>>I got two sulcatas, babies at the same time and there is quite a size differential. I noticed that the smaller one has eyes that don't completely open, but are not swollen. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to take care of this before I go to a vet. The environment is dry, and maybe dust is the problem, but I don't know how to correct it. Any ideas?

Gosh this eye problem seems to be happening a lot lately. What I know about it is that there are many reasons for this to happen but the 2 most common are either easy to fix or not so easy.

The easiest one may be your problem because you say the environment is dry. Low humidity can cause a turtle or tortoises eyes to close, so the answer for that problem is simple, just raise the humidity by mistings, providing a humid hide box, & daily baths.
In the wild when sulcatas are underground the humidity is higher so in reality even though they live in an arid region, they stay in higher humidity at night.

The not so easy problem is caused by a lack of vitamin A in the diet but because A is fat soluble which means it can build up in the body & become toxic- you can't just load them up with a huge dose of vitamin A. The best way to provide enough vitamin A is to simply feed them foods that are high in A. Dark leafy greens, yellow squashes, carrots, cooked sweet potatoes, pumpkin are high in A.
Since you said in your post that the environment is dry then the first thing I would do is raise the humidity now & that may solve your problem.. if it doesn't then if it were me I would make that vet appointment.
Good luck & let us know what happens!
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PHRatz

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• sulcata eye problem - jblais, Sun Mar 12 23:08:28 2006
• RE: sulcata eye problem - PHRatz, Mon Mar 13 09:45:27 2006