Tokay health concerns ..

[Heinz]

2 Of my WC Tokays [i have had for 9 months]
1 male and 1 female
have an orange crud on the edge of there eyes .
they share the same enclosure .
both have calmed down and can be held freely

The orange crud is the same color as there
spots but it appears on the edge of there eye .
and the female has a toe that seems to twitch
when held [might be stress ]
or is it related to this orange crud on the eye

When i received them 9 months ago i did my own crude
30 day quarantine from my main reptile room .
they eat like pigs doubled in weight and shed twice
i then moved them into the reptile room
i have 8 other big fat tokays and very concerned
that they are at risk .

questions
any idea what this orange crud on the eye is
any idea what the toe that seems to twitch is about

 

[Aimless]

we will need to see a clear picture of what you're describing. it sounds like it could be mites, which like to live around the eye, but "orange crud" is not enough to make more than a guess. also, is there any way to photograph the foot twitch?

I would get them out of your herp room on the chance that if they have anything it won't spread, although after 9 months it's likely too late. you quarantined for 30 days, which is a pretty short time...did you do any treatments for internal or external parasites during that time, or only house them apart and watch their feeding and shedding habits? if they have any sort of parasite or illness, if I were you I would treat your entire collection

 

[billewicz]

In 5 years I'd never seen mites on any imports. And then just recently we found orange bird mites on Tokay in one enclosure.

I had to trace back to the where I store cage furniture like wood barrel planks and cork slabs outside. I usually cycle these pieces to dry outside in the sun in between them going back into another enclosure. What I did not realize is that birds nesting in the crawl space under the eves, were dropping 'stuff' from the nest. There I found more bird mites.

And yes, A detailed, in focus photo would help a lot.

Twitching of toes and wagging tails are both natural defense distractions for a would be attacker. Very young Tokay wave their white striped tails back and forth and adults will twitch a toe to get an attacker to miss the main portion of their body, allowing them to escape to live another day.