krysw03
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Hi!
so this is my baby Nigel.
He got an eye infection about a month ago because we switched substrate. I got eye drops and increased soaks and it went away. He was swollen but i assumed it was from the eye infection itself. Swelling hasn’t gone down. It looks like an abscess or type of infection. The lump has seemed to stop growing and now it seems as if the skin is drying, the top lump seems yellow ish almost, however there is a side piece that does look like a typical abscess. I searched the forums and haven’t been able to find much. So i thought I’d post here to see if anyone has ideas and I’ll update for future searches as well.
-substrate was switched from top soil/coconut coir to mulch. I believe the mulch is what made him have an eye infection. We very quickly changed his substrate back.
-he gets soaks daily for 30minutes- an hour.
-basking temp stays from 90-95
-humidity stays anywhere from 60-80
-he has a strip and a bulb uva/uvb
-he eats a mix of grass,Timothy hay, turnip greens or mustard greens whichever we get, with cucumbers mixed in (he loves cucumbers and it helps him eat it all)
-urate have been normal but i personally haven’t seen one in about a week or two. I’m not sure if he’s backed up or if he’s just hydrated because of the increase in soaks.
-poops are pretty normal. They are solid poops
-he’s not too lethargic, still likes to sleep a lot but still gets up to roam and eat.
-we got him at about 2 months old, so he’s now a little over 6 months, he is 68 grams.
the first three pictures are on Thursday. I had called a vet clinic who told me to bring him in Friday to be seen and because of covid you call and they take your pet back. The vet didn’t even come out and just told the receptionist “take him to another vet in *city 2 hrs away*” he wouldn’t even look at him after i had called and they said he would. After calling around i finally found him somewhere to be seen and the earliest was Tuesday(tomorrow). I’ve been monitoring him and he’s been consistent. From Thursday (first three pictures) to today it looks as if whatever it is is attempting to pop/drying out. I’m not gonna lie I’m very worried but I’m optimistic.
Does anyone have any possible ideas? I’ll update tomorrow with what the vet says!
so this is my baby Nigel.
He got an eye infection about a month ago because we switched substrate. I got eye drops and increased soaks and it went away. He was swollen but i assumed it was from the eye infection itself. Swelling hasn’t gone down. It looks like an abscess or type of infection. The lump has seemed to stop growing and now it seems as if the skin is drying, the top lump seems yellow ish almost, however there is a side piece that does look like a typical abscess. I searched the forums and haven’t been able to find much. So i thought I’d post here to see if anyone has ideas and I’ll update for future searches as well.
-substrate was switched from top soil/coconut coir to mulch. I believe the mulch is what made him have an eye infection. We very quickly changed his substrate back.
-he gets soaks daily for 30minutes- an hour.
-basking temp stays from 90-95
-humidity stays anywhere from 60-80
-he has a strip and a bulb uva/uvb
-he eats a mix of grass,Timothy hay, turnip greens or mustard greens whichever we get, with cucumbers mixed in (he loves cucumbers and it helps him eat it all)
-urate have been normal but i personally haven’t seen one in about a week or two. I’m not sure if he’s backed up or if he’s just hydrated because of the increase in soaks.
-poops are pretty normal. They are solid poops
-he’s not too lethargic, still likes to sleep a lot but still gets up to roam and eat.
-we got him at about 2 months old, so he’s now a little over 6 months, he is 68 grams.
the first three pictures are on Thursday. I had called a vet clinic who told me to bring him in Friday to be seen and because of covid you call and they take your pet back. The vet didn’t even come out and just told the receptionist “take him to another vet in *city 2 hrs away*” he wouldn’t even look at him after i had called and they said he would. After calling around i finally found him somewhere to be seen and the earliest was Tuesday(tomorrow). I’ve been monitoring him and he’s been consistent. From Thursday (first three pictures) to today it looks as if whatever it is is attempting to pop/drying out. I’m not gonna lie I’m very worried but I’m optimistic.
Does anyone have any possible ideas? I’ll update tomorrow with what the vet says!