QUICK! Help!

[stephiiberrybean]

I just got Squirt out to sort her enclosure out, as I won't have time this weekend, and to give her a soak and I noticed one eye wouldn't open!
Eventually after a while it opened but I noticed there appears to be a tiny bit of something stuck to the corner? (Almost like sleep in a human but i don't know what it is)
I've just put her in a soak anyway but should I be doing anything to wipe the eye? If so what with?

Also should I be checking anything else just to be sure it is just a little something agitating the eye and not something more serious?

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Panic over.
I just checked her eye and whatever it was has washed of in the soak.
She now has both eyes wide and alert and seems fine

 

[cherylim]

I'd just check it doesn't look puffy. Emrys sometimes takes a while to open one eye (usually his right one) when he first wakes up. His eyes are fine - he's just a bit lazy.

I'd say if you can't see anything obvious now, just keep an eye on it, but most likely it's normal.

 

[stephiiberrybean]

Thanks Cheryl I edited the first post.

As if making me panic about her eye wasn't bad enough. She did a big poop in her soak so I let her out on to my WHITE rug so I could change the water and she walked a few paces than did the biggest poop ever!!! My mum is going to love her for that one! She could have at least walked to the wood floor first!!

 

[cherylim]

Thanks Cheryl I edited the first post.

As if making me panic about her eye wasn't bad enough. She did a big poop in her soak so I let her out on to my WHITE rug so I could change the water and she walked a few paces than did the biggest poop ever!!! My mum is going to love her for that one! She could have at least walked to the wood floor first!!

Ah yes, they always have more stored for that perfect moment...

Even worse when you're stroking their head on your lap, and they look like they're loving it, and then your leg suddenly starts to feel a bit wet...

 

[stephiiberrybean]

Squirt does that one a lot to other people!!! I'm always like "she'll be fine, and she's just been soaked so theres no poop in there" next thing i know she's pee'd everywhere!!!

 

[froghaven5]

Hopefully all is well, but if you think there is something in the eye, you can use a saline solution (like for contact lenses) to flush the eye. Could just be a little dust or something bothering Squirts eye.

 

[laramie]

I'm sorry to hear that aquirt is having an eye issue. Wish I could offer some advice.

 

[stephiiberrybean]

It's ok. All sorted

Thank you everyone.
She was just being lazy, I think... but I was being a over-protective panicking mother and manned all battle stations for it to be something drastic!! oops!

 

[laramie]

but I was being a over-protective panicking mother and manned all battle stations for it to be something drastic!! oops!

Hey Steph, I totally understand about being overprotective. I am that way with Bella, Peanut and Wilbur I am glad that Squirt is okay.

 

[rasputin]

Oh steph this sometimes happens with the boys.
Vet offered same advice as above, as long as the eyes don't seem puffy, their clear and alert, squirt should be ok.

Leah

 

[Talka]

For carpet stains (since torts seem to looove pooping on the carpet ) try to find SpotShot stain remover. Works great on anything. Sounds like a sales pitch I know, but I've used that stuff to get rid of Sharpie stains!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VLYTKU/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

It's pet-safe once it evaporates.

 

[Torty Mom]

You scared me! Dang.... glad it was a false alarm!