White's Tree Frog eye problem?

[elly]

I've heard of frogs getting cloudy spots from very fatty diets. I think sometimes frogs just get cataracts like humans do too. How old is your frog? That doesn't look like a cataract, though, it's in one spot rather than all over.

What do you feed your frog and do you add any supplements?

[TeslaCoil]

He's about 8 years old. I've fed him crickets his whole life (gut-loaded with this stuff).

I agree it doesn't seem like cataracts or, well, any other frog eye problem I've googled.

[elly]

In that case I'm stumped. I'd say it looked like an injury but the odds of getting injured in both eyes at once aren't good.

[TeslaCoil]

Well, thanks for your help. I guess I'll assume it's an injury unless it gets worse or someone else thinks it's something different.

Is there anything I can do to help him heal?

[elly]

Other than making sure he's getting enough vitamin A or taking him to a vet who knows reptiles, I don't know of anything else to do.

[TeslaCoil]

I've had this in the back of my mind for a while now, and when I was thinking of anything I'd changed in my frog's setup, I remembered I recently got him a stronger heat lamp. I've heard about eye problems from high UVB and cheap lights, but is it possible that a lamp could damage a frog's eye like this just by being too bright or something?

[elly]

UVB damage can happen, but I thought most uvb lamps were fairly weak, especially since they're filtered through mesh at the top of the cage. Also I thought most "heat lamps" weren't UVB unless it was a combined type. Maybe if it was an especially strong light for reptiles to bask under?