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28-May-07, 01:30 PM
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hey every one, my shingle back's eye lids keep getting stuck together with what looks like the sleep stuff that you get when you wake up and he is unable to open his eyes. I have been dropping droplets of water onto them and seeing if he can open them him self after that but some times he can’t so I have to carefully pull his eye lids apart with a pair of tweezers.
Is this normal or is it abnormal and if so could any one suggest reasons for this happening and ways of preventing it?
Thanks in advance
Jason
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28-May-07, 01:31 PM
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possibly a problem caused by humidty being too high?
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28-May-07, 01:33 PM
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yeah i thought it might have something to do with humidity, how do people reduce humidity in their tanks?
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28-May-07, 01:35 PM
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what substrate are you using? do you have a water bowl all the time? whats the ventilation like?
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28-May-07, 01:39 PM
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im useing eco-litter woodpellets as substrate, i take him out of the enclosure to drink so theres no water bowl in there, and as for ventilations its a tank with 3 quaters of the top open.
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28-May-07, 01:46 PM
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mayb change the wood pellets to sand?
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28-May-07, 01:51 PM
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wont the sand block up his insides and things? and the woodpellets are supposed to be highly abosorbant.
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28-May-07, 02:03 PM
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hmm ok then proabably not humidty related, pm geckodan
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28-May-07, 02:04 PM
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does he know alot about shinglebacks or somthing?
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Last edited by chickenman; 28-May-07 at 02:06 PM.
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28-May-07, 02:06 PM
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he is probably they best lizard vet in aust.
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28-May-07, 02:17 PM
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ok cool
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28-May-07, 02:44 PM
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sounds like a simple eye infection, plenty of different creams on the market, best run him down to the local vet.
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28-May-07, 03:03 PM
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what would be the cause of an eye infection?
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28-May-07, 03:08 PM
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dirt, bacteria or a scratched eye.
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28-May-07, 03:13 PM
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ok cool ill see what i can do about takeing it down to the vet.
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