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Thelma
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Bearded dragon has one eye closed 
PLEASE HELP !
I’m worried about ’Aussie’, my son’s 1 year old bearded dragon.
He is our only reptile.
He’s started to keep one eye shut alot of the time, he does open it sometimes and it looks o.k. - there is no discharge and it is not bulging. I’ve bathed him and splashed his eye to try to wash it, but he continues to shut it.
I used some reptile eye ointment from a pet shop, but the situation hasn’t changed.
The only recent change has been a new light/tube in his vivarium, " 5.0 UV RADIATION ONLY FOR REPTILES 18 watt" which I believe to be suitable???
He is a fussy eater and never seems to drink.
If at all possible I want to avoid taking him to the vet as the nearest one to us who knows about repitiles is about 30 miles away and I don’t want to put Aussie through the stress of the journey.
Any help/information/advice would be very much appreciated.
Thank you,
Thelma
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Bomboras
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Message To: Thelma In reference to Message Id: 1268275
Bearded dragon has one eye closed
I really don’t have cures but I do have a similar story of my own. Mine is a young one but like yours, one eye has been shut often. It may have been since I bought it but I didn’t notice it for sure until several weeks later. The vet said it may have been a birth deformity b/c both eyes did look a little different from one another. The vet prescribed an ointment which worked well. There was a minor discharge that had been hardening and keeping the eye closed. Now I do not use the ointment and the eye has been better. It is beginning to look more like the other and the discharging has stopped. She still keeps it closed on occassion in spurts. To get the eye open though, dip a Q tip in warm water and gently rub the lid. That should work to get it open then maybe apply the ointment. Mine has never really eaten well either and for the past two weeks it will not hunt so I have had to give it food from a syringe. Mine is about 9 months younger than yours though. I assume she was not a healthy one from the beginning. For now, all you can do is try different things. Waxworms, mealworms, crickets w/ or w/out dust, different veggies. If your beardie still won’t eat and is looking skinny, a vet will just have to be done. In Buffalo there is a place called RARE where you can become a member for $50 and get help w/ babysitting for vacations, vet treatment and stuff like that. You can also call w/out being a member to get suggestions. Check if something like that exists in your area.
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