Having an odd RI experience

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Having an odd RI experience

Postby kaijusaurus » Mon Jul 05, 2021 3:08 am

Hello!

I have had my BTS for almost a year, He is a Halmahera.
About a month ago, I had noticed bubbles coming out of only his left eye, it had also sunken in. The other eye is completely fine. I had to wait about 2 weeks for my vet appointment and during that time his symptoms had gotten just a little worse, he did bubble from his mouth a little and his eye still bubbled (it wasn't covered in bubbles, just had some on the corner of his eye. His other eye still was completely fine though. The vet did say he heard a bit of crackling in his breathing if he listened closely and prescribed him 10 days of baytril. I already finished it, he doesn't bubble from the mouth, but his eye is still sunken in and has bubbles on occasion, but he's acting normal, eating normally, and pooping normally. I'm really at a loss... I'll be taking him to the vet again of course, but has anyone experienced this?

Also, my guess is that the infection was probably caused by the temp being too low, I make sure to keep his humidity at 80% or more.

i bumped his temps up, please let me know if his conditions are adequate (i have done the research, but it seems a lot of sources have different answers :dead: )

Warm Side: 95-100 (sometimes I've gotten 1 or 2 degrees higher than 100)

Cold side:80-85

Night time: never goes below 70 but depending on the house temp sometimes goes up to the low 80s

Humidity: 80%-100%

i also have a reptisun 5.0 tube light on the cold side

Let me know if I need to make any changes :D
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Re: Having an odd RI experience

Postby Janella » Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:54 pm

Hi there and I am sorry to hear that your skink had a RI. Those are never fun. My guess with the eye is that the infection is not 100% cleared up yet. May need a low dose of more antibiotic. As for the temps. Halas like it warm. So I always say to have a basking spot of 100-110. Everything else seems good. Good luck!
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Re: Having an odd RI experience

Postby kaijusaurus » Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:28 pm

Janella wrote:Hi there and I am sorry to hear that your skink had a RI. Those are never fun. My guess with the eye is that the infection is not 100% cleared up yet. May need a low dose of more antibiotic. As for the temps. Halas like it warm. So I always say to have a basking spot of 100-110. Everything else seems good. Good luck!



Thank you so much! I’ll bump up the temp

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