cowgirl4407
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I have a hatchling that just recovered from having irritated eyes from a uvb bulb. The hatchling constantly scratched its eyes and hid in the corner of its enclosure for days at a time almost comatose with its eyes closed. I looked for answers on this forum and came across threads about the coil uvb bulbs and how they damage their eyes. I started a conversation with @maggie3fan . I told her the situation and that I was already soaking in gerber carrot for an hour a day. I bought terramycin eye ointment and placed it in his eyes three times a day, soaked him in gerber carrot for an hour, and took him outside in the yard for at leat an hour a day. After 3 days of this he ate his first meal of dollar weeds and now hes eating fairly well. A complete turnaround untill I removed the bulbs and did what I was advised to do nothing changed. I do believe it was the bulb from now on long fish tank style bulbs or even better natural sunlight.
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