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beefsteak

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Hi; Some of my tigers spend all of thier time in water end of of a large devided tank. The other day I noticed one had an eye closed ,and some of what I think might be fungus around it [wite fuzzy stuff].How would I treat just the eye. The animal has no other marks or spots on it.
 
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Even though only the eye is affected, I think you could treat the whole animal with short salt baths. Or possibly find an anti-fungal remedy and put it on the eye with a dropper. Disclaimer: I'm not a vet, these are just ideas based on what I've heard of.
 
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Thank you for responding. Im thinking now it may have just been a slight ingery. I put some polysporin on it last night and again this morning and its looking alot better already. I might give it one more treatment tonight and see how it looks tomorow. Thanx again!
 
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Hi again! Looks like the polysporin helped but failed to cure the eye.I tried the salt solution which also seemed to help a bit but the eye still lookes alittle foggy and now the entire animal is couverd in that what I call black fungus. Any sugestions? Thanx.
 
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