"Droopy" Eyes

[mrgoogls]

hi guys. sorry its been so long. i have been so busy with my new job but since summer just started and school is done i should be here a bit more. i have a bit of a problem. my beardie's(Phoenix) eyes are sort of droopy. like, the bottom eye lid like isnt right against his acual "eye ball". it is a bit lower. there is no discharge or anything. he eats normal,is pretty well hydrated(was just on vacation so he might be a bit low when i was gone. but in a day or 2 should be normal). all his temps are good and i have a reptisun 10.0 for uvb. it is a tube. he eats great. crickets everyday still and veggies every day. some fruit every once in a while.what could this be? is it seriousor bad?

PS: not on this topic but when should i switch to feeding crickets every OTHER day. he turns a year old on 7/11 and gets a pinky for a giftXD(dont worry, in his year of life, this will only be his second one.).

 

[Esther19]

Can you tell us, please, what shape and wattage basking bulb you use?

 

[mrgoogls]

i have 2 lights. becaue his cage is so wide, there is one in front and one in back. they arent "basking lights" they are from home depot. one is a 75 and one is a 100. they are normal round crystal clear bulbs

 

[Esther19]

Thanks. Those shouldn't be irritating your beardie's eyes. Hopefully someone with more experience will be by to help you out.

 

[mrgoogls]

i didnt think it was the lights. i had a problem with my one uvb in like october b4 i got my reptisun but that is fine now. i read that if they have to much vit D3 it might cause this. i dust his crix every feeding with calcium with D3 and he has the reptisun 10.0. is that to much? should i get calcium withOUT D3 or WITH D3?

 

[Esther19]

You want with D3. But only 1 feeding per day 5x per week. Other 2 days should be a vitamin/mineral supplement.

 

[mrgoogls]

that is what i have been doing. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday are calcium. saturday/sunday i use vitamins. but i just read that since he is a year old he should get vitamins 3 or 4 times per week and calcium 6 or 7 times per week. i read that on beautiful dragons website so it is relieable. what do you think? and is his eye problem serius or bad? what is wrong?

 

[Majora]

My beardie has this too, but he's always had it... I never thought it was a problem before. It's just like his bottom eyelid doesn't go all the way up to the edge of his eye. Hard to explain. He gets calcium w/ D3 on the first cricket feeding of every day, and he's got a Reptisun 10.0 tube. Now I'm worried...

 

[mrgoogls]

i agree. it is just like the bottom eye lid droops below the eye instead of right agaisnt it. he still acts very healthy. and when he had a checkup(be for i noticed it) the vet didnt say anything. so i dont think its "bad".i just want to know what it is so i can try to fix it.