Re: [Gecko] Gecko Eye "Infections"

[Jim Chapman]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be fantastic if you or someone else could find this article from Reptiles magazine!  I am at a loss on what to do to help these critters....Turtle Eye Clear?....optical saline solution for sensitive eyes?....as well as what the cause may be.  I've been advised from a very reputable source to keep these and other Pachydactylus tigrinus dry and warm.  I've also initiated a temperature drop to 70 F at night...80 + F day. Elizabeth, I checked my Reptile back issues and found an article in the may 2000 issue about eye problems in snakes.  I'm not sure if it's the article Jason was referring to but it deals mainly with retained spectacles.  It also discusses infections between the cornea and spectacle which is more like what your geckos are suffering from.  It does mention the use of saline solution on the snakes to loosen a retained spectacle.  Of course this may provide relief but it probably won't clear up the infection.  I know Dr Keith Benson made some pertinent observations earlier about the possibility that the infection originates in the mouth and has moved up the connecting ducts to the eye.  I haven't followed this thread too closely but I'm sure you've been to a vet.  Maybe a second opinion is in order.  Good luck, Jim Chapman/Ogden UT