One of my geckos eyes is sunken in!?

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crested_human

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He looks like he might be going into his first shed (lighter color, looser skin, a few grayish patches) but his left eye is sunken in a little. Is this because of the shed or is this a problem.
His terrarium is a bout 60% humidity during the day and a little above 80% at night, and the temperature stays around 70 degrees.
 
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CrestedRick

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I also have a gecko with the same issue, is his eye discolored? Mine has an eye sunken it and the eye has no white in the outer eye, the eye is all dark except for the striations are a copper color where on a normal eye they would be black. She has not issues at all seeing or locating her food.
 
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the constant humidity sounds a bit high... I don;t know if it is necessarily effecting the eye, but I would suggest allowing the humidity to drop below 50% during the day, and bring it up to the 80% at night. Too much humidity can cause of host of respiratory and fungal problems as well as infections if there is not enough ventilation in the cage.
Also, pics would be helpful. What are the rest of the stats for husbandry? temp? lighting provided (sometimes too harsh a UVB bulb can cause eye issues)? feeding? cage size? age or size of gecko? How long have you had the little one? aside of humidity, do you mist him daily so he can drink?

CrestedRick, what do you mean your crestie has no white in the outer eye? cresteds don't have a white part to their eyes... pics would be helpful of that too...
 
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CrestedRick

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Ill try to snap a few pics, this eye has been this way since birth so Im not worried about my humidity. This seems to be somewhat common Ive found.
 
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crested_human

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MdngtRain said:
the constant humidity sounds a bit high... I don;t know if it is necessarily effecting the eye, but I would suggest allowing the humidity to drop below 50% during the day, and bring it up to the 80% at night. Too much humidity can cause of host of respiratory and fungal problems as well as infections if there is not enough ventilation in the cage.
Also, pics would be helpful. What are the rest of the stats for husbandry? temp? lighting provided (sometimes too harsh a UVB bulb can cause eye issues)? feeding? cage size? age or size of gecko? How long have you had the little one? aside of humidity, do you mist him daily so he can drink?

CrestedRick, what do you mean your crestie has no white in the outer eye? cresteds don't have a white part to their eyes... pics would be helpful of that too...
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For some reason the pics wont upload so sorry about that. and the humidity wont go below 60%, any suggestions? no uvb or anything but i put a low wattage heatpad under his kritter keeper to keep it around 72-75 than 70 like before. i have had him for almost a week, and the breeder kept him at 80-85 degrees so that could be part of the problem. every now and then i take him out and let the cage air out without the top and it goes to about 50% but it goes back up shortly after i put it back on. and i am not sure of his age, but I know that he has shed at least once and he looks like he will shed again sometime soon. I put him in a gecko sauna for 30 minutes today and he looks better but im still monitoring him.
 
Aimless

Aimless

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if you have any concerns at all about his health, then I would not drop his temps to 60. reducing his metabolism and immune function by making him cooler will just make it harder for him to heal and/or fight off whatever's going on.

we really need to see good pictures. could you link to FB, photobucket, flickr, something like that?
 
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crested_human

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Aimless said:
if you have any concerns at all about his health, then I would not drop his temps to 60. reducing his metabolism and immune function by making him cooler will just make it harder for him to heal and/or fight off whatever's going on.

we really need to see good pictures. could you link to FB, photobucket, flickr, something like that?
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after doing some research i found out that he had dehydration. 30 minutes in the sauna and hes back to normal.
 
Aimless

Aimless

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wburton, I'm glad your gecko is better! you might want to mist more often, and give him a water dish too?

CR, I'd really have to see the other side for comparison.

I had rescued a crestie from a box petstore several years ago, that one small eye and one large eye. the small eye had a much darker appearance. both eyes were light-responsive and he had no trouble eating.

I've seen and heard of other geckos with a similar condition over the years, but nothing more than idle speculation about the cause. I wonder about the influence of inbreeding on the gene pool for cresties.
 
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CrestedRick

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Heres her other eye. Where this "normal" eye has the white and striations in the white the dark has the same but its a copper color.
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Aimless

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eh, that's the same as my gecko. he had other complications (obvious MBD) and only lived about 4 years, but I don't think that was due to his eyes.
 
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CrestedRick

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Ok, my breeder did research because he was concerned, but that didnt matter when I bought her last year, I had to have her, shes beautiful.
 
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CrestedRick

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He said he didnt find anything concrete either but he said its quite common and doesnt seem to affect the health of the animal at all, kind of like how dogs have two different color eyes.
 
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crested_human

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Aimless said:
wburton, I'm glad your gecko is better! you might want to mist more often, and give him a water dish too?

CR, I'd really have to see the other side for comparison.

I had rescued a crestie from a box petstore several years ago, that one small eye and one large eye. the small eye had a much darker appearance. both eyes were light-responsive and he had no trouble eating.

I've seen and heard of other geckos with a similar condition over the years, but nothing more than idle speculation about the cause. I wonder about the influence of inbreeding on the gene pool for cresties.
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I do a full mist at night and i keep a small water dish in his kritter keeper. every now and then he sits in the water dish and relaxes
 
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megaggie2002

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CrestedRick said:
Heres a pic of my girl, thats the best of her eye that I have right now.

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Rick, I have a girl whose eye looks like this. Very sunken and dark. I cannot figure out why. She came to me as an adult with both eyes being normal and then suddenly one was dark and sunken. I have researched and cannot seem to find out why. I'm think she may have gotten a stuck shed but I'm not certain; she did not have shedding issues prior.

I do have a male who has one eye that is slightly sunken and slightly a different color than his other, but nothing like this. To me it looks like something putting pressure on the eye and the top of the socket.

I have soaked her several times and put neosporin on it, hoping its a stuck shed.

Have you found a way to make the eye less sunk? What is the status of your gecko's eye?
 
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CrestedRick

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They eye appeared to be just dark when I got her as a baby and then as she grew the eye never seemed to "pop" out or grow out with the rest of the body. She sheds fine and acts just like my other one whos eyes are normal.
 
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