Diarrhea and black stuff in eye

[pdugery]

My adult, 3.5 year old bearded dragon has had black stuff in his eye today and also had diarrhea.
I just got him from someone who had her and wasn't giving her the best living situations. It by all means above some of the atrocities I read about, but she had a coiled UVB bulb and was a bit skinny. Because of this, I have been letting her eat a lot to get her weight up, maybe even too much. I was just wondering if this is bad. I have probably given her about 30 crickets per day, and a few meal worms and wax worms.

Last night, when I was trying to give her water by placing drops on her nose, which I found she doesn't like, she tried to get it off with her foot and I am afraid she may have scraped her eye with her claw. I didn't see any contact, but now that she woke up with black stuff in her eye, I am afraid this may be the case. Her substrate is a mix of topsoil and play sand, so maybe a bit of that could have gotten in her eye.

Pictures of her eye: https://imgur.com/a/JGCraET - the first two are of her left eye, the one with the black stuff and the last is of her other, healthy eye for comparison.

Today, she also had diarrhea. I was thinking maybe because I fed her a lot recently to try and get her weight up it may have upset her stomach. I read that a change in diet can also cause this, so I think it is worth letting you guys know that she was supposedly fed crickets and some "gourmet" mix for them. She hasn't seemed stressed at all and actually seems to be enjoying her new home. I gave her a bath today to hopefully help with her eye, and a few hours after that is when she had her diarrhea. I just went to check on her, and she does have a few stress marks on her stomach.

 

[AHBD]

It does look like substrate in her eye. Just flush it out with plain water or saline, then you can see if she accidentally scratched the lower eyelid. One of my dragons once scratched it's upper eyelid and then kept reopening the wound to the point that it was bleeding. I used raw honey on it , mixed 1 part honey to 2 parts slightly warmed water. Honey is a natural antimicrobial, works great for an eye infection and any other wounds. After applying the honey I covered the eye with gauze like a pirate patch with the gauze going around his head [ wish I had taken pics ! ] and it healed perfectly in less than a week.

 

[pdugery]

It does look like substrate in her eye. Just flush it out with plain water or saline, then you can see if she accidentally scratched the lower eyelid. One of my dragons once scratched it's upper eyelid and then kept reopening the wound to the point that it was bleeding. I used raw honey on it , mixed 1 part honey to 2 parts slightly warmed water. Honey is a natural antimicrobial, works great for an eye infection and any other wounds. After applying the honey I covered the eye with gauze like a pirate patch with the gauze going around his head [ wish I had taken pics ! ] and it healed perfectly in less than a week.

I tried to give her a bath in hopes of getting whatever it is out. How would you recommend I get it out?

 

[AHBD]

Use lukewarm water with a syringe or eyedropper [ boil or microwave a bit of water for a few minutes to sterilize it, then let it cool down ] Or get plain saline solution to gently squirt in the eye. Or try a wet Q-tip. You can use the honey water to swab it out.

 

[pdugery]

Use lukewarm water with a syringe or eyedropper [ boil or microwave a bit of water for a few minutes to sterilize it, then let it cool down ] Or get plain saline solution to gently squirt in the eye. Or try a wet Q-tip. You can use the honey water to swab it out.

Do you know what would be causing her diarrhea? She has only had it once and I cleaned it from her cage, but it smelled terrible.

I will try and get the substrate from her eye when I get home today.

 

[AHBD]

Not sure, sometimes they just do, like we , our cats, dogs, etc. can have an episode. Sometimes waxworms will do it. If it continues regularly for a week you might want to have a fecal test done. But cut back on the waxworms for now.

 

[pdugery]

Not sure, sometimes they just do, like we , our cats, dogs, etc. can have an episode. Sometimes waxworms will do it. If it continues regularly for a week you might want to have a fecal test done. But cut back on the waxworms for now.

She pooped again today, it didn't seem very loose, just smelled absolutely terrible. I removed it from her cage and she seems fine now. She actually ate a few crickets, but I am giving her a few right now to avoid overfeeding her, which I think I may have done.

Here eye also seems much better. There is still some black stuff, but it doesn't look nearly as prevalent as it was yesterday. I gave her a nice bath and tried to remove the black stuff with a wet tissue and even my finger palm a little bit. It won't move at all, so I am hoping it will eventually just wash off if I bathe her every day. What would you recommend?