littleassassin2
Hatchling Member
Noticed yesterday since i was off for the entire that Leeroy seemed to be having some eye irritation in his left eye. He's never had this problem in the 2 months that i've had him now and it actually cought me by surprise because he's never showed eye irritation before other than sometimes when i hold him or walk near him he'd close w/e eye was facing me but i read this was normal (he mostly closed his right eye for this, not his left). 2 Days ago, he had essentially a full body shed except for his tail and then yesterday i noticed him rubbing his eye against the carpet i have for him as substrate. Before this though when i was right next to him playing a game, he had his eyes bulging out of his skull so i was assuming he was trying to get rid of some excess dead skin, but then the eye scratching started. He also at 1 point was scratching the left side of his face with his hind leg, and then i left the house for about 2 hours so i don't know if he did anything else. When i came back his left eye was closed and it's pretty much been closed except for when i feed him he'll open it.
Even like a half hour i turned his lights off he still had the 1 eye closed. Hoping it'd be improved in the morning, i was wrong, it wasn't any worse, maybe a little better. I turned his compact coil UVB light off for a bit and fed him, he opened his left eye longer when he was eating instead of quickly opening and closing it but right when he was done he just closed it again.
I don't know if it's the light, or maybe just excess skin from his last shed. He eats fine, isn't any less active, poops normal and doesn't smell awful, and his daily routine/attitude hasn't changed at all. He's the same ol' every day normal Leeroy except for his 1 eye being closed.
Don't know if i should just replace the bulb, wait until i come home from school later to see if he's improved, or take him to the vet. I know 99% of you are going to say replace the bulb, in which i probably will now, but i just want to know if it could possible be something else.
Even like a half hour i turned his lights off he still had the 1 eye closed. Hoping it'd be improved in the morning, i was wrong, it wasn't any worse, maybe a little better. I turned his compact coil UVB light off for a bit and fed him, he opened his left eye longer when he was eating instead of quickly opening and closing it but right when he was done he just closed it again.
I don't know if it's the light, or maybe just excess skin from his last shed. He eats fine, isn't any less active, poops normal and doesn't smell awful, and his daily routine/attitude hasn't changed at all. He's the same ol' every day normal Leeroy except for his 1 eye being closed.
Don't know if i should just replace the bulb, wait until i come home from school later to see if he's improved, or take him to the vet. I know 99% of you are going to say replace the bulb, in which i probably will now, but i just want to know if it could possible be something else.