Blind tortoise keepers?

[leigti]

I didn't know there were doctors for different parts of the eye, that's interesting, I guess I just assumed the eye is much more simple than it is... although yes I know its actually quite un-simple, but I didn't know that. Its like my friend always says... why don't my doctor have meetings and discuss/work out things rather than getting no where.

I think it is because they are specialists, some specialize in the cornea for example or the retina for example. I have issues with both in both eyes. And I have had surgery on both, so once you do surgery on one part it complicates the other part. They don't see people like me walk in the door very often and it is not in the textbook so it is always a little bit tense. I went to university hospital one time and I think every student in the place looked in my eye i'm used to it by now but sometimes I have to just laugh.

 

[Heather H]

Hi I'm not considered legally blind yet. I have progressive tunnel vision. I have a visual field test coming up to see the progression. Someone is always home so that helps.

 

[newCH]

I thought the headline was there anyone who kept blind tortoises and I do...but as far as really being blind I have no clue. I'm sure you've tried a magnifying glass? Hook a flag on your tortoise like the 4 wheelers at the beach .A nice high flag on a bendable material in case they burrow. Or put them in a smaller habitat so they are easier to find. I'm sorry about you plight...
You can use super glue between the scutes, not on a line...

Thinking of the flag, I envisioned one of those flags people use in their yard to mark
where sprinklers are, maybe attached to a suction cup, so it would remain upright, but
then sewn into a velcro like belt, hmmm......

 

[johnsonnboswell]

Something to consider is whether you can get along without gauges altogether. Not all of us use them. Change the UVB bulbs by the calendar, the same time every year. Check humidity by feeling the substrate. Carefully feel for temperature. That doesn't take care of everything by any means.