help northern BTS eye imflammation?

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help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Postby jpwickham93 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:48 pm

i have a 6 month old northern blue tongue skink that just recently(last 3days) started showing an eye issue in both eyes heres a picture also i have her in aspen bedding
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Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Postby Richard.C » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:54 pm

not sure i can explain that,excellent picture of the issue though,nice and clear and detailed,hopefully someones had a similar experience and can offer advice,if not perhaps seeking a vets oppinion is a good idea,the actual eye area looks fine,not inflamed,just appears to have a protusion of some description
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Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Postby jpwickham93 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:58 pm

this is a reoccuring issue been going on for the last 3 days both eyes will go back to normal and then look like that again
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Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Postby El Lobo » Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:28 pm

That looks like an irritation to the nictitating membrane rather than the actual eyeball. It could be caused by a foreign body such as a small particle of substrate being trapped between the membrane and eye. Might be best to have a vet take a look in case there is something in there that could lead to a corneal ulcer.
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Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Postby kenn » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:07 am

Indeed Norm, it can be due to several reasons.

Nice picture..but you need to see a vet ;)
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Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Postby jpwickham93 » Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:35 am

2/12/13 eyes are completely normal as of this morning will update if changes occur

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