Tiger Salamander's Eye's are closed and he hasn't opened them

Hello!

I've had my male Tiger Salamander for 2.5 years now, my cousin had found him wild so I'm not sure how old he is, probably 5 years + now, he was trapped in someone's crawl space under their house and was looking dry and probably stumbled under there by mistake.

So he is a wild Tiger, and he does hibernate still and he just came out of hibernation last week and both of his eye's are shut.

I've looked on the forum and can't find a an exact case with information, mainly I've seen it could be an infection or extra shed is stuck.

I've been monitoring him a lot the past week and he's gotten more active, at first he was very sluggish so I thought it was just after coming out of hibernation but his eye's haven't improved.

I'm not sure if this is an infection or just extra shed stuck on his eye's. I've been soaking him 3 times a day as long as he will stay in his bowl.

Before hibernation he was really healthy, I have the cage setup correctly, humidity is usually around 67% and he has the bedding in his caged change 3-4 times a year (I give him about 4-5 inches of bedding soil) and he's in a 36"X18"X18" terrarium.

I feed him meal worms and occasionally wax worms or nightcrawlers and I also dust them occasionally with repti calcium with D3.

I'm just worried and wondering if I should get anything, there are no exotic vets near me so I don't know a place close by that I could take him to.

I will update the thread if he makes any improvement.

Thanks for anyone that can help, I've attached pictures of him and his eyes.

make sure he is getting enough vitamin A, this can be done through dusting and feeding eyed food ie.. crickets, mice etc..

wolfen said:

A, this can be done through dusting and feeding eyed food ie.. crickets, mice etc

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Thanks Wolfen! I'll try feeing him some crickets this week and maybe some of those baby mice too. Also going to dust his food more often than I have been. I usually don't feed him crickets or mice so that might be why.

wolfen said:

make sure he is getting enough vitamin A, this can be done through dusting and feeding eyed food ie.. crickets, mice etc..

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Update:

Back in about May, Monty's eyes were both healed and he was much more active! I've been feeding him crickets mostly and then the pinky mice as well occasionally. Dusted with some vitamins every time.

He's been better ever since and is very active since I've had him on this diet. He loves the crickets and almost stands up against the glass when I go to feed him (5 med/Lg crickets 2 times a week).

Thank you so much for the advice Wolfen! <3