Knucklehead1912
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Hi
This is going to be long so bare with me...I'm desperate for help!
Okay so I had gotten my juvenile ambilobe panther beginning of December 2017..he hatched around June 2017..
Everything was great up until about a month ago I noticed his eye was a little bloody...didnt know what it was at first until later it became a more severe issue...so I had flushed his eye with saline the first time I noticed and it went away..few days later it happened again...then no issues until I came home from work one day and his eye was completely full of blood...also note that it was the opposite eye..it has been back and forth between both eyes....the night his eye was full of blood I rushed him to get that was able to treat..they have him antibiotic eye drops, and oral anti inflammatory meds and wanted him on them for a week...so the 2nd night on the meds one of his eyes started up again just a little not a lot...then no issues the rest of that week...at exactly 1 week hades went into a full blown shed and when it reached his eyes it started all over again..full of blood..so naturally I flushed and flushed until it stopped. I had picked up some terramycin per a suggestion from a knowledgable friend and use it that night next day he was fine. I called his actual vet to discuss what to do as I've been in between jobs and haven't been able to actually bring him in..she suggested to continue the drops only for another week and if it didnt work then we can discuss using the terramycin.
So a few days went by and it happened again I decided to start use to terramycin since I noticed a big difference just off one use and the drops didnt seem to be doing much. Another friend thought it could have been due to lack of vitamin a. So she suggested to do a drop of fish oil for 3-4 days on his food..between that and the terramycin he did great..no further issues for about 2-3 weeks... then a week ago it bled again ..very little but still bled. Since the Sunday before last I've been putting terramycin on his eye before bed and rinsing his eye with saline twice between the time I get home and go to bed. Due to all of this hades appetite has been lacking but he is also around that age now where that is common...BUT I'm worried cause when he does go to eat he misses the food nearly every time. Hell take food from my hand when he wants too but I have to sit there forever trying to encourage him to do so...and he will not eat from a bowl or cup...I've gone over my husbandry 1000 times literally and noone has pointed out anything significant that could cause his eye to get irritated enough to make him wanna scratch enough to make it bleed. I'm at a complete loss, I'm not getting many answers or actual solutions and I'm getting really stressed out myself and stressed for him...all the changing things around to see what works what does the poking around his eye to get meds in there has to be stressful for him which I'm sure is not helping ...please has anyone ever dealt with this? What did you do?
*** I've also come to the conclusion as see in the first picture that it is the membrane that is bleeding into the eye..the membrane is where the problem is not the actual eye or lid***
This is going to be long so bare with me...I'm desperate for help!
Okay so I had gotten my juvenile ambilobe panther beginning of December 2017..he hatched around June 2017..
Everything was great up until about a month ago I noticed his eye was a little bloody...didnt know what it was at first until later it became a more severe issue...so I had flushed his eye with saline the first time I noticed and it went away..few days later it happened again...then no issues until I came home from work one day and his eye was completely full of blood...also note that it was the opposite eye..it has been back and forth between both eyes....the night his eye was full of blood I rushed him to get that was able to treat..they have him antibiotic eye drops, and oral anti inflammatory meds and wanted him on them for a week...so the 2nd night on the meds one of his eyes started up again just a little not a lot...then no issues the rest of that week...at exactly 1 week hades went into a full blown shed and when it reached his eyes it started all over again..full of blood..so naturally I flushed and flushed until it stopped. I had picked up some terramycin per a suggestion from a knowledgable friend and use it that night next day he was fine. I called his actual vet to discuss what to do as I've been in between jobs and haven't been able to actually bring him in..she suggested to continue the drops only for another week and if it didnt work then we can discuss using the terramycin.
So a few days went by and it happened again I decided to start use to terramycin since I noticed a big difference just off one use and the drops didnt seem to be doing much. Another friend thought it could have been due to lack of vitamin a. So she suggested to do a drop of fish oil for 3-4 days on his food..between that and the terramycin he did great..no further issues for about 2-3 weeks... then a week ago it bled again ..very little but still bled. Since the Sunday before last I've been putting terramycin on his eye before bed and rinsing his eye with saline twice between the time I get home and go to bed. Due to all of this hades appetite has been lacking but he is also around that age now where that is common...BUT I'm worried cause when he does go to eat he misses the food nearly every time. Hell take food from my hand when he wants too but I have to sit there forever trying to encourage him to do so...and he will not eat from a bowl or cup...I've gone over my husbandry 1000 times literally and noone has pointed out anything significant that could cause his eye to get irritated enough to make him wanna scratch enough to make it bleed. I'm at a complete loss, I'm not getting many answers or actual solutions and I'm getting really stressed out myself and stressed for him...all the changing things around to see what works what does the poking around his eye to get meds in there has to be stressful for him which I'm sure is not helping ...please has anyone ever dealt with this? What did you do?
*** I've also come to the conclusion as see in the first picture that it is the membrane that is bleeding into the eye..the membrane is where the problem is not the actual eye or lid***
