Irian Jaya with eye gunk?

awesomehunter · Postby **awesomehunter** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:19 am

Hi, newbie here! Got ushered into the world of awesome skinks a couple of months ago, and I'm enjoying the company of mine ever since. I got my Irian Jaya from an owner who took great care of his skinks, and I got the friendliest out of the bunch (and also the most affectionate).

As I was taking him out for his morning walk today, though, I noticed something sticking out of his left eye. I was immediately scared about respiratory infection since I hear about eye discharges, but this one doesn't seem to be in the same vein. It was a small piece of soft gunk, transparent-greyish, sticking to the cornea of his eye. I'd say it's kind of close to something like snot, except that it's one soft small chunk rather than liquidy or mucus-y. I carefully removed it and checked him for RI symptoms - he doesn't seem to be sneezing a lot, he's active, and other than what I found he's not leaking mucus from his mouth, nose or eyes. Nothing really strange besides that.

Should I take this as a warning for RI or is it something more benign, like what we get when we sleep, like eye grit or something?

Thanks in advance!

Postby **Scotts1au** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:21 am

Need to see a photo.

awesomehunter · Postby **awesomehunter** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:26 am

Er...a photo of him or of the small piece of gunk I took out of his eye? Because I've compared him to healthy pictures of skins and he's pretty much identical. But like I said, it doesn't seem to be developing again, and he has no other RI symptoms.

Postby **Scotts1au** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:02 am

Didn't read the bit about you having removed it :doh:

Anyway sounds OK. Strange things happen sometimes. Like all of us they can get irrigations from time to time.

Nae · Postby **Nae** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:27 am

Been doing some plumbing lately Scott? (irrigation, Im sorry :lol:

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I would definitely agree it was probably just something in his eye :wink:

A bit of cat/dog food maybe? Just keep an eye on him, and if nothing else pops up Im sure hes fine =D

awesomehunter · Postby **awesomehunter** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:35 am

Ah, I see D: Thanks a lot for the replies, they took a load off! Yup, I'm keeping a closer eye at him now, but I'll be sending him over to the vet this weekend for his routine checkup anyway.

Postby **Scotts1au** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:42 am

Geez that was a bit Fraudian - you know I work in the Water Industry ;-)

Irian Jaya with eye gunk?

Irian Jaya with eye gunk?

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