GabeCastro
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Recently I picked up a new panther cham and he had a huge problem with one of his eyes...
I knew this before I got him and figured I could help the little guy out. Just needa alittle TLC.
And turns out, I did exactly that!
I ended up popping a clear lima-bean looking thing out of one of his eyes...
What I did to help Icy out was upped his mistings from 3x a day to 5x a day. Gave him Saline drops 2x a day for about 10 consecutive days, and hand misted him with hot water (comes out warm). I made sure he cleaned his eyes as much as he could for a good 10 minutes. Also used a Q-Tip to gently rub his turrets to break up anything that was inside. I also rubbed the area where it was raised/swollen.
The past few days I fed Icy some hornworms to make sure he was super hydrated and to make sure his eye turrets popped out like they're supposed to.
Around 12 noon today I hand misted Icy over the sink, kept a heavy drip over his eyes to allow him to clean them out. 3:30pm I noticed his lump was larger and looked like it moved a bit...So I took him out, re-applied his saline drops for #2 of the day then used a wet q-tip to gently rub the bump out. I took a chance while doing this because I didn't want to damage his eye, and I also had no clue to what I was really doing...As I started moving the bump I noticed something white inside his eye. At first I thought it was skin or his eyeball about to pop out so i pushed a bit more and out pops this weird white clearish bean lol. Once it popped out, I sprayed both eyes alittle more so he can clean them out.
I took a few pics of the thing that came out his eye, I also pressed it to feel the texture and it reminded me of a lima bean. Nothing was hard or sharp, I guess it was just a build up of something? Infection? Shed Skin? Not sure.
Just wanted to share my story, it's a bit long but i've been dealing/stressing out about it this past 2 weeks. I also toughed it out from a vet visit which saved me tons of money (vet quoted $300-$400). So i'll see how icy's eye does within this next week.
So far both eyes seem very firm, he's well hydrated, well fed, well misted, extremely active/alert, etc. I'm also waiting for him to shed so i'll be sure to upload some pics when the time comes.
*Anyone want to take a guess on what it was?
Also Thank you to everyone on this forum who helped me out! Amazing how much i've learned from reading old threads, PMing a few members, etc.
I knew this before I got him and figured I could help the little guy out. Just needa alittle TLC.
And turns out, I did exactly that!
I ended up popping a clear lima-bean looking thing out of one of his eyes...
What I did to help Icy out was upped his mistings from 3x a day to 5x a day. Gave him Saline drops 2x a day for about 10 consecutive days, and hand misted him with hot water (comes out warm). I made sure he cleaned his eyes as much as he could for a good 10 minutes. Also used a Q-Tip to gently rub his turrets to break up anything that was inside. I also rubbed the area where it was raised/swollen.
The past few days I fed Icy some hornworms to make sure he was super hydrated and to make sure his eye turrets popped out like they're supposed to.
Around 12 noon today I hand misted Icy over the sink, kept a heavy drip over his eyes to allow him to clean them out. 3:30pm I noticed his lump was larger and looked like it moved a bit...So I took him out, re-applied his saline drops for #2 of the day then used a wet q-tip to gently rub the bump out. I took a chance while doing this because I didn't want to damage his eye, and I also had no clue to what I was really doing...As I started moving the bump I noticed something white inside his eye. At first I thought it was skin or his eyeball about to pop out so i pushed a bit more and out pops this weird white clearish bean lol. Once it popped out, I sprayed both eyes alittle more so he can clean them out.
I took a few pics of the thing that came out his eye, I also pressed it to feel the texture and it reminded me of a lima bean. Nothing was hard or sharp, I guess it was just a build up of something? Infection? Shed Skin? Not sure.
Just wanted to share my story, it's a bit long but i've been dealing/stressing out about it this past 2 weeks. I also toughed it out from a vet visit which saved me tons of money (vet quoted $300-$400). So i'll see how icy's eye does within this next week.
So far both eyes seem very firm, he's well hydrated, well fed, well misted, extremely active/alert, etc. I'm also waiting for him to shed so i'll be sure to upload some pics when the time comes.
*Anyone want to take a guess on what it was?
Also Thank you to everyone on this forum who helped me out! Amazing how much i've learned from reading old threads, PMing a few members, etc.
