izel_
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I left very early in the morning today and when i got home late I checked on my Ixta and found her upside down and noticed one of her eyes was strange. Please help!! I don't know if a bug might have bit or done something to her.
Someone HELP!!! (eye is shut)
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Give her a nice warm soak. @Yvonne G might have some suggestions for the eye.
You should try to flush it with sterile saline solution. It doesn't look infected or irritated, just like maybe something is in it...a piece of substrate maybe.
izel_
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Thank you! I just put her to soak in warm water and I'll go buy the solution asap. It doesn't look infected though? She has me worried.
izel_
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Do you think terramycin ointment will also work or is that only for infection?
izel_
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Her eye isn't shut in the picture. It's very much open
izel_
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izel_
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Irritated? Infected? Maybe something in its eye? Help!
Are you using coil bulbs? Soak him n see if that helps. Any other symptoms? Tell us about your set up.
izel_
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She has an Zoo Med day light bulb and her home is filled with Zoo Med coconut fiber
She is never directly under the lightbulb i always have something between so it won't hit her directly. Today i found her flipped over and he eye was like that.
She has no other symptoms.
Maybe she scratched her eye or got debris in it when she was struggling to turn herself back over. I agree with Yvonne, flush her eye with sterile saline to help to remove any debris. Also some terramycin eye ointment or other eye ointment would be soothing to her eye if it is scratched and irritated.
spud's_mum
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Mine shuts his eye like that when he gets substrate in it. I flush spuds eye with fresh water, don't forget to clean the legs too as he/she could rub his/her eye and get more substrate in it 
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No UVB bulb?
From what I can see, the lighting needs to be sorted for your tortoise. That bulb is not suitable as it only provides UVA and no UVB.
You should buy an MVB lamp for basking that provides the full spectrum he/she needs for good health.
You should buy an MVB lamp for basking that provides the full spectrum he/she needs for good health.
How is his eye this morning? Did you give him a nice long soak? Does he get outside much? He needs UVB unfiltered. Read the care guides and ask any questions you have. I am not familiar with the different kinds of lights. If you have any type of coil, CFL, turn it off.
If he is not better this morning start baby food soaks. Use a jar of carrots and a jar of warm water. Soak for 20 minutes in a small, deep container.
Good luck.
If he is not better this morning start baby food soaks. Use a jar of carrots and a jar of warm water. Soak for 20 minutes in a small, deep container.
Good luck.
Maybe a small piece of coco fibre stuck in the eye?
So a wash with Baytril or tortoise eye drops from Zoo Med might help.
So a wash with Baytril or tortoise eye drops from Zoo Med might help.
Actually, yes it is shut. That's the eyelid you're seeing over the eye ball. Flush the area with sterile saline solution and gently rub it with a Q-tip, then flush again.
Hope he's better today
izel_
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She is better today. She is opening her eye now but i do see something yellow in it like a bubble. I bought her the eye solution and terramycin ointment. So hopefully she is better a little later on. I will change her lightbulb. Thank you everyone. I don't know what I would do with you all.
Hey, Hows he doing?
