Please help! Extremely swollen eye!

[TheLizardKing]

My female veiled is around 4-5 years old and her eye just got very swollen out of nowhere. I am very worried because there is no good vet close by me.
She did start to have an abscess growing on top of her nose a few months back and i also have no idea what that it is. She does have all the proper care, feeding, water, lighting, vitamins, etc... So please do not ask me questions to see of im taking care of her right. She is still acting normal and eating and drinking very well.

What do you guys think or recommend???

I can provide more pictures if needed

 

[Kayroxyoursox]

I think she needs a vet.

 

[jpowell86]

I'm so sorry that's happening. I hate that you don't have a qualified vet near you either. This happened once to one of my chameleons and I had to have a culture done to even know how to treat it. Mine ended up having a minor scratch that my vet said I probably wouldn't have noticed that became infected. Maybe even if you don't have a great vet near you for exotics, they could at least give you something to ease the swelling for now.?. Does she still have a good appetite?

 

[JoeVet]

Sometimes these swollen eyes are from clogged nasolacrimal ducts. This can be due to low humidity, infection, gout or vitamin A deficiency. Does her vitamin supplement contain a preformed vitamin A or beta carotene? If she doesn't get preformed vitamin A you could try a multivitamin with preformed vitamin A to see if that helps. If its vitamin A a dose of 1000-200o IU/100 grams should give and relief should be seen in 3-4 days. I worry more because of the abscesses on the head. If the nasolacrimal duct is infected it would lead to swollen eyes in which case flushing the duct +/- blood work and an antibiotic may help. These eye problems are always difficult.

 

[kinyonga]

Occasionally this type of swelling can also be caused by cancer of the eye...but the other causes are more common.

 

[TheLizardKing]

I'm so sorry that's happening. I hate that you don't have a qualified vet near you either. This happened once to one of my chameleons and I had to have a culture done to even know how to treat it. Mine ended up having a minor scratch that my vet said I probably wouldn't have noticed that became infected. Maybe even if you don't have a great vet near you for exotics, they could at least give you something to ease the swelling for now.?. Does she still have a good appetite?

I will go see if the vet can give me something for her eye or the tumor on her head. I have taken a reptile with prolapse to the vet before but they declined to help since they said they only work with dogs and cats mostly. She does still est normally.

 

[TheLizardKing]

Occasionally this type of swelling can also be caused by cancer of the eye...but the other causes are more common.

Yeah i dont think its cancer of the eye since the tumor on top of her nose came up a few months back. What other causes do you think could be a possibility?

 

[TheLizardKing]

Sometimes these swollen eyes are from clogged nasolacrimal ducts. This can be due to low humidity, infection, gout or vitamin A deficiency. Does her vitamin supplement contain a preformed vitamin A or beta carotene? If she doesn't get preformed vitamin A you could try a multivitamin with preformed vitamin A to see if that helps. If its vitamin A a dose of 1000-200o IU/100 grams should give and relief should be seen in 3-4 days. I worry more because of the abscesses on the head. If the nasolacrimal duct is infected it would lead to swollen eyes in which case flushing the duct +/- blood work and an antibiotic may help. These eye problems are always difficult.

The vitamins i give her is the Zoo Meds Repitive which has Vitamin A, D3, E, and K. I might have to travel a few hours to go to a decent vet. Would going to a pharmacy and getting just Vitamin A and crushing it to a powder form and powder her dubias with it be okay? & thank you for the info!

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

. the tumor on top of her nose came up a few months back. What other causes do you think could be a possibility?

Bingo! That bump over the nose is indicative of an infection causing pus accumulation in the sinuses. That can either spread to the eye or pinch off the nasolacrimal duct and cause that swelling of the turret. You are going to need to find a vet to help you somewhere because that pus needs to be cleaned out and the infection treated.

 

[kinyonga]

Oops! Missed the part about the abcess.