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Backyard Alligator Lizard and Opossum
I found this San Diego alligator lizard in the back yard last weekend. I was flipping junk looking for stuff and there he was. I was about to let him go his way when I noticed something peculiar. A thorn was sticking out from beneath his right eyelid! It was stuck right underneath his eyelid between the lid and his eyeball. I tried pulling it out by hand, but his eyelid kept stretching out too far. I grabbed a pair of tweezers and began pulling on it gently until it came out. The thorn ended up being about a quarter inch back into his eye. The total thorn length was 0.5 inches. When the thorn pulled free I immediately felt I had done the wrong thing as blood oozed from beneath the lid and over his eye.
I set him up in a clean container lined with paper towels for observation. I tossed in a few spiders and an earthworm for good measure. He ate them immediately. His eye began clearing up and he looked fine. I checked on him the next morning and he was good as new. Sweet! There was no bleeding and his eyeball was clear as ever. The photo is of him the next morning as I set him free. The previously afflicted eyeball can be seen in the photo. I'm glad everything worked out.
I found this San Diego alligator lizard in the back yard last weekend. I was flipping junk looking for stuff and there he was. I was about to let him go his way when I noticed something peculiar. A thorn was sticking out from beneath his right eyelid! It was stuck right underneath his eyelid between the lid and his eyeball. I tried pulling it out by hand, but his eyelid kept stretching out too far. I grabbed a pair of tweezers and began pulling on it gently until it came out. The thorn ended up being about a quarter inch back into his eye. The total thorn length was 0.5 inches. When the thorn pulled free I immediately felt I had done the wrong thing as blood oozed from beneath the lid and over his eye.
I set him up in a clean container lined with paper towels for observation. I tossed in a few spiders and an earthworm for good measure. He ate them immediately. His eye began clearing up and he looked fine. I checked on him the next morning and he was good as new. Sweet! There was no bleeding and his eyeball was clear as ever. The photo is of him the next morning as I set him free. The previously afflicted eyeball can be seen in the photo. I'm glad everything worked out.
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