Blind toad.

[Jacobsherps]

So i looked up this corneal lipidosis and it seems like its something differant. A friend of mine sent me a pic of another toad that he found that had the same problem. Ive kind of just ignored it because i feed her seperatly in a smallbin so she can catch the food easly. She only seems to go after it when its on her good side

[BossFrog]

that's interesting I've never seen something like that. Cathy can you post a pic of Roxie?

[Jacobsherps]

Im in the prosses of picking the minds of the people from that big salamander forum caudata i think is the name. If they tell me anything that we dont already know il let youguys know

[ToadilyNuts4Nature]

If you have any idea of what this is or how I should treat it, I'd really appreciate it! It looks like it's on the outside of the cornea but it is definitely under the cornea. Thanks!

[Jacobsherps]

Ok thats weird. Have you tried blotting it with a q tip or something. It looks like its leaking pus or something out of the eye. My blind girl has like a small eye. It has no pupil and the eye is all black. What you have is very differant but i will do some searching on that

[Jacobsherps]

I would make the same assumption as you that that could be corneal lipidosious. Keep an eye on it (that pun killed me to write) anyway i wouldnt think its a cateraxt because of the discharge

[ToadilyNuts4Nature]

Yeah. Everytime I tried to wipe it, her lower lid comes up and covers it. At first I thought it was pus because pus from toads his hard forming, but not really knowing what more to do, I took her to my local environmental center. They kept her for 2 weeks and had their vet look at her and they said it was either an infection or cataract. So, they applied antibiotic drops but it didn't help and they said that it is probably a cataract. However, when I saw her a month prior, both of her eyes were fine so I just don't understand how a cataract can form that quickly and that's why I researched more and found that Corneal Lipidosis condition. However, that generally afflicts captive amphibians due to a diet that is high in fat/cholesterol. She's wild, so I don't think that is the issue. She appears healthy, other than being skinny when I found her in my garage a few weeks ago but she's been fed very well over the last few weeks and has plumped up nicely. I'm just afraid then when/if I release her, she is going to lose weight again because she cannot see prey well enough to catch it, unless it's coming from her right side, where she can see out of her good eye. I've been caring for her for a week now and she definitely has trouble seeing the prey. What concerns me too is that the vet who treats the animals at the environmental center doesn't have a good reputation and I am doubting that she has much experience with reptiles & amphibians, so it's possible that she was misdiagnosed!

[Jacobsherps]

i think im getting close to finding out what is wrong with my toads eye. a few days ago while i was practicing my golf swing i heard my sisters friend yell that there was a large snake next to the deck attacking a toad. it was what im assuming was a northern water snake looking by the description of the snake and the amount of blood from the bite. when she yelled that most likely startled the snake to drop the toad and go back under the deck the snake had scared 2 toads out from the deck and caught one but let go of it. the toad that it caught was bleeding and oozing poison from it glands. i got some gloves and picked him up. when i addressed the wound i saw that he grabbed it on its side when i was looking at him i saw the eye had the same problem. this toad was also a big guy. maybe 5 or 6 years old so an old guy for the wild. the other eye was also bleeding pretty badly. its done bleeding now but hwe wont open that eye. im thinking that the my toad could have gotten attacked by a snake, got away and survived. lucky guy. im going to hold onto the toad that got attacked to see if the eye goes sour. if it does i have a friend who has been wanting an american toad for awile so i might ask if he wants him