Shedding & Eye Caps

[waterdragon]

Hey all,
Ok technically I do not have an iggy, I have a Water Dragon. But after some searching on veterinary forums I have come to find out that both iggys and WDs seem to shed eye caps similary. That is they both "puff up" there eyes to knock the shed loose.
Well thats about as in detail the vet article gets too so I am here to ask you what thi slooks like in detail. My WD started puffing her eyes up (so the sockets appear bigger at times) and looks like she wipes here eye with a fleshy flap that come from the join where the upper and lower eye lid meet closest to her nose. Do iggys have this puffy flap thing too? Anyhow, appreciate the 411 on it.

[elizabeth]

I have read about the bulging eye before in a shed when it comes to an iguana. I am not sure if they have a flap as much as just their entire eye socket can look puffy!

www.anapsid.org/shedding.html#ig

On MK's site there is a section about shedding... She mentions it in there...

The skin on their eyelids will also shed off. At one point in the pre-shed period, you may walk in to find your iguana has suddenly turned into some wild, bug-eyed monster. Lying quietly, its closed eyes are puffed out 2-3 times their normal size. This is quite natural - they are puffing them up with air as a way to loosen the old skin. In a few days you will notice them rubbing their closed eyes against any handy surface as they begin to loosen and rub the skin off. Gentle head rubs, with your thumb and finger sliding over the closed lids, are particularly welcomed at this time. (Melissa Kaplan Reptile Skin Shedding 2002)

She does talk about other reptiles and their sheds as well I am not sure if the CWD is covered in specific but there is a lot of good reading on her site!

[waterdragon]

Thanks for the 411 Elizabeth.
I actually threw it up in the Water Dragon email list serv and got info back on it right away.

Hi kiley
Cute baby you got there One of my dragons Cronus did that same eye type thing to me I can tell you what it looked like to me kinda like califlower all bumpy and with red veiny lines threw it. Scared the you know out of me I was online to the group in seconds havin fits. I have a site about my waterdragons with as much general information as I could put into it think maybe I need to add something about the eye thing to it. If you would like to see it the link is www.geocities.com/valntyn13/
I think the link is in my signature too.
Cristavalentine Cronus and Perseus

Sounds pretty close to what I describe. So, just wanted everyone to know so they can look at this thread instead of worry like I did

[Patrick Kubeja]

Yes the Mk site has alot of Great reading on it and that was a good Question Kiley !!!!!