Bit of Betadine in my Beardies Eye. Help!!

[victoriamcguire]

So earlier today I was giving Smaug a betadine soak to treat a possible mite. As I was washing him, a small drop of the betadine-water solution got into his eye. There wasn't much betadine in the water, it was the color of light, weak tea. After that happened I changed the water to regular water and let him soak a bit in that to get all the betadine off of him and his eye (I very carefully put water around his eye on his eyelid using a Q-tip). It has been a few hours and his eye isn't swollen or discharging anything, he is just keeping it closed. Should I be very concerned even though it was a very small drop? What should I do if he continues to keep it closed tomorrow (I can't do anything right now since he is asleep for the night)?

 

[dylanravenj]

His eye is just probably irritated. Try flushing out his eye with some saline solution I wouldn't worry too much, he probably just needs the eye flushed out

 

[victoriamcguire]

Okay thanks for the help. What kind of saline solution? Or, how do I make it (if I can)?

 

[dylanravenj]

I use saline made for "sensitive eyes" on my animals. You could probably find some in any store with a pharmacy section

 

[victoriamcguire]

Awesome thank you so much! I'll tell you how it goes tomorrow when I get the solution!

 

[dylanravenj]

Great, I hope he gets better!