Beardie nearly blind in one eye

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So, my beardie Oreo (about 4 years old, female, ~500 grams) seems to be nearly blind in one eye. Looking at it, I can tell it's a cataract, but there is no apparent cause, eye looks perfectly normal aside from a milky white spot on the lens. I can tell she can see out of the eye, but only very poorly. She has long seemed to prefer her other eye, but this was not noticable until fairly recently, and does not seem to be worsening. Her other eye is perfectly fine, can see very well.

Otherwise, her behavior is fairly normal, basks a lot, sleeps a lot, and loves to run around. Her health seems fine, only concern is that she has always eaten very little veggies (she will carefully pick non-veggies out of her food dish), though is fine with fruit, particularly blueberries.

So I'm looking for advice on to handle both issues. Note, I have tried nearly every trick under the sun for the greens, and none of the usual works.
 

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So, my beardie Oreo (about 4 years old, female, ~500 grams) seems to be nearly blind in one eye. Looking at it, I can tell it's a cataract, but there is no apparent cause, eye looks perfectly normal aside from a milky white spot on the lens. I can tell she can see out of the eye, but only very poorly. She has long seemed to prefer her other eye, but this was not noticable until fairly recently, and does not seem to be worsening. Her other eye is perfectly fine, can see very well.

Otherwise, her behavior is fairly normal, basks a lot, sleeps a lot, and loves to run around. Her health seems fine, only concern is that she has always eaten very little veggies (she will carefully pick non-veggies out of her food dish), though is fine with fruit, particularly blueberries.

So I'm looking for advice on to handle both issues. Note, I have tried nearly every trick under the sun for the greens, and none of the usual works.
What are you using for a UVB? coil or tube? Are you using any colored bulbs? And what brand of basking bulb are you using? All these things I just asked contribute to eye issues
 

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