RaychelNicole.
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Over the past few days I've noticed one of my beardies, Baby, has been keeping one of his eyes mostly or all the way closed, although sometimes he will do it with both. I'm worried that he may have somehow scratched it or maybe gotten dust or something into it, but I can't see anything when he does open it/them. I've heard of using saline to flush out any particles that may be in the eye, but I'm not sure if there's a certain brand that will be best or if any regular saline will be ok. How do I make sure it gets in his eye if he won't open it?
It's really worrying me as I will walk in to check on the beardies and see him laying on the bottom of the enclosure with one or both of his eyes closed, when usually he's active and climbing in his tree basking. There are times when both eyes will be open and he's looking around.
Some background info:
He's almost three years old and I've had him since he was a baby
He's always been on paper towels, so there's no chance of sand having gotten in there
He has a self ballast (heat&light) 100 watt MegaRay that is 12 inches away from his tree and has only been used for a few weeks
Is it possible that even though he can't get within a foot of the light, it is still hurting his eyes? Both my other beardies have the same kind of light and are doing fine with it. I would think it was strange if it was the light since we were using external ballast (light only) MegaRays before we started using the ones that provide heat and there were never any problems with those.
It's really worrying me as I will walk in to check on the beardies and see him laying on the bottom of the enclosure with one or both of his eyes closed, when usually he's active and climbing in his tree basking. There are times when both eyes will be open and he's looking around.
Some background info:
He's almost three years old and I've had him since he was a baby
He's always been on paper towels, so there's no chance of sand having gotten in there
He has a self ballast (heat&light) 100 watt MegaRay that is 12 inches away from his tree and has only been used for a few weeks
Is it possible that even though he can't get within a foot of the light, it is still hurting his eyes? Both my other beardies have the same kind of light and are doing fine with it. I would think it was strange if it was the light since we were using external ballast (light only) MegaRays before we started using the ones that provide heat and there were never any problems with those.