Hi Tobey,
I'm sure you did not mean to torture your little friend, but try putting some saline
solution in your own eyes and that will explain that. Neosporin makes an eye
antiobiotic ointment that works well with geckos, you should be
able to get it from any vet.
Re: Robin's questions:
The eye treatment sounds good (see above). A leopard that has been sick or not feeling
well may do the squinty eyes routine, or the eye may also be infected. If the
condition does not improve in a few days try treating that eye
as well. If the appetite is good that is a great sign.
You should keep sick gex off ingestible substates, paper towels only until you are
sure the gecko is out of the woods. As a breeder I recommend leopards not be kept on
ingestible substrates at all, including those claimed to be
"safe" from the manufacturer. My philosophy here is it is better to err on the safe
side than roll the dice with your leopard in the risky health situation you put them
in on ingestible substrates.
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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> A while back I too adopted a leopard that was sick and had some sort of eye
>infection. I just bought plain ol' saline solution and put a drop in her eye in the
>morning and at night. I cleared up fairly quickly. Good luck!
> :o) Tobey
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> In a message dated Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:51:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << Hi-
> I got this email and I figure this is outta my league-
> Any advice I could forward to this guy would be appreciated.-
> Thanks-
> Jason
> <<Hello-
> Maybe you could help me out . I have a leopard gecko that was a rescue . It
> has bad eyes. I took it to a reptile vet who seems very good . He put him on
> antibiotics ,and eye wash,and ,a triple antibiotic eye ointment . The right
> eye opened for the first time and he has been much happier. Now the left eye
> won't open very much. Are you familiar with any eye problems? Also I use a
> calcium sand by zoo med. Could that irritate his eyes? I am thinking maybe
> with the ointment on he is getting the sand in his eye. I just can't figure
> out what to do. right now I have newspaper on top of the sand. I could use
> any help you have to offer.
> Thanks
> Robin>>
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