Recurring eyes issues of star tortoise

[Swati]

Hi.
I have a 7 yr old star. He is having recurring eye issues since couple of months.
Swollen , puffy , inflamed red eyes.
A local vet though not reptile specialist said its vitamin a deficiency. Gave some injection .
Also tobramycin d eye drops. He got well and was ok since 3 months but again today he had inflamed puffy watery eyes.

I really need help. We dont have reptile veterinary here. .
He has access to sunlight 4-5 hours a day. Temperatures are in range of 60-104 f

Susbstrate is mostly newspaper cutting
I have attached few pictures .

If you can pls suggest

 

[Jan A]

Hi.
I have a 7 yr old star. He is having recurring eye issues since couple of months.
Swollen , puffy , inflamed red eyes.
A local vet though not reptile specialist said its vitamin a deficiency. Gave some injection .
Also tobramycin d eye drops. He got well and was ok since 3 months but again today he had inflamed puffy watery eyes.

I really need help. We dont have reptile veterinary here. .
He has access to sunlight 4-5 hours a day. Temperatures are in range of 60-104 f

Susbstrate is mostly newspaper cutting
I have attached few pictures .

If you can pls suggest

Welcome, Swati. Beautiful star!! Good place to come for advice. Perhaps you could describe & provide more pictures of your star's enclosure (s), lighting set up, humidity, foods you feed him. Is he eating ok? Do you give your star soakings & how often? Any additional photos & info always helps.

 

[Yossarian]

Hi.
I have a 7 yr old star. He is having recurring eye issues since couple of months.
Swollen , puffy , inflamed red eyes.
A local vet though not reptile specialist said its vitamin a deficiency. Gave some injection .
Also tobramycin d eye drops. He got well and was ok since 3 months but again today he had inflamed puffy watery eyes.

I really need help. We dont have reptile veterinary here. .
He has access to sunlight 4-5 hours a day. Temperatures are in range of 60-104 f

Susbstrate is mostly newspaper cutting
I have attached few pictures .

If you can pls suggest

Hi, sorry to hear about your poorly tortoise.

There is some evidence that vitamin a deficiency can lead to puffy eyes, I am not justifying its use just saying that is probably why they adminster it. For a tortoise to be vitamin a deficient though it has to have a pretty poor diet. Tobramycin is an antibiotic, if the puffiness cleared up within 2-3 days of applying that I would ask the vet for more of it. If that doesnt work then time to try something else.

Do you have any lighting over it indoors, for heat/uvb/light? What kind of enclosure is it in?

 

[Tom]

Hi.
I have a 7 yr old star. He is having recurring eye issues since couple of months.
Swollen , puffy , inflamed red eyes.
A local vet though not reptile specialist said its vitamin a deficiency. Gave some injection .
Also tobramycin d eye drops. He got well and was ok since 3 months but again today he had inflamed puffy watery eyes.

I really need help. We dont have reptile veterinary here. .
He has access to sunlight 4-5 hours a day. Temperatures are in range of 60-104 f

Susbstrate is mostly newspaper cutting
I have attached few pictures .

If you can pls suggest

60 is way too cold for a star. Shouldn't drop below 80.

Newspaper is the wrong substrate.

What type of lighting are you using? Any UV bulbs? What type?

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