Recent content by mapchick2001

The distance is 12 1/4' from the rock to the reflector, so probably 12 1/2" to the bulb. Seems about right then.

Thank you for your reply. The basking bulb is a 50W Zoo med. Its' next to an exo-terra 100W daylight heat bulb in the double dome. So not much UVB coming out of there. I get the importance of UV...I also worry I'm giving the poor thing snow blindness with her 34" T5 10.0 HO bulb. I mean...

So after three weeks on the antibiotic with virtually no change, I called the vet who suggested discontinuing the antibiotic drop and instead prescribed an NSAID drop for general inflammation. We've been doing that for a week now, and I continue to wipe eye boogers several times a day. She...

Thank you Tracie. Here's a picture of how she's looking today, which is day 4 of the ofloxacin drops (no other ointment was prescribed). The main issue at the moment seems to be the swollen puffy eyelids. It seems that the dried goop situation is starting to get better, maybe a little bit...

Thank you CooperDragon for your reassurance. The vet called today and echoed your observations, that the bulb should be good, and that generally reptiles can take a little while before they bounce back. Re the sand, I meant the crud that's been drying up in her eyes, not anything that might be...

Hello from New Hampshire. I'm very glad to have found this community. We welcomed Roxanne into our house 1 month ago today. She started showing signs of eye trouble after two weeks--puffy, swollen eyes and cruddy goop. I started flushing them with saline and applying a warm compress in the...