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« on: February 08, 2010, 08:54:33 PM »
My adult female beardie has been getting a gummed up eye for the past week. I take paper towel & wet it with warm water, and try wiping the gump off. It helps some and it usually stays clear for a couple days but gums up again. Any suggestions on what's causing it and what I may be able to help it clear up? Huh?
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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 12:03:54 PM »
*bump*  (there must be some lizard/beardie people that have an idea here)
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 01:34:41 PM »
Take it to a vet?

You can do some searching on google, etc., but I would still go with a vet..  Is he still eating?  What substrate are you keeping him on?  Anything he could have rubbed his eye on?
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 03:09:10 PM »
Hrmm. Yeah other than some loose substrate getting in his eye im not soo sure on what could be causing this..

I would definitely keep an eye on it and hopefully it will clear up on its own.. The same thing happened to my Sav a few months ago.. She got a piece of dirt in her eye and it was closed up for a couple weeks and had gunk coming out of it but i kept an eye on it and it cleared up on its own after awhile.
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 03:30:24 PM »
It could also be caused by a piece of shed skin in the eye or trauma.  You can use Polysporin eye/ear drops every 12 hours, just for a couple of times; it contains the same medication as what is recommended in my Veterinary manual.  After that, you can rinse with undiluted normal saline (the same kind you would buy for contact lenses).  It will take a few days to a week to heal and his eye might still be irritated after a few days.

My only caution is that if it's trauma related, the eye needs to be examined for ulceration which requires an entirely different medication.  If you suspect trauma, then he needs to be seen by a Veterinarian.
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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2010, 04:21:12 PM »
I use coconut fibre, I never liked sand...I always worry about beardie eating too much.
I'm figuring she might of got a piece of thr dirt in her eye.

Thanks everyone for the help!
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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 10:50:27 AM »
Just wanted to let everyone know that Skyla's eye cleared right up with one treatment of the drops!
Thanks everyone for the help!!
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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 02:49:34 PM »
^ Excellent, good to hear! Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 03:02:54 PM »
Quote from: iMsP on February 17, 2010, 02:49:34 PM
^ Excellent, good to hear! Smiley

Indeed! Gotta like good news!
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