02-01-2013, 03:45 PM | #1 |
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Horsefield's eye
One of my tortoise Rocky's eyes are shut. The eyes are also not very bright. I have only had her/he for a week and I only noticed this this morning. The eyes are not very bright either. If there's anything I can do please tell me. She has not been to the vet yet either. Rocky is a Horsefield Tortoise.
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02-01-2013, 03:59 PM | #2 |
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The eye thing is common with Horsfields I have noticed by the amount of people posting the same thing. Bathing the tort (which should be done daily anyway) may get it to open. You can also get Hypromellose eye drops from the chemist (also known as artificial tears for dry eyes, you have to ask for them they are not on the shelf). As for the other eye not being bright, it is often a sign that the tort isn't well with some other problem, perhaps worms or something else
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02-01-2013, 04:00 PM | #3 |
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I had a tortoise with problem eyes..a member on here told me to use optrex infected eyedrops or just the comfort drops. I did, and it cleared her eyes up.
Can you post a photo for us to see? It may be to do with his diet or could be the substrates he's kept on. Is he kept in a viv or table? what do you feed ?(or what was he fed by previous owners), does he have supplements? see what others say but might be worth a visit to a reptile vets. x
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a search for eye stuck sht reveals all this stuff http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...archid=4205034
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02-01-2013, 05:32 PM | #5 |
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You can't link to search results like that I'm afraid. You'd need to just run the search again using the box in the top right corner, and using the same phrase as above. "eye stuck shut".
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02-01-2013, 06:03 PM | #6 |
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One of mine had both eyes shut before christmas and she was sleeping alot, I bathed her and used eye drops, Asdas own ones and she was fine within a couple of days I also gave there house a good clean out as well changed the soil etc just to be on the safe side.
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02-01-2013, 06:20 PM | #8 |
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I'm sure it worked the first time I clicked on it Dan. Danny's link above is much the same one and it's working too
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03-01-2013, 07:52 PM | #9 |
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Thank you guys for your advice!
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04-01-2013, 10:19 AM | #10 |
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Thank you guys for the good advice. Rocky is already feeling better now.
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