Something stuck under eyelid?

[Maxinelet]

i have a baby sulcata named moose and yesterday afternoon I noticed something randomly appear in the back corner of his left eye.
I thought it may have been some fluff so I have him a bath and tried to rinse it out but it is still there. It seems kind of gooey, but his eyes are still bright black.
Everything else about him is normal.
You can see in the pictures I attatched what I am talking about (one is the right eye the other is the left eye)
I am really concerned

 

[peasinapod]

It could be the nictitating membrane. If it goes back ok then there isn't anything to worry about.

 

[peasinapod]

See on the left corner? That's the "third eyelid". Does it look like that?

 

[Maxinelet]

No I don't think it's the migrating membrane. If you look at the second picture in the back corner of his eye there is brown gunk

 

[Yvonne G]

Take a syringe (without the needle) or a bulb squirt thingey and squirt some sterile saline onto the eye. If you have a real steady hand, you can also try to touch it with a Q-tip. The fuzz should stick to the Q-tip and come off the eye.

 

[Maxinelet]

Okay I am trying your ideas now

 

[Maxinelet]

I got some more pictures. The first one is his good eye the other two are of the left one

 

[Yvonne G]

In the very first picture it just looked like a bit of fuzz on the eyeball. But in these subsequent pictures it actually looks like the eyelid is a bit messed up. My suggestion now is for you to buy some soothing ointment - I like Terramycin Opthalmic Ointment or Vetericyn - and put a dab on his eye a couple times a day. It should heal and start looking better in a few days.

 

[Maxinelet]

Okay thanks I will buy some asap!

 

[mike taylor]

What kind of uvb lamp are you using? How close to the substrate is it? This looks like welder eye burn . Just a thought .

 

[Yvonne G]

Hm-m exactly like snow blindness. Are you using one of those spiral-shaped compact fluorescent bulbs? If yes, turn it off immediately!

 

[Maxinelet]

He gets his light from the sun.. We live in AZ so it's sunny all year round.

 

[Randi]

I check out the threads and saw the last few pics. It looks like both eyes are irritated or at least swollen, to me. The area around the eyes appears darker as well. The left one has something going on. If no debris comes out after gently trying as suggested, a visit to a vet might be in order. I am hesitant to mention my noticing of the puffy eye lids because I don't want to cause panic or worry. Sorry. I hope all goes well for this little one.