Keeping one eye closed after hair was in it

[ehzool]

I noticed that my bearded dragon'd one eye was closed while the other one was opened. I picked him up and realized a little hair was caught in his eye (Like a little fuzzy hair type thing from a cloth or carpet or something) It was really small and I saw that it was bothering him so I gently pulled it out. About half of it was actually in his eye (couldn't see that part til I pulled it out) It was VERY small too. Maybe half the height of a pinky nail. He twitched when I pulled it out.

This happened 3/20/2013 at about 5:00 PM
Today is 3/21/2013 at about 11:00 AM and he still closes that same eye like its still bothering him. He opens it sometimes but 90% of the time it's closed.
I have washed him and splashed water on the eye, even when it is open and he is still like this. Will he recover fast?

 

[daner923]

You could try rinsing his eye out with some pure, sterile saline solution. He should be fine soon though. It probably just irritated him a bit. What kind of UVB light are you using, and what color basking light? It could be a compounding of the irritation and improper lighting.

 

[ehzool]

I hope so. Whats the best way to rinse his eye out? With a spray bottle?

I'm using a Reptisun 10.0 UVB tube and my color basking light is...I guess you could call it white. I don't know

 

[daner923]

Sounds right to me. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't red or something. I would just drip it in his eye, not spray. Like if you had to rinse out your eye.

 

[ehzool]

Ok thanks for the help Lets say in 4 or 5 days he is still keeping it closed. I should bring him to the vet then right?

 

[daner923]

Probably, yes.

 

[sebby757]

It probably just scratched his eye a little bit. My girl got sand in her eye the ONE time she was on it and once I got it out she kept it closed most of the time for a few days. But she was fine.

 

[ehzool]

Oh okay That should be all it is then. Thanks a lot!