hey guys!
I am in a huge dilemma at the moment. I got my tegu about 3 weeks ago. She seemed to be in the best of health. Sunday morning I noticed her eyes were very swollen and irritated. My first guess was that her powersun bulb (100watt) was too close to her. Her cage is on the low side but when I measured it was about 10 inches from her. So I bought a stand and it is now 15 inches away from her. Since then her eyes have shown slight improvement but not a whole lot. I have been bathing her about 3 times a day and applying gel tear drops twice daily to help sooth her eyes and also applying sterile neosporin that the vet gave me for another one of my animals.
Her other owner had her on coco fiber which she appeared to do great on. I noticed the air in her tank would dry up pretty quickly so I added a little bit of cypress mulch, zoo Ned Forrest floor bedding to be exact. The humidity had improved a ton but I am also wondering that could be irritating her eyes as well?
My next guess is that she could be shedding? When I purchased her, her previous owner told me she was going through a shed. The shed on her chin still has not come off. It's almost stuck. But yesterday while bathing her I noticed there was a tiny almost hang nail looking thing comming from her eye. I was wondering if that could be shed? I am all out of ideas so my next step is to bring her to the vet. Unfortunately, I don't trust many vets around where I live. And I am sure none of them have experience with tegus as they couldn't help me with my more common pets in the past. So first I am going to read out to you guys and see what you guys think.
The humidity in the tank is 76 at the moment. Like I mentioned she is on coco fiber and cypress mulch. Her baking temps are at 100 now that I raised the bulb. Cool end about 75 give or take. I am debating about added a smaller watt bulb to try to get her basking spot a little warmer. Yesterday I noticed it was around 95. I'm not sure what the previous owner fed her but prior to her comming home I prepared some ground turkey, collard greens, parsley, red bell pepper, and chicken hearts and gizzards all into little balls and would offer them to her daily. I also fed the hearts and gizzards whole on the side and she would eat them up. Her first week I also offered her a small mouse but she did not show any interest. The following week I tried again and she gobbled it right up! Now I actually just ate another small mouse with success. I just want me little girl to be happy and healthy. It's breaking my heart to see her like this
I am in a huge dilemma at the moment. I got my tegu about 3 weeks ago. She seemed to be in the best of health. Sunday morning I noticed her eyes were very swollen and irritated. My first guess was that her powersun bulb (100watt) was too close to her. Her cage is on the low side but when I measured it was about 10 inches from her. So I bought a stand and it is now 15 inches away from her. Since then her eyes have shown slight improvement but not a whole lot. I have been bathing her about 3 times a day and applying gel tear drops twice daily to help sooth her eyes and also applying sterile neosporin that the vet gave me for another one of my animals.
Her other owner had her on coco fiber which she appeared to do great on. I noticed the air in her tank would dry up pretty quickly so I added a little bit of cypress mulch, zoo Ned Forrest floor bedding to be exact. The humidity had improved a ton but I am also wondering that could be irritating her eyes as well?
My next guess is that she could be shedding? When I purchased her, her previous owner told me she was going through a shed. The shed on her chin still has not come off. It's almost stuck. But yesterday while bathing her I noticed there was a tiny almost hang nail looking thing comming from her eye. I was wondering if that could be shed? I am all out of ideas so my next step is to bring her to the vet. Unfortunately, I don't trust many vets around where I live. And I am sure none of them have experience with tegus as they couldn't help me with my more common pets in the past. So first I am going to read out to you guys and see what you guys think.
The humidity in the tank is 76 at the moment. Like I mentioned she is on coco fiber and cypress mulch. Her baking temps are at 100 now that I raised the bulb. Cool end about 75 give or take. I am debating about added a smaller watt bulb to try to get her basking spot a little warmer. Yesterday I noticed it was around 95. I'm not sure what the previous owner fed her but prior to her comming home I prepared some ground turkey, collard greens, parsley, red bell pepper, and chicken hearts and gizzards all into little balls and would offer them to her daily. I also fed the hearts and gizzards whole on the side and she would eat them up. Her first week I also offered her a small mouse but she did not show any interest. The following week I tried again and she gobbled it right up! Now I actually just ate another small mouse with success. I just want me little girl to be happy and healthy. It's breaking my heart to see her like this
