"Bug Slurry recipe" not good :-( & why
You may need to make a slurry and feed him via syringe until his eyes are all better. Also, I second what cricket has said: it is best to have the vet remove the retained shed.
Can you give me a slurry recipe, I could not find one online...
Here's a cut & paste:
#53---Bug Slurry feedback from exotics veterinarian Dr. Burgess
Response from Dr. Burgess regarding the use of the Bug Slurry recipe:
- He states that using Hill's A/D alone is sufficient.
- He says that feeding a leopard gecko mealworms is like a steady diet of McDonald's French Fries, and should only be fed sparingly.
- He says that baby food squash has too many carbohydrates for carnivorous reptiles like leopard geckos.
- He recommends using aquatic turtle chow in the blender with the Hill's A/D.
- He does not like the use of commercially formulated reptile supplements.
- He recommends a diet with a 2:1 Ca/P ratio for complete reptile nutrition.
- He does not recommend using Ensure because it is developed for humans.
Originally Posted by Dr. Burgess
geckos-- they ARE carnivores; (insectivores = carnivores, not herbivores). They simply subsist on (mostly) invertebrate prey rather than vertebrate, but that still qualifies as a high protein/low plant-fiber diet. Some larger geckos will eat pinky mice, fish, etc, if offered. But even if they don't, 'insectivore' is just a sub-group of 'carnivore'.
Originally Posted by Dr. Burgess
as far as supplement powders, it's not just that nutrient content may need to vary with species; it was also that the dose of ANY powder should vary with body size (even between baby and adult geckos, for instance) ... and this isn't accounted for with those products, making them impossible to dose with high accuracy. Again, it's another risk factor when using powders; no one really knows what the exact dose should be; overdosage is very common, though may take months to years to produce fatality in many cases. I have most my reptile patients completely off of all vitamin-mineral supplements, and if the diet is good, they have no nutrient problems at all. Just like in the wild.