Hello!
This is Leslie. I have had her for about 4 1/2 years now. Meals include various greens and veggies, supers, hornworms, crickets, and I just started giving her dubia roaches. Her current home is a 4x18x18 enclosure. Lighting is a Reptisun T5 for uvb and a zoomed 100 watt basking bulb. Basking temp is around 100, and around 87 on the cool side. Two things to note - recently I replaced her T5 (I do every 6 months), and when I did I thought that the brightness looked different (maybe not, but when I first plugged it in it threw me off at first). The other thing was that her basking bulb blew and I used a CHE for about a week before I got to the store to replace it. (I don't know if either of these two things correlate to the issue)
Over the weekend I noticed that she was not opening her left eye as much (hardly at all), and when she does, her left pupil is noticeably smaller than her right. On Saturday I rinsed her eye out with saline, and have been doing this 2-3 times a day since. There is no gunk or crust or anything on her eye to indicate a problem, other than she is not opening it. Today I noticed a piece of fuzz so I was able to get that out, and she did keep her eyes open for awhile while she was out. I have noticed while she is out and exploring she tends to open it, but closes it when she goes back in her cage. Her eye does not appear to bother her, and she lets me rinse it with saline/dropper/qtip.
My husband and I are going to give it until Wednesday since she has been opening it more before going to the vet, or is this an emergency situation? She is eating fine, and again, it does not appear to really bother her.
This is Leslie. I have had her for about 4 1/2 years now. Meals include various greens and veggies, supers, hornworms, crickets, and I just started giving her dubia roaches. Her current home is a 4x18x18 enclosure. Lighting is a Reptisun T5 for uvb and a zoomed 100 watt basking bulb. Basking temp is around 100, and around 87 on the cool side. Two things to note - recently I replaced her T5 (I do every 6 months), and when I did I thought that the brightness looked different (maybe not, but when I first plugged it in it threw me off at first). The other thing was that her basking bulb blew and I used a CHE for about a week before I got to the store to replace it. (I don't know if either of these two things correlate to the issue)
Over the weekend I noticed that she was not opening her left eye as much (hardly at all), and when she does, her left pupil is noticeably smaller than her right. On Saturday I rinsed her eye out with saline, and have been doing this 2-3 times a day since. There is no gunk or crust or anything on her eye to indicate a problem, other than she is not opening it. Today I noticed a piece of fuzz so I was able to get that out, and she did keep her eyes open for awhile while she was out. I have noticed while she is out and exploring she tends to open it, but closes it when she goes back in her cage. Her eye does not appear to bother her, and she lets me rinse it with saline/dropper/qtip.
My husband and I are going to give it until Wednesday since she has been opening it more before going to the vet, or is this an emergency situation? She is eating fine, and again, it does not appear to really bother her.
