Somehow the ducts that normally drain fluid between the eye and the eye cover (I forgot the proper name) get clogged. The fluid builds up. I think this is called Glaucoma. It is possible to puncture the eye cover and drain the fluid. The difficulty is attacking the root cause of the problem. Clearing the ducts using a probe is nearly impossible. Eye drops may help. They may be parasites that have clogged the ducts. In fact, it would be a good idea to look at the fluid from the eye under the microscope to look for parasites. There may also be an infection in the mouth that has clogged the ducts.
I am not a vet, so I can only offer the above second hand info. I have a U. phantasticus that presented with this about 2 weeks ago. My vet cut the eye cover, drained the fluid, looked at the fluid under a microscope, looked in the animals mouth, checked a fecal, etc. I have been using some eye drops. Even thought the fecal was clear, there were one or two parasites in the eye fluid, so we are also treating orally with the appropriate medications for the type of parasites found. The eye is functional, but the cover has not healed yet, and so I do not know if this will re-occur. Hope this helps, Preston Renee wrote: > Hello, > A couple weeks ago I inherited a sort of runty crested > gecko... > So far he's been eating and looking alright, but this > morning I noticed that one of his eyes is swollen... > It kinda looks like fluid between it and the covering, > does anyone here know what causes this? > Is there anything I can do before bringing him to a > vet? > Thanks, > Renee > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > ########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > ###########################################################################
