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Jezabel View Profile |
Let me start by yes.. I’m trying to get a hold of my vet.. but in the mean time.... Iko’s eye is infected or something. It started with white pus in the corner of his eye & now he won’t open it.. unless he’s been moved too quickly. He sleep a lot too. I’m wandering if it’s a cold or something of that nature. We built him this awesome new cage, which I think is triple the size of his old cage. Which I believe is the start of my problem. I didn’t think it thru before we started building. We made it out of mesh.. & I think the lack of humidity & it’s ability to hold heat is the problem. I thought it would be ok for a while during the hot summers we get here... but It’s started to cool down here. I’m going to wrap the cage with saran wrap today.. to help hold that all in.. & I have a humidifier going next to his cage. I was told by someone that there are eye drops? Anyone know of anything? Any other trick? HELP!!! I’m sure you’ve answered these questions before.... but I’m sooo worried about him.... Thanks!!!! |
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| 08/27/08 07:53pm |
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Tarkah View Profile |
Message To: Jezabel In reference to Message Id: 1844526 My poor Iko!! HELP!
Well what are your uvb’s your using? there are certain brands that can lead to eye damage and such. brands are reptiglo 10.0 and uvb compact lights (the spirally ones) the siran wrap will help lots. what were your temps before that? also what substrate are you using? Sometimes people have found that with loose substrate some has got stuck on their eye and they werent able to get it out. and then it caused an eye infection. There are medicated eyedrops for inflamation, and eyes that are kept closed. though if you are saying white is coming out then that is definitely an infection. ( are whiteblood cells that are rapidly produced to help fight off bacteria buildup). So i’d suggest you go to the vets and ask for antibiotics. good luck to you and your little guy! keep us posted. |
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| 08/27/08 08:00pm |
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Jezabel View Profile |
Message To: Tarkah In reference to Message Id: 1844531 My poor Iko!! HELP!
Temps I’m sure are all over the place... with the mesh... depending where he is.. I don’t think it’s the bulb... My boyfriend had one die from that... so I know the symptoms.... so I doubt that’s it.... But I’m sure a new UVB could only help.... Antibotics are probably going to be my best bet! In the mean time... I’ll start with the saran wrap.... Thanks!! |
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| 08/27/08 08:05pm |
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Mama42 View Profile |
Message To: Jezabel In reference to Message Id: 1844535 My poor Iko!! HELP!
i didnt think suran wrap would be thick enough to hold in moisture and heat? then again, i havent tried it! good to know...  |
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| 08/27/08 08:33pm |
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Clouddancer22 View Profile |
Message To: Mama42 In reference to Message Id: 1844568 My poor Iko!! HELP!
Do you know a mom who might have leftover eye drops from kids’ eye infections? I have used them before, and they work perfectly. Other than that you might try turtle drops, obtainable at pet stores. |
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| 08/27/08 09:17pm |
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Jezabel View Profile |
Message To: Clouddancer22 In reference to Message Id: 1844620 My poor Iko!! HELP!
I don’t think that’s what it is.. I think it’s like a cold or something.. they seem a little cloudy. Thanks for the ideas... As far as the cage.. I was going to do most of it in plexi glass, but that stuff is SOOO expensive for the size cage we built... is there any other see thru alternative??? That keeps in the humidity. The saran wrap is only temp fix, obviously. I think the shower curtains would give him way too much privacy. I like to keep an eye on him. Thanks for all the great advice. I’m still working on getting to the vet. Jen |
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| 08/28/08 01:44pm |
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Minya View Profile |
Message To: Jezabel In reference to Message Id: 1845083 My poor Iko!! HELP!
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| 08/28/08 02:27pm |
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Tarkah View Profile |
Message To: Minya In reference to Message Id: 1845110 My poor Iko!! HELP!
well a picture would help. you could have gotten something in his eye, or injured it. is he at least keeping it open? If he was recetly shedding than tht could ne the thing that got into his eye too. |
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| 08/28/08 03:58pm |
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Jezabel View Profile |
Message To: Tarkah In reference to Message Id: 1845179 My poor Iko!! HELP!
Thanks again for all the advice. I appreciate it. I did try just regular eye drops, but we’ll see. Jen |
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| 08/29/08 07:42pm |
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Tarkah View Profile |
Message To: Jezabel In reference to Message Id: 1846476 My poor Iko!! HELP!
contact solution drops work too (make sure its not protein removal ones) good luck at the vets! and definitely keep us posted! =) |
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| 08/29/08 07:50pm |
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My poor Iko!! HELP!