[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In a message dated 4/17/01 2:00:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< 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. >>
Hi
About two years ago, Reptiles mag had a nice article about eye problems. I
will try to look it up, if someone else finds it first let us know!
Hi Jason,
Many thanks for contributing to my post!
Just wondering whether you found that article about eye problems in Reptiles
magazine yet? You stated that you thought the article was about two years
old. I'm having trouble finding treatment in Seattle...the veterinary
ophthalmologist I visited on 4/9 consulted with an Exotics vet on 4/20 who
had some ideas on general husbandry best practices...and some dated advice
which the vet ophthalmologist checked out and decided NOT to recommend.
GGA lister Jim Chapman speedily sent me copies of a May 2000 Reptiles article
by Stephen Barten, DVM, entitled My, What Big Eyes You Have! Retained
Spectacles & Related Problems in Snakes, and a great article from The
Vivarium (vol 10, #6) by Roger Klingenberg, DVM, entitled Reptile Vision: A
View To Survival.
On 4/20 I tried the Small Animal Clinic in Davis, CA but the non-domestic vet
on call was euthanizing an animal and apparently could not return my call or,
if he did, I could have been online.
What to do:
???? Use special Neosporin eye ointment: at periphery of eye only?
Use artificial tears
Use Bausch & Lomb Sensitive Eyes Plus...a saline solution with
potassium, a component of natural tears which contains: "A sterile,
isotonic, buffered solution that contains boric acid, sodium borate,
potassium chloride, sodium chloride, preserved with polyaminopropyl biguanide
(0.00003%) and edetate disodium (0.025%)." No Sorbic Acid and No Thimerosal.
Pachydactylus tigrinus' mouths looked healthy...no mouth rot evident on
4/9/01. If a sub-brille protozoal infection, what is the recommended
treatment?
Jason, I realize you may not be able to answer these questions, but perhaps
somebody else can. All advice will be MUCH appreciated.
:o) Elizabeth
Seattle,Washington
[Geckos...a gift which keeps on giving!]
