Eye issues

[brandedman]

I have a 18 month old beardie. For several months, whenever I feed him, he snaps at the mealworms in the wrong direction. He seems to be having vision problems. He has a 40 gallon tank, clear basking light. Normal substrate. I have flushed his eyes with a eye wash for reptiles, and added vitamin to his food. Is this a common issue, and what could be the cause of it? I can afford the vet, however, the closest one that could treat him is over an hour away. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Skybug]

I have a 18 month old beardie. For several months, whenever I feed him, he snaps at the mealworms in the wrong direction. He seems to be having vision problems. He has a 40 gallon tank, clear basking light. Normal substrate. I have flushed his eyes with a eye wash for reptiles, and added vitamin to his food. Is this a common issue, and what could be the cause of it? I can afford the vet, however, the closest one that could treat him is over an hour away. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What uvb are u offering? This is SO important, “compact” “coil” UVBs are Bad for beardies eyes, they offer either too much uvb in a concentrated stream or little to none at all, if u have that type of bulb,….. thats the problem,… beardies are kinda dumb when catching food so it could just be that, can u take a picture of both eyes, if they’re graying over he could be going blind, additionally give him a small amount of carrots (cut thinly) (without the skins) (carrots are fine, itd take a full carrot to give him to much vitamin a)

 

[Sadie]

I have a 18 month old beardie. For several months, whenever I feed him, he snaps at the mealworms in the wrong direction. He seems to be having vision problems. He has a 40 gallon tank, clear basking light. Normal substrate. I have flushed his eyes with a eye wash for reptiles, and added vitamin to his food. Is this a common issue, and what could be the cause of it? I can afford the vet, however, the closest one that could treat him is over an hour away. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Are you using any colored bulbs? those are terrible on the eyes and can cause long term eye damage --- coil UVB's as well along w/ other health issues ----