sand soil and use reptile carpet instead. My problem occured a few days later I noticed that now both of his eyes are closed most of the time and the only time they are really open is when he goes in the water. He has been defecating up until about 3 days ago. I'm really starting to become worried I have no idea what to do and would appreciate ny help. By the way his eyes are not crusty, if anything there sometimes seems to be almost a clear liquid coming from them but very miniscule amounts.

Hello, take your monitor to the vet and have it throughly checked. Then read up on actual real monitor husbandry.

Keeping their eyes closes is a real sign of stress. To tell how important this is, monitors do not stress easily and by the time they show external symtoms, its very late in the process.

So please off to the vet and good luck, because good reptile vets are indeed hard to find(ones with real experience)(they all can read the same junk you do online)

Sorry for saying junk, but it is what it is. The first hint is, you bought as wild caught monitor at a reptile show. Good luck and best wishes

omg did you sterilize the soil before you threw it in?

these guys when small like it really hot!!!! if not they get respiratory infections. get heat up under basking side to 110 give him a big warm water bowl to swim in. get him to a vet asap! keep him warm at all times even on vet ride.