> Julie,
>
> As you know, on 4/9/01 I took three Pachydactylus tigrinus to a
> veterinary
> ophthalmologist. Two of the three had the beginnings of "cloudy
> eyes"...one
> eye affected in each. This vet told me that a relatively impermeable
> "spectacle" similar to a contact lens covers the cornea in geckos...so
> did
> not recommend that special Neosporin eye ointment. Does that info
> about
> gecko eye structure coincide with what you know?
Elisabeth,
I am not Julie, nor am I a boarded Opthalmologist - but lemmie take a
crack at this. Most geckos have a "spectacle", or a brille as it is
called in geckos. This is a fused eyelid and does in fact make the eye
difficult if not impossible to treat topically - exactly the same as a
snake. Here's the kicker - eublepharine geckos have eyelids and
therefore not a brille. eu = normal, blepharo= eyelid
Topical eye meds are defiantely usable in Leopards, Colyonyx etc.
Now in "true geckos" cloudy eyes is a serious condition as the
sub-brille space, iff blocked can over fill/distend with fluid and
damage the eye. The space drains inside the mouth and in these lizards
problems under the brille are often secondary to oral
problems/infections. There is also a report of a subbrille protozoal
infection.
Keith "check those mouths" Benson
>
>
> :o) Elizabeth
> Seattle,Washington
> [Geckos...a gift which keeps on giving!]
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