
04/26/2025
Thursday we took an unplanned trip to Lenny’s vet an hour and a half drive away. We had noticed she kept having her right eye be very watery. We thought she was still shedding and just irritated by that but then she seemed to stop shedding and her eye still bothered her. See the (poor quality) video of her constantly trying to blink something out.
We wanted to be safe rather than sorry so we took the first appointment they had available and went to have her eye looked at. For this appointment she was looked at for a scratch in the eye, an ulcer, dehydration, vitamin A deficiency and debris in the eye. All came back negative. I had a whole list of things it could be.
Good news is we were sent home with instructions to flush the eye with just saline 1-3 times a day and follow up in a week. The day after the vet I got what looked like some stuck shed to come out from behind her eye. I’m hoping it was that simple 🤞 and she’ll be good to go by recheck.
Saline solution without any additives is hard to find so I’ll be adding that to my bearded dragon first aid kit. The Vetericyn Eye wash I have in my first aid kit has an anti microbial and the vet said this could do more harm than good and you want simple saline to flush. Just a warning for anyone else who follows our First Aid Blog on our website.
It seems to be a simple fix but send Lenny your get well wishes!! If you’ve ever had something in your eye you can relate to what she’s going through!
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