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help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:48 pm
by jpwickham93
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

Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:54 pm
by Richard.C
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

Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:58 pm
by jpwickham93
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

Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:28 pm
by El Lobo
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.

Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:07 am
by kenn
Indeed Norm, it can be due to several reasons.

Nice picture..but you need to see a vet ;)

Re: help northern BTS eye imflammation?

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:35 am
by jpwickham93
2/12/13 eyes are completely normal as of this morning will update if changes occur